On August 7, 2015, The Sierra Fund submitted a grant to DWR on behalf of CABY to implement two projects in the region. DWR received 37 grant applications requesting a total of $306.5 million in IRWM grant funds for proposals totaling in excess of $1.1 billion for the 2015 Grant Solicitation. On October 29, 2015, DWR released the Draft Funding Recommendations and the Proposal Evaluations for submitted applications and we are pleased that the CABY proposal was awarded $945,510 for two projects submitted by Nevada Irrigation District and Placer County Water Agency. Work on the projects will start in early 2016.