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Central Valley Project Conservation

Program Information

Popular name

(CVPCP)

Program Number

15.564

Program objective

Provide financial support for activities to benefit federally listed endangered and threatened terrestrial species to compensate for impacts to species resulting from the operation and maintenance of the Central Valley Project (CVP) of California.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

  1. 2017

    No information available. In Fiscal Year (FY) 2017, 13 eligible applications were received for a total request of $6,541,296. Three assistance awards were executed to conduct research toward recovery of federally listed species, to reintroduce a federally endangered butterfly to its historic range, and to initiate the acquisition of lands to protect federally listed upland species. For FY18, 5 awards are expected to be executed to protect and restore habitats for federally listed CVP-impacted species. For FY19 it is estimated that 4 assistance awards will be executed to protect and restore habitat, and to support research benefitting CVP-impacted federally listed species.

  2. 2019

    FY 2018: Coyote Ridge Grazing Program for Serpentine Species, Semitropic Water Storage District Conservation Easement for Endangered Upland Species, Pixley National Wildlife Refuge Land Acquisition. FY 2019: San Joaquin Kit Fox Sarcoptic Mange Research; Day Ranch Conservation Easement Acquisition; Invasive Plant Removal at Kern National Wildlife Refuge.

  3. 2020

    McKinney Ranch conservation easement acquisition; Eplin Property acquisition; alkali scrub restoration at Kern National Wildlife Refuge; vernal pool crustacean genomic research.

  4. 2021

    FY 2021 accomplishment information not yet available.

  5. 2023

    Two Financial Assistance agreements for the purchase of conservation easements that protect approximately 7,000 acres, benefiting endangered species that inhabit California’s Central Valley.

  6. 2024

    Two Financial Assistance agreements, protecting habitat for an endangered species through a 140-acre conservation easement, and restoring riparian habitat on a national wildlife refuge.

  7. 2025

    FY25 NOFO posted; selections still pending

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

2 CFR 200 UNIFORM ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS, COST PRINCIPLES, AND AUDIT REQUIREMENTS FOR FEDERAL AWARDS and the applicable OMB Circulars. These documents may also be obtained by contacting the Bureau of Reclamation Office listed below.

  1. Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act, as amended, 16 U.S.C. Section 661 et seq.

Program details

Program types

Eligible applicants

Eligible beneficiaries

  • Anyone/general public

Additional resources