California Coastal Restoration Fund - Request for Proposals
In spring 2004, with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (Foundation) established the Northern Coastal California Restoration Fund (Fund). The initial monies deposited into the Fund came from settlement agreements entered into by the owners of certain marine vessels charged with violating federal maritime pollution laws. As part of these settlements, the courts ordered $700,000 in community service payments to be made to the Foundation to be applied to conservation projects in the area impacted by the violations. In November 2005, at the request of the Service, the Foundation made available $600,000 in funding for projects through a publicly disseminated Request for Proposals. Over time additional community service payments were paid into the Fund pursuant to various other plea agreements. The aggregate total of these deposits is $1,165,000.
