Diablo Range Conservation Program.

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not provide specific details about how much funding will be available or which exact projects will receive grants.

Diablo Range Conservation Program

This law establishes a new Diablo Range Conservation Program managed by the Wildlife Conservation Board to protect wildlife habitats in the Diablo Range.

What This Bill Does

• Establishes and administers the Diablo Range Conservation Program through the Department of Fish and Wildlife.
• Approves projects for acquiring, preserving, restoring, and enhancing habitat within the Diablo Range.
• Provides grants to local public agencies, nonprofit organizations, and California Native American tribes for fish and wildlife habitat conservation.
• Sets up a Diablo Range Conservation Fund in the State Treasury with continuous appropriations from donations.

Who It Names or Affects

• The Wildlife Conservation Board within the Department of Fish and Wildlife
• Local public agencies, nonprofit organizations, and California Native American tribes

Terms To Know

Diablo Range

A mountain range in Northern California that is home to many different types of wildlife.

Wildlife Conservation Board

An organization within the Department of Fish and Wildlife that works on protecting animals and their habitats.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify exact amounts for the Diablo Range Conservation Fund.
• It is unclear which specific areas or projects will receive funding from this program.

Official Summary Text

AB 1426, as amended, Kalra.
Diablo Range Conservation Program.
The Wildlife Conservation Law of 1947 establishes the Wildlife Conservation Board within the Department of Fish and Wildlife to investigate, study, and determine what areas within the state are most essential and suitable for wildlife production and preservation, among other things. Under existing law, the board administers various habitat conservation programs.
This bill would require the board to establish and administer, through the Department of Fish and Wildlife, the Diablo Range Conservation Program and, pursuant to the program, to approve projects to acquire, preserve, restore, and enhance habitat within the Diablo Range, as defined, consistent with conservation strategies approved by the department.
The bill would authorize the board to establish an ad
hoc advisory committee, as specified.
The bill would authorize the board to provide grants to local public agencies, nonprofit organizations, and
tribes
California Native American tribes
to be used for various purposes, including the acquisition, restoration,
enhancement, and maintenance
and enhancement
of fish and wildlife habitat and other natural resources within and adjacent to the Diablo Range. The bill would establish the Diablo Range Conservation Fund in the State Treasury and would make moneys in the fund available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for purposes of the program. The bill would authorize the board
to accept moneys, grants, goods, or services contributed to it by public agencies or private entities or persons and would require those moneys to be deposited in the Donation Account, which the bill would establish in the fund. The bill would continuously appropriate the moneys in the account to the board for purposes of the program, thereby making an appropriation.

Current Bill Text

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