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California Wolf-Livestock Compensation Pilot Program

Department of Fish and Wildlife · 59733

Eligibility details

Prong 1: Direct Loss - Any producer with confirmed or probable livestock loss due to wolf depredation. Prong 2: Nonlethal Deterrents - Producers raising livestock within any portion of known wolf activity. Prong 3: Pay for Presence - Producers raising livestock within any portion of the known territory of a resident wolf pack.

Matching funds & resources

Source matching-funds field: Not Required.

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About this opportunity

In 2021, the California state legislature appropriated $3 million in funding to the Department to develop a Wolf-Livestock Compensation Pilot Program to help minimize the impact of gray wolves on livestock producers. The pilot program offers compensation to eligible livestock producers specific to the following primary areas of need (prongs): Prong 1. Direct Loss - Compensation for verified livestock losses (confirmed/probable wolf) incurred on or after September 23, 2021. Prong 2. Nonlethal Deterrents - Compensation for the use of nonlethal deterrence methods to deter wolf presence near livestock. The Department supports the use of various deterrent tools and techniques as part of a robust, integrated deterrence strategy. Technical assistance may be available through CDFW, County Agricultural Commissions, UC Cooperative Extension, USDA Wildlife Service, and other agency partners. Prong 3. Pay for Presence - Compensation for indirect losses associated with the impacts of wolf presence on livestock in known pack territory. Extenuating circumstances may exist whereby CDFW will consider eligibility for wolf presence outside of known pack territory on a case-by-case basis.

Funding geography: State of California

Funding instrument: Grant. Issuing jurisdiction: California. This is not a geographic eligibility determination.