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Subject:FW: Natural Resources Agency Awards Grants to Expand Access to the Outdoors and Enhance Recreational
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Subject: Natural Resources Agency Awards Grants to Expand Access to the Outdoors and Enhance
Recreational Opportunities Across the State
FORIMMEDIATERELEASE
Media Contacts:
Lisa Lien-Mager, California Natural Resources Agency
(916) 407-6279 Lisa.Lien-Mager@resources.ca.gov
December 7, 2020
NaturalResourcesAgencyAwardsGrantstoExpandAccessto
theOutdoorsandEnhanceRecreationalOpportunitiesAcrossthe
State
SACRAMENTO – The California Natural Resources Agency today announced $27.7
million in funding for projects that will expand access to the outdoors and boost
recreational opportunities for communities across the state.
The funding will support 19 projects, 12 of which are in disadvantaged communities,
ranging from constructing new trails to planting trees to acquiring land for future trails.
The grants are part of the the Recreational Trails and Greenways grant program
funded by Proposition 68.
"Increased access to our natural spaces is more important than ever. These multi-
benefit projects not only enhance recreational opportunities but increase access
which can improve physical and mental health," California Secretary for Natural
Resources Wade Crowfoot said. "We are excited to award these grants to support
organizations and local governments that are committed to expanding and improving
access to the outdoors.”
In 2018, California voters passed the California Drought, Water, Parks, Climate,
Coastal Protection, and Outdoor Access for All Act of 2018 (Proposition 68), which
directed $27.7million to the Natural Resources Agency for competitive grants that
provide non-motorized infrastructure development and enhancements that promote
new or alternate access to parks, waterways, outdoor recreational pursuits, and
forested or other natural environments to encourage health-related active
transportation and opportunities for Californians to reconnect with nature.
A few projects are highlighted below, with the full list of projects following.
The Riverside County Habitat Conservation Agency was awarded $609,233 to
develop a recreational trail and trailhead at the protected 250-acre Steele Peak
Reserve. The project represents the first recreational park opportunity in the area by
providing access to protected land.
The Paradise Recreation and Park District was awarded $507,392 to construct a
multi-use natural surface trail loop to connect a disadvantaged community to
recreational resources. The project will provide an amenity that helps promote healing
through nature in a community traumatized by the Camp Fire.
National City was awarded $1.6 million to convert an existing roadway into a Class1
bikeway and pedestrian path providing access to multiple recreational opportunities.
The project will transform this segment into an active transportation and recreational
space for public use.
FULL LIST OF AWARDS
Butte County:
ParadiseRecreationandParkDistrict,$507,392,MagaliaandParadiseLake
LoopandButteCountyRailTrailProject.
Contra Costa County:
CityofRichmond,$1,000,000,PointMolateBayTrail.
EastBayRegionalParkDistrict,$1,202,830,BridgetoBeach-Extensionof
theSanFranciscoBayTrailatPointMolate.
El Dorado County:
AmericanRiverConservancy,$504,550,CosumnesRiverRecreationalTrail
System.
Humboldt County:
TheTrustforPublicLand,$3,877,928,McKinleyvilleCommunityForest.
Imperial County:
CityofHoltville,$1,262,000,TheAlamoRiverTrailTrestleBridgeTrail.
Kern County:
NationalAudubonSociety,AudubonCalifornia,$348,524,KernRiver
PreserveTrailsandTrailheadProject.
Monterey County:
CityofPacificGrove,$381,922,PointPinosTrailProject.
Placer County:
PlacerCountyDepartmentofPublicWorks,$3,027,090,HiddenFalls
RegionalParkTrailsandOpenSpaceExpansionProject.
Plumas County:
FeatherRiverLandTrust,$1,621,000,SierraValleyWetlandsPublicAccess
Project.
Riverside County:
RiversideCountyHabitatConservationAgency,$609,233,SteelePeak
ReserveInauguralTrail.
San Bernardino County:
CityofTwentyninePalms,$901,850,TwentyninePalmsFloodControl
ChannelTrailDevelopment.
San Diego County:
CityofNationalCity,$1,659,680,W.19thStreetGreenway.
SanDieguitoRiverParkJointPowersAuthority,$1,397,800,Osuna
SegmentoftheCoasttoCrestTrail.
San Luis Obispo County:
CountyofSanLuisObispo,$3,146,800,YerbaBuenaCreekTrailSegmentof
theJuanBautistadeAnzaTrail.
Santa Cruz County:
LandTrustofSantaCruzCounty,$2,050,000,SanVicenteRedwoodsPublic
AccessTrailsConstruction,Phase1.
Siskiyou County:
MountShastaTrailAssociation,$1,114,906,GatewayTrailProject.
Stanislaus County:
CityofModesto,$2,968,885,TRRPRiverwalk-GatewaytoNeeceDr.
Ventura County:
OjaiValleyLandConservancy,$167,610,OjaiMeadowsPreserveBridge.
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