ARCD has funding available to design, install, and monitor monarch and pollinator habitat restoration projects on working lands in Amador County.

Selected projects will receive technical support to design a pollinator habitat installation, incorporating a minimum of one of the following habitat designs:

• Hedgerows
• Rangeland Planting
• Riparian Habitat Restoration 
• Tree/Shrub Establishment

Grant funding will provide:

• Technical Assistance
• Planning of Habitat Design 
• Installation Materials (plants, seed, irrigation, fencing)
• Maintenance and Monitoring Support (selected projects may be monitored over a 10 year period)

Project objectives include:

• Demonstrating successful management of monarch and pollinator habitat on working lands
• Enchancing pollinator habitat alongside county wildfire recovery and mitigation efforts
• Habitat monitoring
• Community education
• Direct and/or Indirect Benefit to Disadvantaged Communities

Project selection is on an ongoing basis until funds expire. Priorities for project selection includes:

• Project alignment with funding objectives
• Site location 
• Funding capacity

Funding made available through Climate Resilience through Habitat Restoration on California Lands Grant from the California Wildlife Conservation Board and California Association of Resource Conservation Districts.