DAVIS, Calif., May 30, 2025 - The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in California announced today an extension to sign up for the California Livestock-Predator Interaction Management Initiative. Applications are currently being accepted through Friday, June 13, 2025. The extended ranking deadline is now Friday, June 27, 2025. 
 

California has 16 counties eligible for the sign up, including Butte, Del Norte, Fresno, Humboldt, Lassen, Mendocino, Modoc, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, Trinity, and Tulare.
 

The California Livestock-Predator Interaction Management Initiative supports California's forest and rangeland producers in managing predator interactions, especially with wolves using non-lethal strategies. It aims to reduce conflict, maintain habitat connectivity, and sustain agricultural productivity across 16 Northern and Central California counties. The goals of the initiative are to assist affected landowners to implement practices available to NRCS in California, in order to reduce financial and social burdens caused by wolf-livestock interactions.
 

More Information
To learn more about NRCS programs, producers can contact their local USDA Service Center. Producers can also apply for NRCS programs, manage conservation plans and contracts, and view and print conservation maps by logging into their farmers.gov account. If you don’t have an account, sign up today. 
 

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