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California Waterfowl is sponsoring two bills by Assembly Member Jim Frazier (D-Oakley) to support private landowners who voluntarily manage their lands for waterfowl conservation purposes.
AB 472 would facilitate the establishment of additional waterfowl nesting cover on fallowed lands, including those involved with water transfers. This would particularly benefit breeding mallards in the rice growing areas of the Sacramento Valley that periodically participate in water transfers and offer beneficial mallard brood water in the spring and summer.
AB 472 would also create an incentive-based program for landowners who are willing to maintain wildlife cover on any fallowed lands.
AB 718 (Frazier) would reduce mosquito spraying costs for private landowners who manage wetlands under conservation easements or similar state or federal agreements and agree to implement best management practices (BMPs) to control mosquitoes.
AB 472 recently passed through the Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee with bipartisan support. AB 718 is scheduled to be heard on April 25.
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