Emergency watershed protection program in adams CO MS. Bank stabilization along passman RD and johnson CIR.

The Department of Agriculture National Resources Conservation Service awarded Adams County Board of Supervisors in Mississippi a $331,443.75 cooperative agreement on February 18, 2026, to fund bank stabilization work along Passman Road and Johnson Circle. The award is made under the Emergency Watershed Protection Program (CFDA 10.923), which provides emergency recovery measures for runoff retardation and erosion prevention following natural disasters that threaten life and property. Performance is located in Mississippi and must be completed by October 6, 2026. Adams County serves as project sponsor and implementing entity, responsible for local cost-share, land-rights acquisition, permitting, and long-term operation and maintenance of the stabilization infrastructure. The Emergency Watershed Protection Program funds erosion-prevention practices to relieve imminent hazards created by sudden watershed impairment due to natural disaster; project sponsors must apply to the NRCS state conservationist within sixty days of the disaster occurrence and commit to assume local cost-share and O&M responsibilities before NRCS releases funds.