The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service awarded a $3,000,000 Project Grant under the Community Facilities Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.766) to Webster County, Mississippi on June 12, 2024. This grant funding will support the construction, enlargement, extension, or improvement of community facilities that provide essential services to rural residents within Webster County. The grant award enables the county to undertake infrastructure projects that address critical...
The Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service awarded a $378,571.05 cooperative agreement to the Greene County Board of Supervisors under the Emergency Watershed Protection Program (EWPP) for a project period of March 10, 2022 through December 20, 2022. The award will fund bank stabilization efforts resulting from tornado damage in Greene County, Mississippi. As described in the EWPP, the funding will support emergency recovery measures implemented by the county to...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of Agriculture's National Resources Conservation Service provides $183,150.00 in funding for the Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) Program (CFDA 10.923) to support the repair, restoration, and bank stabilization for Greene County, Mississippi. The objective of the EWP Program is to assist sponsors, landowners, and operators in implementing emergency recovery measures for runoff retardation and erosion prevention to relieve imminent...
This $191,715.50 Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) through the Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) Program (CFDA 10.923), funds technical assistance and financial assistance to the Holmes County Board of Supervisors. The purpose is to support the design and installation of EWP measures, as detailed in the Individual Damage Survey Report, within Holmes County, Mississippi. The performance period for this...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) under the Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) Program (CFDA 10.923) provides $320,482.50 to the Leflore County Board of Supervisors in Mississippi. The funding will support an Emergency Watershed Protection Stabilization Project to protect public infrastructure in Leflore County, Mississippi, including damage assessments and restoration work for County Roads 555, 85, and 166....
This federal Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) under the Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) Program (CFDA 10.923), will fund bank stabilization activities along 14th Street in Lauderdale County, Mississippi. The $198,000.00 award, granted on September 11, 2024, will support the City of Meridian, Mississippi in implementing emergency recovery measures to mitigate hazards to life and property created by a...
This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) under the Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) Program (CFDA 10.923) provides $362,587.50 to the City of Madison, Mississippi for bank stabilization and erosion control projects due to storm damage. Specifically, the funding will support damage survey reports and implementation of runoff retardation, erosion prevention, and streambank stabilization measures at two sites in...
This Cooperative Agreement award for $166,856.25 was provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) under the Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) Program (CFDA 10.923). The funding supports streambank stabilization and erosion control activities along County Road 83 in Carroll County, Mississippi. This project aims to mitigate imminent hazards to life and property by addressing watershed impairments in the aftermath of a natural disaster. The...
The City of Byram, Mississippi received a $309,375 cooperative agreement award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) under the Emergency Watershed Protection Program (EWP). The award will fund bank stabilization along Terry Road from July 30, 2022 through August 1, 2023. The EWP Program aims to assist project sponsors and landowners with implementing emergency measures to relieve imminent hazards to life and property from natural disasters...
The City of Hernando, Mississippi received a $301,417.88 cooperative agreement award from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) under the Emergency Watershed Protection Program (EWP). The objective of the EWP program is to implement emergency recovery measures for runoff retardation and erosion prevention to relieve imminent hazards to life and property created by a natural disaster. Under this May 2023 award, the City of Hernando...