Partners
Tulare Basin Wildlife Partners (TBWP) operates as the "action arm" of the Tulare Basin Working Group, an alliance of more than 70 agency, non-profit and industry partners. Through leadership, advocacy and facilitation, TBWP serves as a catalyst for completing partner-driven projects that protect and restore natural communities in the Tulare Basin. Below is a list of the partners with whom TBWP works to determine, fund, and implement conservation projects:
Agency Partners: Federal Government
Naval Air Station Lemoore www.lemoore.navy.mil
Central Valley Joint Venture (US Fish and Wildlife Service) www.centralvalleyjointventure.org Joint Venture fact sheet
Central Valley Shorebird and Waterbird Monitoring and Evaluation Group (website not available)
US Bureau of Land Management - Bakersfield Field Office www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/fo/bakersfield
US Bureau of Reclamation www.usbr.gov
US Congressman Devin Nunes nunes.house.gov
US Congressman Jim Costa costa.house.gov
US Congressman Kevin McCarthy kevinmccarthy.house.gov
US Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service www.nrcs.usda.gov
US Environmental Protection Agency www.epa.gov
US Fish and Wildlife Service www.fws.gov
Kern National Wildlife Refuge
Migratory Bird Program
Pixley National Wildlife Refuge
US Senator Barbara Boxer boxer.senate.gov
US Senator Dianne Feinstein feinstein.senate.gov
Agency Partners: State Government
California Department of Fish and Game www.dfg.ca.gov
California Department of Parks and Recreation www.parks.ca.gov
California Department of Conservation www.consrv.ca.gov
California Department of Water Resources www.water.ca.gov
Endangered Species Recovery Program, administered by California State University, Stanislaus Foundation esrp.csustan.edu
Riparian Habitat Joint Venture (state-agency affiliated) www.rhjv.org
University of California at Berkeley, Department of City and Regional Planning dcrp.ced.berkeley.edu
University of California at Merced, Sierra Nevada Research Institute www.ucmerced.edu/research/snri
Wildlife Conservation Board www.wcb.ca.gov
Agency Partners: Local Government
Deer Creek and Tule River Authority (website not available)
Fresno County Council of Governments www.fresnocog.org
Kern County Council of Governments www.kerncog.org
Kern County Planning Department www.co.kern.ca.us/planning/
Kings County Association of Governments/San Joaquin Valley Blueprint www.countyofkings.com/kcag/
Kings County Planning Agency www.countyofkings.com/planning
Semitropic Water Storage District www.semitropic.com
Supervisor Allen Ishida, District 1, Tulare County Board of Supervisors www.co.tulare.ca.us/government/board/district_one.asp
Supervisor Mike Ennis, District 5, Tulare County Board of Supervisors www.co.tulare.ca.us/government/board/district_five.asp
Supervisor Ray Watson, 4th District, Kern County Board of Supervisors www.co.kern.ca.us/bos/dist4/
Tulare County Association of Governments www.tularecog.org
Tulare County Resource Management Agency www.co.tulare.ca.us/government/rma
Tulare County Water Commission www.co.tulare.ca.us/government/watercommission
Industry Partners
Conservation Strategy Group, LLC www.csgcalifornia.com
Greenbridges LLC www.greenbridges.com
Michael Nordstrom, Attorney at Law (website not available)
Paramount Farms www.paramountfarms.com
URS Corporation www.urscorp.com
Westervelt Ecological Services www.westerveltecologicalservices.com
Wildlands, Inc. www.wildlandsinc.com
Non-Profit Partners
American Farmland Trust www.farmland.org
American Land Conservancy www.alcnet.org
Audubon California www.ca.audubon.org
California Institute for Biodiversity www.calalive.org
California Outdoor Heritage Alliance www.outdoorheritage.org
California Partnership for the San Joaquin Valley www.sjvpartnership.org
California Watchable Wildlife www.cawatchablewildlife.org
California Water Institute www.californiawater.org
California Waterfowl Association www.calwaterfowl.org
Center for Natural Lands Management www.cnlm.org/cms
Community Water Center www.communitywatercenter.org
Ducks Unlimited www.ducks.org
Great Valley Center www.greatvalley.org
Land Trust Alliance www.lta.org
National Audubon Society www.audubon.org
Point Reyes Bird Observatory www.prbo.org
River Partners www.riverpartners.org
Self Help Enterprises www.selfhelpenterprises.org
Sequoia Riverlands Trust www.sequoiariverlands.org
Sustainable Conservation www.suscon.org
The Nature Conservancy www.nature.org
Trust for Public Land www.tpl.org
Tulare Basin Wetlands Association www.tularewetlands.com
Tulare County Audubon Society (website not available)
Tulare County Farm Bureau www.tulcofb.org
US Green Building Council Central California www.usgbccc.org
Water Education Foundation www.watereducation.org
Western Rivers Conservancy www.westernrivers.org
Tulare Basin Irwm Groups
Kaweah Basin Integrated Regional Water Management Planning Group (website not available)
Kern County Water Agency Integrated Water Management Planning Group (website not available)
Poso Creek Integrated Regional Water Management Group (website not available)
Southern Sierra Integrated Regional Water Management Planning Group (website not available)
Tulare Basin Integrated Regional Water Management Coordinating Group (website not available)
Deer Creek/Tule River Integrated Regional Water Management Planning Group (website not available)
Upper Kings Basin Integrated Regional Water Management Authority (website not available)
Westlands/Sand Luis Delta Mendota Water District Authority (website not available)
CiTIZEN CONSERVATION GROUPS
Tulare County Citizens for Responsible Growth http://tccrg.org/site/
Tulare County Conservation History Project
