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The Urban Streams Restoration Program (USRP) funds grants to local communities for projects to reduce flooding and erosion and associated property damages; restore, enhance, or protect the natural ecological values of streams; and promote community involvement, education, and stewardship.



2011 Grant Cycle Update


The Urban Streams Restoration Program is preparing Draft Funding Recommendations from the 2008 USRP solicitation. The Draft Funding Recommendations are anticipated to be released for public review in December 2011. Check back for an update on the expected timeline.

 


Projects funded by the Urban Streams Program

Since 1985, the program has provided over 240 grants ranging from $1,000 to $1 million to communities throughout California. The projects have included stream cleanups, bank stabilization projects, revegetation efforts, recontouring of channels to improve floodplain function and occasional acquisition of strategic floodplain properties or easements.

For more detailed information on many projects that the program has funded, visit the University of California, Davis Natural Resource Project Inventory. Project names followed by "DWR Z*****" have received funding from the Urban Streams Restoration Program.

Selected Projects Funded Under Proposition 40
Selected Projects Funded Under Proposition 13
Contacts

Program Manager

Jerry Snow
Staff Environmental Scientist
Phone: (916) 651-9626
e-mail: glsnow@water.ca.gov

Headquarters Staff

Kevin Marr
Environmental Scientist
Phone: (916) 651-9621
e-mail: kmarr@water.ca.gov

Melissa Roberts
Staff Analyst
Phone: (916) 651-0163
e-mail: merobert@water.ca.gov

Mailing Address

Urban Streams Restoration Program
FESSRO
P. O. Box 942836
Sacramento, CA
94236-0001

Location

Urban Streams Restoration Program
Department of Water Resources
901 P Street, Room 411A
Sacramento, CA 95814