California: Meeting Set for Fisheries Habitat Restoration Proposals

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) Watershed Restoration Grants Branch will hold a public meeting to discuss its Draft Fisheries Habitat Restoration 2017 Proposal Solicitation Notice (FHR 2017 PSN). TheDraft FHR 2017 PSN includes focuses for the Fisheries Restoration Grant Program, the Steelhead Report and Restoration Card Program, the Forest Land Anadromous Restoration Program and the Commercial Salmon Stamp Program.

The public meeting will be held Monday, Oct. 24, 2016, from 10 a.m. to noon, in the Natural Resources Building Auditorium, 1416 Ninth Street, Sacramento (95814). Interested parties may also participate via phone and online using AT&T Connect. See the meeting notice for instructions on how to participate remotely.

Written comments will be accepted by CDFW between Oct. 10 and Nov. 4, 2016. All timely comments will be considered by staff prior to finalization of the solicitations. Comments may be submitted via email toFRGP@wildlife.ca.gov.

CDFW staff will accept oral and written comments during the public meeting and any comments received may become part of the public record.

For additional information, please contact Matt Wells at FRGP@wildlife.ca.gov or (916) 445-1285.