Enrollment Requirements
Minimum Qualifications for enrollment
- Must be a cereal grain field
- Must have vegetation on at least 75% of the field
- On average, vegetation must be at least 8 inches tall
- Must have reliable brood water within at least ½ mile of field
Ranking Criteria
| 1. Proximate Water Sources within ½ mile or Adjacent to crop field: | Max |
| Managed Summer Wetland | 30 |
| Adjacent Summer Wetland Bonus Points | 5 |
| Planted Rice | 20 |
| Adjacent Rice Bonus Points | 5 |
| Creek, slough, canal, vegetated irrigation ditch | 10 |
| SUB-TOTAL | 70 |
| 2. Condition of Nesting Cover: | |
| Percent (%) Cover: Vegetation covers more than 75% of the field with min. bare ground exposed | 10 |
| Avg. Vegetation Height: Crop is at least 8 inches | 10 |
| SUB-TOTAL | 20 |
| 3. Other qualities (Include all that apply): | |
| Past participation in CWA Egg Salvage Program | 5 |
| Habitat Consv. Prog.- CWA, CDFW, NRCS, USFWS, NGOs | 5 |
| Urban, Non-Beneficial habitat (e.g., wooded strip) | -5 |
| SUB-TOTAL | 10 |
| 4. Associated Perpetually Protected Properties within 5 miles: | |
| NWR or WA (min 40 acres) | 10 |
| Enrolled in CDFW Presley Program | 10 |
| Upland 100+ Contiguous Acres | 10 |
| Upland 50 - 100 Contiguous Acres | 5 |
| SUB-TOTAL | 35 |
| GRAND TOTAL | 135 |
