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MLRP Block Grantees

The California Department of Conservation has awarded eight block grants and one tribal grant through the MLRP.

2022 Block Grant Recipients

In May 2022, the Department of Conservation awarded the first round of $40M to four block grantees in the Madera, Kaweah, Tule, and Lower Salinas Valley subbasins. Click the images below to learn more about each of the Round 1 block grantees.

Partners & Co-Applicants

Madera County

Madera County Farm Bureau

Madera/Chowchilla Resource Conservation District

Madera County Agricultural Water Association

California Farmland Trust

Project Summary

Partners & Co-Applicants

Kaweah Delta Water Conservation District

Greater Kaweah Groundwater Sustainability Agency

East Kaweah Groundwater Sustainability Agency

Mid-Kaweah Groundwater Sustainability Agency

Sequoia Riverlands Trust

Project Summary

Partners & Co-Applicants

Pixley Irrigation District Groundwater Sustainability Agency

Eastern Tule Groundwater Sustainability Agency

Tri-County Water Authority Groundwater Sustainability Agency

The Tulare Basin Watershed Partnership Network

The Tule Basin Land & Water Conservation Trust

The Nature Conservancy

Audubon California

Sequoia Riverlands Trust

Self-Help Enterprises

UC Merced

Project Summary

Partners & Co-Applicants

California Marine Sanctuary Foundation

Salinas Valley Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency

Central Coast Wetlands Group

City of Salinas

Ag Land Trust

Elkhorn Slough Foundation

Amah Mutsun Land Trust

Resource Conservation District of Monterey County

Monterey County Water Resources Agency

Castroville Community Services District

Project Summary

2023 Block Grant Recipients

In June 2023, the Department of Conservation awarded the second round of $35M to four block grantees in the Westside, Pajaro Valley, Merced, and Turlock subbasins. Click the images below to learn more about each of the Round 2 block grantees.