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CVPIA Habitat Restoration Program ((b)(1) “other”) 

FY23 Expenditures

Project Proposed Activity Funding

Development of a 

Noninvasive Fecal-DNA 

Method to Monitor Sarcoptic 

Mange Occurrence, Diet, and 

Abundance in San Joaquin 

Kit Fox Populations

University of California, 

Davis

Develop a noninvasive method to survey kit 

fox populations for mange while estimating 

abundance and diet. Would be 

accomplished through two objectives: (1) 

develop and quantify a sensitive and specific 

assay for sarcoptic mange mite DNA in kit 

fox scats, and (2) validate the assay as well as 

complementary noninvasive methods to 

estimate kit fox abundance and diet 

characterization.

*$280,907

Genetic Diversity,

Pollination, Seed Dispersal, 

Metapopulation Dynamics, 

and Propagation of the 

Federally Endangered Santa 

Clara Valley Dudleya

Santa Clara University

This project would (1) determine the 

distribution of genetic diversity of dudleya 

within and between rock outcrops; (2) 

quantify the mechanisms of gene flow 

through pollinator observations and seed 

trapping experiments: (3) measure dynamics 

and changes on Coyote Ridge and Tulare 

Hill; (4) use wind modeling to determine 

possible dispersal distances; (5) create LiDAR 

scans of occupied rock outcrops to 

characterize habitat suitability; (6) establish 

nursery propagation protocols; and (7) 

conduct pilot seeding efforts.

*$253,373

Disease Risk to Conservation 

and Recovery of San Joaquin 

Kit Foxes: Mange Mitigation 

& Distemper Threat 

Assessment – II

California State University, 

Stanislaus – Endangered 

Species Recovery Program

This project would (1) determine the extent 

of spread and population impacts of 

sarcoptic mange on San Joaquin kit foxes 

and develop and implement strategies to 

control or eliminate mange among kit foxes, 

(2) determine spatial patterns of exposure of 

San Joaquin kit foxes to canine distemper 

and identify factors associated with 

exposure, and (3) assess the magnitude of 

risk posed by disease to kit fox conservation 

and recovery.

*$200,720

Funds needed to complete the 

$665,262 grant award will be 

added in FY 2024
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Project Proposed Activity Funding

Capinero Creek Restoration, 

Phases 2 & 3

Tule Basin Land & Water 

Conservation Trust

Project goals are to (1) complete restoration 

of 467 acres of alkali scrub habitat; and (2) 

install fencing to support grazing as a longterm management strategy on the property. 

The expected outcome is to add 409 total 

planted acres of self-sustaining alkali scrub 

habitat. Adjacent to Pixley NWR, the project 

will benefit San Joaquin kit fox, Tipton 

kangaroo rat, and blunt-nosed leopard 

lizard.

**$383,000

Funds needed to complete the 

$1,000,000 grant award will be 

added in FY 2024

Continued Recovery Actions 

for California Red-legged 

Frog and California Tiger 

Salamander in Contra Costa 

County

Contra Costa Resource 

Conservation District

Restore three livestock ponds that provide 

breeding habitat for the federally listed CA 

red-legged frog and CA tiger salamander. 

The ponds have filled with sediment from 

natural erosive processes. They would be 

restored by removing sediment and 

extending their hydroperiod, thereby 

increasing habitat availability during the 

breeding season.

**$53,000

To be added to the 2022 

award to fully fund the 

$203,000 grant agreement

FY 2023 Allocation 

$1,500,000

USFWS

BOR

$913,940

$586,060

Project Costs 

Total: $1,171,000

USFWS

BOR

$735,000

$436,000

Program Operations and 

Administrative Costs 

Total: $

USFWS

BOR

$178,940

$150,060

*USFWS-funded | **BOR-funded