The purpose of the Watershed Program is to advance sustainable watershed-based management of California’s natural resources through community-based strategies.
The new statewide watershed program, an extension of the previous CALFED Bay-Delta Watershed Program, will be administered through the Department of Conservation. The Program will operate with guiding principles and goals and objectives, that includes maintaining a commitment to public involvement and Program transparency.
Statewide Watershed Program Documents
statewide Watershed Public Advisory Committee
The Secretary of the Resources Agency has appointed a 24-member Statewide Watershed Program Advisory Committee to advise on the development and conduct of a new State Watershed Program. The Committee is responsible for guiding an extensive public outreach process to engage and receive advice from local people and communities on the construct of this new state program. There are two committee members representing each of the state's ten hydrologic regions and four at-large members with a particular emphsis on tribal, environmental justice and regional geographic focus.
What's New
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2007 Watershed Coordinator Grant Program Final Decision List
The Department of Conservation (Department) is pleased to announce its 2007 Watershed Coordinator Grant Program Final Decision.
Click here for Final Decision List (PDF).
The Department’s decision is the result of an extremely competitive process and an impressive response from special districts, local governments, and non-profits throughout the state. The Department received 86 proposals requesting over $19 million in funding. The large number of proposals received reflects the great need for watershed coordination in the state. The $9 million allocated for this three-year grant program was sufficient to fund only half of the submitted proposals. The review committee recognized that there were many compelling and high-quality proposals that could not be recommended for due to funding constraints.
The Department encourages organizations which were not recommended for funding to continue watershed work through other means if possible. The management of water resources and the improvement of impaired watersheds is a high priority for the State, and watershed coordinators have shown great success in both areas.
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The Watershed Coordinator Grant Program has been integrated with the new statewide Watershed Program.
About the watershed management program
About Watershed Management
Watershed management is the process of creating and implementing plans, programs, and projects to sustain and enhance watershed functions that provide the goods, services and values desired by the community affected by conditions within a watershed boundary.
Learn more about watershed management here! (PDF, 700 kb)