The Department of Fish and Game has awarded twenty four (24) Local Assistance Grants for 2000. The grant program supports implementation of NCCP plans. Grant proposals were solicited from NCCP participating jurisdictions and non-profit partners within the 6,000 square mile coastal sage scrub NCCP planning area.
| Grant Recipient | Description of Task by Category |
| GIS/TECHNOLOGY | |
| San Diego Association of Governments | Maintenance and enhancement of Habitrak, a GIS system to track habitat losses and gains, and monitoring habitat quality and ecosystem health |
| Conservation Biology Institute | Develop website for the San Diego Multiple Species Conservation Program (MSCP) |
| The Nature Conservancy | Vegetation mapping update for coastal Orange County |
| MONITORING | |
| City of San Diego | Rare plant monitoring at Black Mountain |
| Burrowing owl monitoring | |
| Monitoring herpetofauna and ant diversity at new sites (Carmel Mountain and Del Mar Mesa) | |
| County of San Diego | Sensitive plant monitoring (Boulder Oaks, Hollenbeck Canyon, Boys and Girls Club) |
| Gnatcatcher distribution study - Lakeside Area | |
| Wildlife Research Institute | Raptor monitoring of MSCP area |
| Poway | Regional wildlife corridor monitoring (continuation of existing project) |
| Conservation Biology Institute | Wildlife corridor monitoring (City and County of San Diego) |
| MSCP monitoring coordination (continuation of existing project) | |
| San Diego State University | Create an index of biological integrity for coastal sage scrub: |
| literature review/expert interview to determine best metrics to use for index | |
| integration and analysis of data already collected in monitoring programs | |
| supplement ongoing monitoring with addition of unique taxa | |
| Orange County | Herpetofauna monitoring within the Coastal/Central Subregion (continuation of existing project) |
| Gnatcatcher and cactus wren annual monitoring (continuation of existing project) | |
| Orange County | Monitoring avian productivity and survivorship (continuation of existing project) |
| Track exotic ant invasions in Coastal/Central Subregion | |
| HABITAT MANAGEMENT | |
| Orange County | Artichoke thistle control |
| City of San Diego | Lopez Canyon willowy monardella protection |
| Habitat management plan for city lands in San Pasqual Valley | |
| HABITAT RESTORATION | |
| Orange County | Coastal sage scrub salvage and restoration |
| City of San Diego | Coastal sage scrub restoration - San Pasqual Brammer Lease (continuation of existing project) |