2024 Rice Levee and Ag Corridors Program Application

2024 Rice Levee and Ag Corridors Program Application

The Rice Levee and Ag Corridors Program pays private land-owners to provide waterfowl nesting habitat on rice levees and road edges on their farms during the spring and summer. This is a bid program; you tell us what it will cost for you to provide nesting on your property. We’ll rank the bids based on the cost and environmental factors such as habitat quality and proximity to summer water. Successful applicants will be notified by December 15th, 2024. Program Requirements: If selected for the program, rice levees or roads must be reconstructed or mowed before January 1st; alternatively, they may be left undisturbed from the previous growing season. Enrolled levees or roads must be left undisturbed until July 15th, 2025. If fields enrolled in the program do not get planted in the spring, they may still be eligible for the Fallow Field Program. Road corridors must be at least 5 feet wide to be enrolled. CWA and USGS will be regularly monitoring enrolled fields for nesting activity from April 1st to July 15th. Fields may be monitored by walking the levees every three weeks and marking any nests that are found. Active nests will be checked once a week. Payments will be made shortly after July 15th if program requirements have been met. For more details on this program please return to the Rice Levee Program page, or if you have any 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 need to upload a photo of a map showing where the field is located.
Name*

First NameLast Name
Email*
example@example.com
Phone Number*
Please enter a valid phone number.
Name of property*
Address of fields*

Street Address

Street Address Line 2

CityState / Province

Postal / Zip Code
Name of property owner(s)*
Type of ownership (sole, lease, partnership, corporation, etc.)*
Have you participated in CWA's Egg Salvage Program, or the Nesting Bird Habitat Incentive Program (Fallow Ag, Delayed Wheat, or Rice Levee Programs)?*

YesNo
Please describe your participation, if any, in other conservation programs or partnerships
Next, we'll ask you about the fields you want to enroll.

Field(s) you'd like to enroll

You will have the chance to list up to five (5) fields. If you have more than five fields we simply ask that you submit the remainder in an additional application.
Field #1 name*
Linear feet of levees in field #1*
Field #1 acres*
Field #1 Bid Amount ($/linear foot of levee)*
Field #1 dominant surroundings (crops or habitat type)*
Field #1 county:*
Field #1 nearest crossroads*
Please upload an image of a map with your field location here
Browse Files*

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Comments
Would you like to add another field?*

YesNo
Field #2 name*
Linear feet of levees in field #2*
Field #2 acres*
Field #2 Bid Amount ($/linear foot of levee)*
Field #2 dominant surroundings (crops or habitat type)*
Field #2 county:*
Field #2 nearest crossroads*
Please upload an image of a map with your field location here
Browse Files*

Cancelof
Comments
Would you like to add another field?*

YesNo
Field #3 name*
Linear feet of levees in field #3*
Field #3 acres*
Field #3 Bid Amount ($/linear foot of levee)*
Field #3 dominant surroundings (crops or habitat type)*
Field #3 county:*
Field #3 nearest crossroads*
Please upload an image of a map with your field location here
Browse Files*

Cancelof
Comments
Would you like to add another field?*

YesNo
Field #4 name*
Linear feet of levees in field #4*
Field #4 acres*
Field #4 Bid Amount ($/linear foot of levee)*
Field #4 dominant surroundings (crops or habitat type)*
Field #4 county:*
Field #4 nearest crossroads*
Please upload an image of a map with your field location here
Browse Files*

Cancelof
Comments
Would you like to add another field?*

YesNo
Field #5 name*
Linear feet of levees in field #5*
Field #5 acres*
Field #5 Bid Amount ($/linear foot of levee)*
Field #5 dominant surroundings (crops or habitat type)*
Field #5 county:*
Field #5 nearest crossroads*
Please upload an image of a map with your field location here
Browse Files*

Cancelof
Comments
If you have more than five (5) fields we simply ask that you submit the remainder in an additional application.

Contact information
Name of person designated to sign contracts*

First NameLast Name
Title of person designated to sign contracts*
(e.g. president, secretary, owner, lessor, etc.)
Mailing address of person designated to sign contracts*

Street Address

Street Address Line 2

CityState / Province

Postal / Zip Code
Phone of person designated to sign contracts*
Please enter a valid phone number.
Email of person designated to sign contracts*
example@example.com
Is the *contact* person for this property *different* than the person above?*

YesNo
Acknowledgement:*

I acknowledge that if my fields are accepted, I consent to the monitoring for compliance and biological outcomes. All monitoring efforts will be coordinated with the famer to ensure they do not conflict with farming operations.
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