STATEWIDE–Two vacancies on the state’s Fisheries Restoration Grant Program’s Peer Review Committee need to be crowded, and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife( CDFW) is, accordingly, trying nominations for both accommodates. Nominations will be accepted through Jan. 29.
One open seat represents the public water agency industry; the other open seat is for an academic or experiment scientist.
Representatives of the Peer Review Committee provide advice, oversight, and recommendations for grant funding for the purposes of the Fisheries Restoration Grant Funding Program. CDFW’s director designates the members of the Peer Review Committee.
There are 14 representatives on the Peer Review Committee; the California Advisory Committee on Salmon and Steelhead Trout recommends members for seven of the seats. County overseers fill another three sets; those members hail from coastal provinces and are recommended by the California State Association of Counties.
Members from the agriculture and timber industries get one seat, each. The world ocean organization and academic/ investigate scientist seats round out the committee.
“All representatives must reside in or represent interests in coastal and Central Valley counties in which native salmon and steelhead exist, ” CDFW said in a liberated statement.
Each appointment is for a four-year term; the two appointments up for grabs will lengthen through January 2024.
Nominations should be made in the form of a symbol and sent to: Timothy Chorey, FRGP Coordinator, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Watershed Restoration Grants Branch, P.O. Box 944209, Sacramento, California 94244 -2 090. Nomination notes can also be submitted via email at frgp @wildlife. ca.gov. All nominations must include a candidate resume and proof they represent coastal or Central Valley counties where salmon and steelhead exist.
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