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SACRAMENTO (June 10, 2019) – On Sunday, the 2019 Budget Conference Committee approved a ten-year commitment to appropriate $30 million per year to assure conservation of unique and important wildlife habitat throughout the state.

Initially created by the California Wildlife Protection Act, the Habitat Conservation Fund (HCF) was part of Proposition 117 approved by passed by California voters in June 1990. The Act stated that “… there is an urgent need to protect the rapidly disappearing wildlife habitat that supports California’s unique and varied wildlife resources.” Proposition 117 required an annual transfer of $30 million into the fund until July 1, 2020 and specified how the monies were to be expended. These funds have protected more than 1 million acres of wildlife habitat across California since 1990.

Read more at CALIFORNIA WILDLIFE ORGANIZATIONS CHEER STATE BUDGET’S COMMITMENT TO PROTECT WILDLIFE HABITAT