Cooperative Agreement NR197442XXXXC023

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service awarded a $890,243 Cooperative Agreement to the Texas State Soil & Water Conservation Board on July 21, 2025 under the Watershed Rehabilitation Program (CFDA 10.916). The funding will support the design of the Williams Creek 2 Rehabilitation project in Gillespie County, Texas. The project aims to extend the useful life of an existing dam, ensure it meets current safety and performance standards, and mitigate...

The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $330,885 Project Grant on June 11, 2025 to The Great Springs Project, Inc. under the Cooperative Watershed Management Program (CFDA 15.554). The funding will support the development of a watershed restoration and access plan for a highly urbanized section of the lower Colorado River around Austin, Texas. The plan will guide the implementation of strategic projects focused on restoration, public access, land development, resource extraction, and...

The National Resources Conservation Service awarded a $1.75 million cooperative agreement to the Texas State Soil & Water Conservation Board on August 15, 2022 to develop a supplemental plan for two flood retarding structures in Starr County, Texas through February 28, 2025. This funding supports the Watershed Rehabilitation Program (CFDA #10.916), which aims to extend the useful life of dams originally constructed with USDA assistance and ensure they meet applicable safety and performance...

The Texas State Soil & Water Conservation Board (TSSWCB) was awarded a $1,294,956 Cooperative Agreement under the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Watershed Rehabilitation Program (CFDA 10.916). Through this funding, TSSWCB will prepare 39 dam assessments statewide in accordance with NRCS policies and standards. The goal of this project is to extend the useful life of these dams and ensure they meet applicable safety and performance requirements....

The Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board (TSSWCB) was awarded a $1.626 million cooperative agreement from the United States Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) under the Watershed Rehabilitation Program (CFDA 10.916). The funding will support the design and construction of flood retarding structure improvements to Comal Creek Site 4 through June 2025. The Watershed Rehabilitation Program aims to extend the useful life of dams originally built with...

The National Resources Conservation Service awarded a $538,788 cooperative agreement to the Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board under the Watershed Rehabilitation Program (CFDA 10.916) for the period of August 15, 2022 through August 1, 2025. The agreement will support the design of infrastructure improvements at the Upper Cibolo Creek Site 2 Floodwater Retarding Structure to extend the structure's useful life and ensure it meets applicable safety and performance standards. As the...

The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $297,831 Project Grant under the Cooperative Watershed Management Program (CFDA 15.554) to the Big Hole Watershed Committee, a non-profit organization in Montana. The grant will fund the committee's efforts to update their watershed restoration plan for the Big Hole watershed, which is critical habitat for the last fluvial population of Arctic grayling in the lower 48 states. Key activities include digitizing and consolidating existing water data, analyzing...

The Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation awarded $215,000 under the Applied Science Grants program to develop an interactive web-based tool for efficient wildfire hydrologic simulation. Texas A&M University at Kingsville will partner with various state and federal entities to integrate remotely sensed data into a hydrologic model and equip watershed managers with a user-friendly workflow to quickly post-process variables associated with fire and drought. This will allow for...

The Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation awarded the Chickasaw Nation a $253,264 Project Grant under the Cooperative Watershed Management Program (CFDA 15.554) on March 20, 2023. The grant will fund the establishment of the Lake Texoma Watershed Management Association to address current and long-term water issues in the Lake Texoma watershed through December 2024. The Chickasaw Nation will convene local stakeholders to develop a watershed group, complete restoration planning, and...

The Caddo Lake Institute was awarded a $100,000 Project Grant under the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation Cooperative Watershed Management Program (CFDA 15.554) on July 14, 2025. The grant will fund the establishment of a new watershed group focused on protecting and restoring water quality and quantity in Caddo Lake, a state park located near the eastern border of Texas. The key activities to be delivered include hiring a watershed coordinator, gathering up-to-date water...