FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA
Suisun Wildlife Center Executive Director Monique Liguori stands inside the center s new bird of prey aviary, Friday, Nov. 20, 2020. (Robinson Kuntz/Daily Republic)
Suisun Wildlife Center, 4 others make grant recommendation list
FAIRFIELD The Suisun Wildlife Center was one of five applicants that are recommended to receive state Fish and Wildlife Service grants totaling $10,000.
The Solano County Parks and Recreation Commission on Thursday recommended to the Board of Supervisors that the rescue center receive the $2,500 it requested.
Monique Liguori, executive director of the center, told the commission in January that the funds would be used toward continuing efforts to rebuild after an arson fire in June. She specifically noted the funds would go toward the songbird aviary and squirrel enclosure.
Solano parks, recreation board to decide on top grant projects
The Board of Supervisors will make the final awards in the near future.
The commission meets at 10 a.m. in Rooms 1600 and 1610 on the first floor of the government center, 675 Texas St. in Fairfield.
The applicants, with projects totaling $12,847, are:
• Suisun Wildlife Rescue Center, ongoing fire rehabilitation, $2,500.
• Friends of Lake Chabot and the Greater Vallejo Recreation District, in-class trout project, $2,496.50.
• International Bird Rescue, resolving negative human-wildlife impacts, $2,500.
• Napa-Solano Audubon Society, determining success or failure of four colonies of the threatened tricolored blackbird in Solano County, $2.500.
• Campfire Golden Network, Vallejo outreach, public areas cleanup program, $350.
FAIRFIELD It was not enough for Robin Leong to teach his 7-year-old daughter that that bird is a duck, and that one is a sparrow and that one is a hawk.
“I wanted to teach her their (scientific) names,” he said.
So Leong turned to the Audubon Society and soon found himself exploring th
FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA
A golden eagle soars through a newly constructed enclosure at the Suisun Wildlife Center in Suisun City, Friday, Jan. 15, 2021. The Solano County Parks and Recreation Commission has $10,000 in federal grant funds to give away, and more than $12,000 in requests. The Suisun Wildlife Center applied for a grant. (Aaron Rosenblatt/Daily Republic)
Fire-damaged Suisun Wildlife Center among 6 to seek Parks & Rec funds
FAIRFIELD The Solano County Parks and Recreation Commission has $10,000 in state grant money to give away and more than $12,000 in requests.
An ad hoc committee of the commission will review the six applications, totaling about $12,847, and bring back a recommendation. The full commission will then make a recommendation to the Board of Supervisors.