Conservation Stories
6th Annual California Swan Festival
The following event information comes from the Sutter Buttes Regional Land Trust.
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Seeking Farmers to Provide Habitat for Cranes
To learn more and apply at BirdReturns.org by Noon on October 16, 2023, to create short-term habitat for the BirdReturns-Sandhill Crane Program. The BirdReturns Program creates short-term habitat that migratory birds, including sandhill cranes, desperately need by paying farmers to flood their fields.
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Rice Levee Program – Enrollment Now Open
California Waterfowl Association (CWA) will be soliciting applications for the Rice Levee Program starting on September 25, 2023. This program is funded by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, through the Nesting Bird Habitat Incentive Program, which allows rice farmers to submit bids for the management of their internal levees for upland nesting bird species (Mallard, Gadwall and Pheasant). To participate in this program, rice levees must be reconstructed before January 1st or left from previous growing season. Enrolled levees must be left undisturbed until July 15th.
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Application Deadline Fast Approaching for Winter Flooding Programs in Rice
The California Ricelands Waterbird Foundation is now accepting applications for two winter flooding programs: California Winter Rice Habitat Incentive Program (CWRHIP) and Fish Food. Applications are submitted through the Foundation website and will be accepted through Sunday, September 10, 2023.
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Reminder – Applications open for Winter Flooding Programs in Rice
The California Ricelands Waterbird Foundation is now accepting applications for two winter flooding programs: California Winter Rice Habitat Incentive Program (CWRHIP) and Fish Food. Applications are submitted through the Foundation website and will be accepted through Sunday, September 10, 2023.
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