EWP repairs of watershed impairments caused by july 2024 storms. VT local DSR numbers:5042-010-084, 5042-010-090

The Town of Woodbury received a $115,955.34 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) under the Emergency Watershed Protection Program (CFDA 10.923), awarded on September 10, 2025. The agreement funds emergency recovery measures to repair watershed impairments caused by July 2024 storms affecting two specific Vermont local Designated Streamside Restoration (DSR) areas (5042-010-084 and 5042-010-090). The Town of Woodbury, serving as project sponsor, will implement EWP practices designed to provide runoff retardation, erosion prevention, debris removal, streambank stabilization, and floodplain restoration to relieve imminent threats to life and property resulting from the July 2024 natural disaster event.

The project completion deadline is December 31, 2026. As is typical of EWP Program awards, the Town of Woodbury assumes responsibility for local cost-share contributions, land rights acquisition, permit acquisition, and long-term operation and maintenance of the installed recovery measures. The Emergency Watershed Protection Program provides federal funding for post-disaster recovery efforts when sponsors demonstrate that available state and local funds have been exhausted or are insufficient to address watershed emergency conditions.