Cooperative Agreement NR238C30XXXXC006

This $40,500,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) under the Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) Program (CFDA 10.923) provides funding to the County of Lincoln, New Mexico for debris removal and bank stabilization efforts in response to the South Fork and Salt Fires. The award will support emergency watershed protection measures to mitigate hazards to life and property, including runoff retardation, erosion...

This $21,834,750.00 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) will fund debris removal and streambank stabilization activities in Otero County, New Mexico. The award was made on August 26, 2024 and has an ultimate completion date of December 16, 2025. The Mescalero Apache Tribe, a federally recognized tribal government, is the primary awardee and will...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) awarded a $239,827.50 Cooperative Agreement under the Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) Program to the County of Hidalgo, New Mexico. The award funded debris removal and bank stabilization activities along the Gila River in response to flooding. The project aims to address imminent hazards to life and property caused by the natural disaster through runoff retardation and erosion prevention measures. The award...

This $489,525.00 Cooperative Agreement award 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 purpose of the award is to fund debris removal and streambank stabilization efforts in Luna County, New Mexico following a natural disaster. The award recipient is the County of Luna, a U.S. local government entity, which will carry out the emergency recovery and watershed...

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 $3,341,026.75 to the Town of Ridgway, Colorado to protect the town's drinking water supply inlet from damage due to Ouray County flooding. The award, dated December 16, 2024, supports emergency recovery measures such as runoff retardation, erosion prevention, and watershed protection activities to...

This Cooperative Agreement award of $12,238,775.00 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) Program (CFDA 10.923) is to provide funding and technical assistance to the County of Chaves, NM for flood mitigation and dam repair activities due to a flood event in Chaves County. The award supports emergency recovery measures such as runoff retardation, erosion prevention, debris removal, streambank...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $716,340 Cooperative Agreement under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) Prescribed Fire/Fire Recovery program (CFDA 10.716) to the New Mexico Energy Minerals & Natural Resources Department (EMNRD). The 3-year award, running from September 2024 to January 2027, will fund the Joint Chiefs Bear Creek to Signal Peak Collaborative Restoration Project. This project involves vegetation management activities such as tree...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $1,200,000 Project Grant under the Community Project Funds - Congressionally Directed Spending program (CFDA 10.730) to the New Mexico Energy Minerals & Natural Resources Department (EMNRD) for the Chama Watershed and Wildlife Mitigation project. This project will fund forest restoration treatments to thin a minimum of 500 acres of overstocked forests on steep slopes above the Rio Chama corridor in northern New Mexico. The goal is...

The National Resources Conservation Service awarded a $1.288 million cooperative agreement to the Flood Control District of Maricopa County, Arizona on April 8, 2022 to complete debris removal and culvert installation work under the Emergency Watershed Protection Program. The objective of the EWP Program is to assist with implementing emergency recovery measures for runoff retardation and erosion prevention to relieve imminent hazards to life and property created by a natural disaster. Under...

The Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service awarded Pinal County, Arizona a $6.8 million cooperative agreement under the Emergency Watershed Protection Program on September 15, 2022. The agreement will support sediment removal along Big Box Lake through July 1, 2023. Under the Emergency Watershed Protection Program, which aims to relieve imminent hazards to life and property from natural disasters through erosion prevention and runoff control projects, Pinal County...