Emergency watershed protection program - aroostoock CO, me. DSR 23-02-24-5035-001. Streambank stabilization

The Town of Saint Francis received $178,215 in federal funding through a Cooperative Agreement awarded on July 30, 2025, by the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) under the Emergency Watershed Protection Program (CFDA 10.923). The award funds streambank stabilization activities in Aroostook County, Maine, with a completion deadline of November 1, 2025. These services represent emergency recovery measures designed to address watershed impairment and relieve imminent hazards to life and property resulting from natural disasters.

Under this cooperative agreement, the Town of Saint Francis will implement streambank stabilization practices that provide erosion prevention and runoff retardation to protect threatened watershed values in the project area. As the project sponsor, the municipality is responsible for accomplishing the installation of work, maintaining operation and maintenance records for the life of the project, and furnishing local cost-share contributions as specified in the cooperative agreement with NRCS. The compressed performance period of approximately three months reflects the emergency nature of the watershed protection intervention required.