Project Title: Bird Nesting Islands Yosemite Slough at

Candlestick Point SRA Restoration Amount of NAWCA funding requested: $75,000 Project Location: San Francisco County, California Congressional District: 8th Applicant Organization: California State Parks Foundation Address: 800 College Avenue PO BOX 548 Kentfield, CA 94914 Project Officer: Barbara Hill Telephone Number: (415) 258-2662 Facsimile Number: (415) 258-9930 Electronic Mail Address: barbara@calparks.org Date Submitted: November 30, 2007

II. Summary Table

General Project InfoTitle Bird Nesting Islands Yosemite Slough at CPSRAState(s) CaliforniaCounty (list all) San FranciscoCongressional District(s) 8thLocation Coordinates Latitude: 37.71267

Longitude: -122.38133

Joint Venture * Joint Venture *: San Francisco Bay Joint VentureBird Cons. Region * Bird Cons. Region: BCR 32

Grant Request Amount $75,000

Matching Partner Names Total Match Contribution Cash Amount In-Kind Amount Partner Type *California Coastal Conservancy $632,839 $632,839 State GovernmentRichard & Rhoda Goldman Fnd $632,839 $632,839 Non-Conservation NGO, foundation, trust, etc.

Non-Match Partner Names Total NonMatch Contribution Cash Amount In-Kind Amount Partner Type * Contribution Type *California State Parks land owner State Government Other Non-Match

Total Project Funding ** $1,320,678

Project Activities * Cost Additive Acres Non-add Acres Duration Funding Source Type *Restoration $1,320,678 2.06 n/a 24 months Grant

Activities Totals ** $1,320,678 * Select data cell and choose

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III A. Project Description and Scope of Work During the past 150 years, the San Francisco Bay’s historic tidal marsh system has been dramatically reduced, severely impacting avian and aquatic wildlife and altering the natural ecological functions of San Francisco Bay. Industrial pollution has also taken a significant toll on the environment, including important wetlands habitat located within Candlestick Point State Recreation Area (Candlestick), California’s first urban state park. Historically part of the biologically rich tidal marshes and mudflats of San Francisco Bay, filling of the land at Candlestick began in the 1880s and intensified at the beginning of World War II when the U.S. Navy created the Naval Shipyard. After the Navy left, the area was used as an illegal dumping site. In 1973, the California Legislature set aside $10 million to purchase the land and in 1977, voted to develop the land as a state recreation area—California’s first urban state park unit. Due to State budget cuts, State Parks has not been able to clean up and develop the northern end of the park including important pacific flyway wetlands habitat located in the Yosemite Slough. This area still suffers from years of landfill, soil erosion, industrial contamination, non-point source pollution, wastewater overflows, and illegal dumping. These largely unchecked influences have negatively impacted the remaining habitat and wildlife. California State Parks in partnership with the California State Parks Foundation (CSPF) is committed to implementing the Yosemite Slough Restoration Plan, which will restore 12 acres of historic bay fill to functioning tidal marsh. In addition, the project will create upland buffers, two bird nesting islands, and a portion of the Bay Trail. The remainder of the 34 acre project site will be maintained as passive recreational and educational areas. The NAWCA funds will contribute to creating the two bird nesting islands at 2.06 acres within the Slough. The restoration site will be contiguous with the existing tidal wetlands thereby increasing the area and the value of this wetland habitat. The wetland habitat created on the site will expand wetland habitat for wildlife and increase the supply of macro-and micro-invertebrates that can be utilized as food by birds. This area is part of the Pacific Flyway and serves as important foraging habitat for migrating and wintering shorebirds. According to a wildlife study of Yosemite Slough conducted by Golden Gate Audubon and the University of San Francisco between January 2003 and April 2004, a total of 148 species inhabit the Yosemite Slough watershed, including 118 bird species. On any given day, it is possible to see more than 2,300 birds at the site, including uncommon Bay Area bird species such as the red-throated loon (Gavia stellata), red-necked grebe (Podiceps grisegena), white-winged scoter (Melanitta fusca), black oystercatcher (Haematopus bachmani), solitary sandpiper (Tringa solitaria), wandering tattler (Heteroscelus incanus), and spotted sandpiper (Actitis macularia). A significant feature is the creation of two isolated bird nesting islands and nursery areas for fish and benthic organisms as well as transitional and upland areas to buffer sensitive habitats. The project meets the San Francisco Bay Joint Venture’s plan to protect, restore, increase and enhance all types of wetlands, riparian habitat and associated uplands throughout the San Francisco Bay region to benefit birds, fish and other wildlife. The State Coastal Conservancy and Regional Water Quality Control Board are lead partners on this project. Significant funding has been provided by the state Wildlife Conservation Board as well. Since the inception of the project, we have been working closely with California State Parks to implement the project. The plan was developed based on two years of intensive environmental and soil assessments, as well as

community input. It offers the most comprehensive restoration, recreational, and educational opportunities for this area. In summer 2007, we received our permit from the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board. Additional permits from the Army Corps of Engineers and the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission are expected by January 2008. Although the restoration of Yosemite Slough could occur in one phase over the course of 24 months, we have broken it down into three sections—the South Area, Northeast Area, and Northwest Area—that can be restored simultaneously or one-by-one in 12-24 month phases depending on the availability of funding. The timeline for the NAWCA funds will take place between 2008 and 2010. The Northern Area Restoration efforts, which include the first bird nesting island, will begin in spring 2008. The second bird nesting island will be completed by 2010, once the southern area restoration gets underway. The Yosemite Slough Restoration project will be evaluated through a set of performance standards that will focus on the establishment of wetlands and uplands native vegetation, creation of tidally inundated habitats, and use of the site by migratory and native fish, as well as wildlife species. The technical specifications are varied, but range from percent vegetative cover to number and diversity of nesting birds. The performance standards for the restoration project will be set by the resource agencies and developed as part of the permitting package. The overall project objectives for the Restoration project include restoring habitat diversity by re-establishing tidal flats and marsh in areas of upland fill. The objective for the NAWCA project is to create two sandy nesting islands (0.71 acres) & (1.34 acres) to protect nesting and migratory birds from human disturbance and feral cats and dogs. These islands will be good habitat for plovers, curlews, sandpipers and the California clapper rail. One island is being specifically created for special status species. B. Partners: Letters demonstrating project support attached. Specific partnership letters will follow under separate cover. CA State Parks Foundation, applicant and lead agency CA State Parks Dept., landowner & construction manager California Coastal Conservancy: major funder and planner. NAWCA Match $622,839 Richard & Rhoda Goldman Foundation, major funder. NAWCA Match $622,839

IV. Maps of Project Area

V. Yosemite Slough at Candlestick Point State Recreation Area

VI. Budget Category NAWCA Grant

Funds Coastal Conservancy

Richard & Rhoda Goldman Fund

Expense Per Category

Sand/shell nesting island fill (1,200 cy x $65) (NE)

$75,000 $1,500 $1,500

$ 78,000

Excavation & haul to reuse or bioremediate 66,800 cy x $10 (NE)

$334,000 $334,000 $668,000

Excavation & haul to reuse 27,300 cy x $10 (Southeast)

$136,500 $136,500 $273,000

Plantings $6,589 $6,589 $13,178 Island slope protection 1

$144,250 $144,250 $288,500

Total Budget Costs $1,320,678

Budget notes: 1. rocks to prevent soil erosion around islands VII. Small Grants Evaluation Questions A. Partnerships The California State Parks Foundation has been collaborating with numerous partners, both private and public, to fund and support the Yosemite Slough Restoration project. This will be the California State Parks Foundation’s first NAWCA grant. The California State Parks Foundation has raised funds from public and private sources totaling $1,245,678 for the Nesting Islands. Significant private donations have been secured, and we expect more to be forthcoming for the remainder of the restoration project. The State Parks Foundation Board has identified this project as a priority for us and is actively engaged in the fundraising effort. The San Francisco Bay is managed by multiple agencies, both private and public including the City and County of San Francisco, the San Francisco Department of Parks and Recreation, California State Parks, San Francisco International Airport (SFO), California Department of Fish and Game, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the National Park Service, the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency, the Port of San Francisco, the Regional Water Quality Control Board and the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission. The California State Parks Foundation has been in communication and collaboration with many of these agencies for the Yosemite Slough Restoration project. In addition to having the support of these agencies, residents from the local Bayview Hunters Point community have been involved in its development through public meetings and outreach both by the Foundation and the Bay Youth for the Environment program. Other supporters of the project include ARC Ecology, Golden Gate Audubon, Bayview Hunters Point Community Advocates, and Literacy for Environmental Justice. By working in partnership, these many agencies can address and restore the overall health of San Francisco Bay, improving quality of life for all its inhabitants. Funding partners for the nesting islands include the California Coastal Conservancy and the Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fund.

B. Waterfowl Priority waterfowl species spotted within the project area and that will benefit from the enhanced and protected wetlands include: Red-breasted merganser, Greater scaup, Lesserscaup, Ruddy Duck, Surf scoter, White-winged scoter, Bufflehead, Mallard, Common shoveler, Cinnamon teal, Pintail, Canvasback, Common goldeneye, Harlequin Duck, and Long-tailed duck. The island will be far enough removed from the shore to keep all birds safe from feral animals and visitors. C. Nongame and Other Migratory Birds The design for the proposed project more than doubles the area of tidally influenced wetlands and provides for two isolated bird nesting islands including one designed specifically for special status species, which will improve local foraging and roosting habitat for migratory and resident birds. One of the nesting islands along the Pacific Flyway will be created specifically for the Snowy plover and Double-crested Cormorants. Priority nongame and other migratory bird species spotted within the project area and will benefit from the enhanced and protected wetlands include: Loons and Grebes (Common loon, Red-throated loon, Western grebe, Clark’s grebe, & Red-necked grebe), Cormorants and water birds (Double-crested cormorant, Brant’s cormorant, Brown pelican, & White pelican), Gulls and terns (Thayer’s gull, California gull, Western gull, & Elegant tern), Raptors (Northern Harrier, Red-tailed hawk, Osprey, Cooper’s Hawk, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Peregrine Falcon, Burrowing owl, & Short-eared owl), Shorebirds (Black oystercatcher, Wandering tattler, Western sandpiper, Solitary sandpiper, Dunlin, Black-bellied Plover, American Avocet, Black-necked stilt, Willet, Whimbrel, Long-billed Curlew, Marbled Godwit, Black Turnstone, & Short-billed Dowitcher), Other (Bank swallow, White crowned sparrow, Western meadowlark, House finch, European Starling, Say’s phoebe, Ash throated flycatcher, Western kingbird, White breasted nuthatch, Orange crowned warbler, Wilson warbler, Yellow warbler, Western tanager, Yellowthroat, White-throated swift, Horned Lark, Tree swall, Rock wren, Blue gray gnatcatcher, Loggerhead shrike, Huttons vireo, Hermit thrush, Tripical kingbird, Golden-crowned kinglet, Clay colored sparrow, Lark sparrow, Lincoln’s sparrow, White throated sparrow, Tree swallow, Violet-green swallow, Chipping sparrow, boblink, Baltimore oriole, Townsend’s warbler, Palm warbler, Pine siskin, & Dark eyed Junco). D. Wetlands Types The Yosemite Slough Nesting Island Restoration covers 2.06 acres within a 34 acre wetland restoration area project. Yosemite Slough is an Estuarine Intertidal Wetland. E. Endangered Species The federal and state endangered California brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis californicus) forage within the sub tidal areas of Yosemite Slough. The Yosemite Slough nesting area will be a safe habitat for this species. F. Special Considerations The project is designed to vastly reduce exposure to these hazardous and life-threatening materials and wildlife will no longer be exposed to these contaminants. The project has multiple and long-lasting benefits. During extreme tides and storm events sediment in the watershed is stirred up and contaminants are released into the environment. At present the area is uplands and not functionally tidal. Whenever these uplands are opened by

natural weather conditions they seep contaminants into the water in the Bay and ground water runoff. The high cost of this project is a direct result of the volume of pollutants and contaminants that have been dumped in these waterways adjacent to disadvantaged neighborhoods. The cost to clean up these toxins is high, but the potential impact of the Yosemite Slough Restoration on wildlife is immeasurable. The Yosemite Slough Restoration Project will increase the salt marsh habitat at the margins of the San Francisco Bay. The project will restore the most biologically significant estuary on the Pacific Coast and will remediate contamination in one of the most toxic urban hot spots in northern California. The project is designed to vastly reduce exposure to these hazardous and life-threatening materials and wildlife will no longer be exposed to these contaminants. The nesting islands will provide protected habitat not currently available for shorebirds. The islands will provide protected habitat for the nesting birds so that they can survive here. Without the islands, there is no viable opportunity for resident and migratory birds to find suitable habitat.

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Letters demonstrating project support:

OMB Number: 4040-0004 Expiration Date: 01/31/2009

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*1. Type of Submission:

Preapplication

Application

Changed/Corrected Application

*2. Type of Application

New

Continuation

Revision

*Other (Specify)

3. Date Received : 4. Applicant Identifier:

5a. Federal Entity Identifier:

*5b. Federal Award Identifier:

State Use Only:

6. Date Received by State: 7. State Application Identifier:

8. APPLICANT INFORMATION:

*a. Legal Name: California State Parks Foundation

*b. Employer/Taxpayer Identification Number (EIN/TIN): 94-1707583

*c. Organizational DUNS: 021772892

d. Address:

*Street 1: 800 College Avenue

Street 2: PO BOX 548

*City: Kentfield

County: Marin

*State: CA

Province:

*Country: USA

*Zip / Postal Code 94914

e. Organizational Unit:

Department Name:

Division Name:

f. Name and contact information of person to be contacted on matters involving this application:

Prefix: Ms. *First Name: Barbara

Middle Name:

*Last Name: Hill

Suffix:

Title: Vice President

Organizational Affiliation:

*Telephone Number: (415)258-22662 Fax Number: (415) 258-9930

*Email: barbara@calparks.org

OMB Number: 4040-0004

Expiration Date: 01/31/2009

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*9. Type of Applicant 1: Select Applicant Type: M.Nonprofit w/501C3 IRS Status(Oth Than Higher Edu

Type of Applicant 2: Select Applicant Type:

Type of Applicant 3: Select Applicant Type:

*Other (Specify)

*10 Name of Federal Agency: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

11. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number:

15.623

CFDA Title: North American Wetlands Conservation Fund

*12 Funding Opportunity Number:

NAWCA-07-SMALL-623

*Title: North American Wetlands Conservation Act Small Grants Program

13. Competition Identification Number:

Title:

14. Areas Affected by Project (Cities, Counties, States, etc.):

San Francisco County

*15. Descriptive Title of Applicant’s Project:

Bird Nesting Islands Yosemite Slough at Candlestick Point SRA Restoration

OMB Number: 4040-0004

Expiration Date: 01/31/2009

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16. Congressional Districts Of:

*a. Applicant: 6th *b. Program/Project: 8th

17. Proposed Project:

*a. Start Date: 1/2008 *b. End Date: 1/2010

18. Estimated Funding ($):

$622,839

$622,839

*a. Federal

*b. Applicant

*c. State

*d. Local

*e. Other *f. Program Income *g. TOTAL $1,245,678

*19. Is Application Subject to Review By State Under Executive Order 12372 Process?

a. This application was made available to the State under the Executive Order 12372 Process for review on

b. Program is subject to E.O. 12372 but has not been selected by the State for review.

c. Program is not covered by E. O. 12372

*20. Is the Applicant Delinquent On Any Federal Debt? (If “Yes”, provide explanation.)

Yes No

21. *By signing this application, I certify (1) to the statements contained in the list of certifications** and (2) that the statements herein are true, complete and accurate to the best of my knowledge. I also provide the required assurances** and agree to comply with any resulting terms if I accept an award. I am aware that any false, fictitious, or fraudulent statements or claims may subject me to criminal, civil, or administrative penalties. (U. S. Code, Title 218, Section 1001)

** I AGREE

** The list of certifications and assurances, or an internet site where you may obtain this list, is contained in the announcement or agency specific instructions

Authorized Representative:

Prefix: Ms. *First Name: Elizabeth

Middle Name:

*Last Name: Goldstein

Suffix:

*Title: President

*Telephone Number: 415-258-9975 Fax Number: 415-258-9930

* Email: Elizabeth@calparks.org

*Signature of Authorized Representative: Elizabeth Goldstein *Date Signed: 11-30-2007

Authorized for Local Reproduction Standard Form 424 (Revised 10/2005) Prescribed by OMB Circular A-102

OMB Number: 4040-0004

Expiration Date: 01/31/2009

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*Applicant Federal Debt Delinquency Explanation The following should contain an explanation if the Applicant organization is delinquent of any Federal Debt. Not Applicable