California Winter Rice Habitat Incentive Program

The California Winter Rice Habitat Incentive Program Project incentivizes rice growers to flood harvested fields in the winter to benefit migrating and wintering waterbird. In partnership with the California Rice Commission, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife will oversee the administration of funds and implementation of the Project. Winter-flooding of harvest rice fields in the Central Valley provides approximately 75% of the energetic needs of dabbling ducks and a significant porti...