Department of Fish and Game

Conservation and Mitigation Banking

DFG Contacts for Conservation and Mitigation Banking

The Department of Fish and Game provides guidance on activities related to the development or utilization of conservation banks. Click on the map below for the DFG banking coordinator in each Region.

*Note: Those portions of Sacramento, San Joaquin and Yolo counties that are south of I-80 and west of I-5 are in Region 3; the balance of those counties are in Region 2.

Map of DFG Regions Link to Region 1 Link to Region 2 Link to Region 3 Link to Region 4 Link to Region 5 Link to Region 6
  1 - Northern Region
Serving Del Norte, Humboldt, Lassen, Mendocino, Modoc, Shasta, Siskiyou, Tehama and Trinity counties
  2 - North Central Region *
 Serving Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, El Dorado, Glenn, Lake, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Sierra, Sutter, Yolo and Yuba counties
  3 - Bay Delta Region *
Serving Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, Sacramento, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, San Francisco, San Joaquin, Solano, Sonoma, and Yolo counties
  4 - Central Region
Serving Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Monterey, San Benito, San Luis Obispo, Stanislaus, Tulare and Tuolumne counties
  5 - South Coast Region
Serving Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties
  6 - Inland Deserts Region
Serving Imperial, Inyo, Mono, Riverside and San Bernardino counties
  7 - Marine Region
Serving the entire California coastline from border to border and three nautical miles out to sea. There are currently no banks in this region.
(831) 649-2870