2023 Rice Levee Program Application
California Waterfowl’s Rice Levee Pilot Program pays rice farmers to provide waterfowl nesting habitat on their levees during the spring and summer. This is a bid program; you tell us what it will cost for you to provide more habitat in your fields. We’ll rank the bids based on environmental and economic factors and notify successful applicants by November 15th, 2022. Program Requirements: If selected for the program, rice levees must be reconstructed before January 1st and left undisturbed until July 15th. Fields that will be fallowed in 2023 may also be eligible if they provide suitable nesting and brood habitat. Fallowed fields must be located adjacent to planted rice fields or wetlands that will be flooded through August 15th. CWA staff will be regularly monitoring enrolled fields for nesting activity from April 1st to July 15th. Payments will be made shortly after July 15th if program requirements have been met. If you have questions, please contact Jason Coslovich at 408-644-3525 or jcoslovich@calwaterfowl.org.
Information collected in this application will be used by our biologists to assess and rank the fields you’d like to enroll. You will have the option of pinpointing the field location with a Google map, which requires your web browser to allow the form to determine your device’s location. If you do not wish to use that feature, you will need to upload a photo of a map showing where the field is located. One or the other is required for each field you’d like to enroll.
Name
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First Name
Last Name
Email
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Name of property
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Address of field
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Street Address
Street Address Line 2
City
State / Province
Postal / Zip Code
Name of property owner(s)
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Type of ownership (sole, lease, partnership, corporation, etc.)
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Have you participated in CWA's Egg Salvage or Delayed Wheat Programs?
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Please describe your participation, if any, in other conservation programs or partnerships.
Next, we'll ask you about the fields you want to enroll.
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Field(s) you'd like to enroll
You will have the chance to list up to eight fields.
Field #1 name
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Field #1 acres
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Estimated linear feet of levees in field #1
Payment amount requested to enroll field #1
Field #1 status:
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Planted
Fallowed
If this field will be fallowed, please describe the type of flooded habitat that will be adjacent to this field (planted rice, summer wetland etc..)
Field #1 dominant surroundings (crops or habitat type)
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Field #1 county
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Field #1 nearest crossroads
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Field #2 name
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Field #2 acres
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Estimated linear feet of levees in field #2
Payment amount requested to enroll field #2
Field #2 status:
Planted
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If this field will be fallowed, please describe the type of flooded habitat that will be adjacent to this field (planted rice, summer wetland etc...)
Field #2 dominant surroundings (crops or habitat type)
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Field #2 county
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Field #2 nearest crossroads
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Field #3 name
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Field #3 acres
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Estimated linear feet of levees in field #3
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Payment amount requested to enroll field #3
Field #3 status
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Fallowed
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Field #3 dominant surroundings (crops or habitat type)
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Field #3 county
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Field #3 nearest crossroads
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Field #4 name
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Field #4 acres
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Estimated linear feet of levees in field #4
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Payment amount requested to enroll field #4
Field # status
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Planted
Fallowed
If this field will be fallowed, please describe the type of flooded habitat that will be adjacent to this field (planted rice, summer wetland, etc...)
Field #4 dominant surroundings (crops or habitat type)
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Field #4 county
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Field #4 nearest crossroads
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Field #5 name
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Field #5 acres
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Estimated linear feet of levees in field #5
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Payment amount requested to enroll field #5
Field #5 status
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Planted
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Field #5 dominant surroundings (crops or habitat type)
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Field #5 county
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Field #5 nearest crossroads
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Field #6 name
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Field #6 acres
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Estimated linear feet of levees in field #6
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Payment amount requested to enroll field #6
Field #6 status
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Field #6 dominant surroundings (crops or habitat type)
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Field #6 county
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Field #6 nearest crossroads
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Field #7 name
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Field #7 acres
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Estimated linear feet of levees in field #7
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Payment amount requested to enroll field #7
Field #7 status
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Field #7 dominant surroundings (crops or habitat type)
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Field #7 county
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Field #7 nearest crossroads
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Field #8 name
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Field #8 acres
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Estimated linear feet of levees in field #8
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Payment amount requested to enroll field #8
Field #8 status
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Field #8 dominant surroundings (crops or habitat type)
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Field #8 county
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Field #8 nearest crossroads
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Contact information
Name of person designated to sign contracts
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First Name
Last Name
Title of person designated to sign contracts (e.g. president, secretary, owner, lessor, etc.)
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Address of person designated to sign contracts
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Street Address
Street Address Line 2
City
State / Province
Postal / Zip Code
Phone of person designated to sign contracts
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Please enter a valid phone number.
Format: (000) 000-0000.
Email of person designated to sign contracts
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Is the *contact* person for this property *different* than the person above?
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Contact name for property
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First Name
Last Name
Contact person's address
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Street Address
Street Address Line 2
City
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Postal / Zip Code
Contact person's phone
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Please enter a valid phone number.
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Contact person's email
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