Groundwater recharge basins beside farmland

Projects making impact today

The CWRI portfolio holds vetted California water projects that are ready to build and looking for funding partners. Every project is reviewed for water benefit, implementation capacity, and alignment with state priorities.

2024 · California DWR

Snow-covered trees along a river near Truckee

Accepting funding

Sierra headwaters meadow restoration

Sierra Nevada

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Aerial view of sprinklers irrigating a field

Accepting funding

San Joaquin Valley agricultural water project

San Joaquin Valley

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Aerial view of warehouses and a highway in Benicia

Accepting funding

Esperanza Elementary urban greening

Los Angeles

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CWRI Portfolio (19)

Project	Location	Type	Implementer	Status
Battle Creek Restoration Project – Shasta County Kremer Property	Tehama County, California	Land Conservation and Restoration	River Partners Network	Accepting Funding
Turning Point Preserve Phase I & II (Yolo)	Yolo County, California	Floodplain Restoration	River Partners Network	Accepting Funding
Colusa Floodplain Reconnection Project – R&J Orchard	Colusa County, California	Floodplain Restoration	River Partners Network	Accepting Funding
Colusa Bend Restoration	Colusa County, California	River Restoration	River Partners Network	Accepting Funding
Feather River Floodplain and Side Channel Reconnection (Yuba)	Sutter County, California	Floodplain Restoration	River Partners Network	Accepting Funding
Willow Bend, Phase 1 (Habitat Restoration) & Phase 2 (Side Channel)	Colusa County, California	Floodplain Restoration	River Partners Network	Accepting Funding
Wilson Landing Floodplain Connectivity Project	Butte County, California	Floodplain Restoration	River Partners Network	Accepting Funding
Michaels Island Project	Tehama County, California	Aquatic Habitat Restoration	River Partners Network	Accepting Funding
Indian Fishery Oxbow Reconnection	Glenn County, California	River Restoration	River Partners Network	Accepting Funding
McClure Creek Project	Tehama County, California	River Restoration	River Partners Network	Accepting Funding
Hidden Valley Ranch Replenishment Project (Stanislaus)	Stanislaus County, California	River Restoration	River Partners Network	Accepting Funding
Crows Landing Habitat Restoration	Stanislaus County, California	River Restoration	River Partners Network	Accepting Funding
Kern Meadows Project	Tulare County, California	River Restoration	Trout Unlimited	Accepting Funding
CWRI Impact Reporting	Oakland, California	Catalytic Activities	Pacific Institute	Accepting Funding
Ag Modernization Fund – 1H 2025 ((Sycamore Marsh Farm -1, Karen Vieira Farm, Kulina Farms, Maple Avenue Farms, and Gordon & Wendy Heinrich Farms)	Fresno, California	Agricultural – Water Demand Reduction	Netafim	Funding Closed
River Partners Sacramento Restoration Portfolio	Colusa, California	Floodplain Restoration	River Partners Network	Accepting Funding
Ducks Unlimited North Grasslands Intertie Project	Merced County, California	Activities for longer-term water stewardship outcomes	Ducks Unlimited	Accepting Funding
Restoring Flows to the Los Angeles and San Gabriel Rivers Through Arundo Removal	Los Angeles, California	River Restoration	Council for Watershed Health	Accepting Funding
Esperanza Elementary School Green Stormwater	Los Angeles, California	Urban Stormwater	Los Angeles Neighborhood Land Trust	Funding Closed