Proposition 68 Fish and Wildlife Improvement Grant Opportunities – (Including Severely Disadvantaged Communities)
🏛 Department of Fish and Wildlife (California)
✓ Free, no account · Source: California Grants Portal · Last verified Oct 7, 2026
Can you apply?
This grant is for implementing natural hazard risk reduction projects across California. Eligible applicants include state agencies, local governments, tribes, nonprofits, and private entities that partner with public agencies. Projects must reduce risks from natural hazards and address climate resilience. Eligible activities include infrastructure improvements, nature-based solutions, and projects benefiting disadvantaged communities. Projects may address flood mitigation, wildfire, drought, sea level rise, extreme heat, or other climate-driven hazards.
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Program description
The California Drought, Water, Parks, Climate, Coastal Protection, and Outdoor Access for All Act of 2018 (Proposition 68) provides funding to award grants to projects that improve a community’s ability to adapt to the unavoidable impacts of climate change; improve and protect coastal and rural economies, agricultural viability, wildlife corridors, or habitat; develop future recreational opportunities; or enhance drought tolerance, landscape resilience, and water retention. Project priorities include, but are not limited to, reconnection of rivers with their floodplains, riparian and side-channel habitat restoration, and restoration and protection of upper watershed forests and meadow systems that are important for fish and wildlife resources. Proposition 68 requires that at least 15 percent of the funds available pursuant Chapter 10 shall be allocated for projects serving severely disadvantaged communities. A severely disadvantaged community is defined as a community with a median household income less than 60 percent of the statewide average (PRC § 80002[n]).
Who can apply
Eligible applicants
How to apply
Application links
Program contact
- 📧 Elizabeth.Buttler@Wildlife.ca.gov
- 📞 1-916-594-3879
Funding track record
Past applications & awards under this program (California Grants Portal) — how competitive it is.
By fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Applications | Awarded | Award rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-2024 | 94 | 4 | 4% |
| 2024-2025 | 38 | 4 | 11% |
| 2022-2023 | 121 | — | 0% |
| 2025-2026 | 18 | 1 | 6% |
| 2026-2027 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
Source: California Grants Portal
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