This agreement provides support to the state of delaware to implement its nonpoint source management program, focusing on watersheds with water quality impairments caused by polluted runoff from…

This agreement provides support to the state of delaware to implement its nonpoint source management program, focusing on watersheds with water quality impairments caused by polluted runoff from nonpoint sources. Nonpoint source implementation projects include a variety of structural and non-structural best management practices (bmps), watershed planning, monitoring, technology demonstrations, and a variety of education/outreach programs. This action awards $1,119,487.00 ($10,000 of which represents in-kind) in federal funds. Federal funds in the amount of $119,213 in future funding are contingent upon availability.activities:the proposed work in this agreement include: at least 10 projects that will support nonpoint source pollution reduction efforts in the state of delaware. Work includes but is not limited to BMP installations and verifications, implementation of cost share programs, staff support, and coordination with partners to reduce nutrient and sediment pollution in delaware's waterways.subrecipient:projects 25-04, 25-04, 25-05, 25,06, and 25-10 in the workplan are identified as subawards. Activities under these projects include but are not limited to funding conservation planner staff at sussex and kent counties county conservation districts and funding targeted agricultural BMP implementation through focused watershed assessments at sussex and kent counties county conservation districts. Bmps include cover crops and other eligible agricultural bmps. Outcomes:deliverables under this assistance agreement will include: inform local and state decision-makers of program accomplishments through publication and dissemination of NPS program annual reports, targeted fact sheets, email correspondence, social media, local workgroups, other media, etc., during budget development (june), delaware state fair (july), and other outreach events (four events annually); host or attend meetings to improve program communication and coordination of the NPS program; conduct the NPS partnership and stakeholder engagement meeting biennially, or on an as needed basis; project mers reported in: grts and annual report; implement cover crops, grass and riparian buffers, wetland creation and/or restoration, water control structures, woodchip bioreactors, shallow water areas for wildlife, poultry windbreaks, pollinator habitats/meadows, tree planting (reforestation) and/or structural facilities (manure sheds, composters, etc.), etc; install five (5) agricultural bmps or one (1) large project, identified above on agricultural lands in identified priority watersheds; implement urban stormwater bmps such as stormwater performance standards (including stormwater treatment and runoff reduction practices), stormwater retrofits, urban forest buffers, urban tree plantings/canopy initiatives, green infrastructure practices, rain gardens, living shorelines, stream restoration, etc., in priority watersheds; implement three (3) urban bmps identified above or one (1) large project in any of the priority watersheds (appoquinimink, broadkill, chester/choptank, christina basin, inland bays, nanticoke, pocomoke/wicomico, upper chesapeake and/or ST. Jones river). Outcomes will be improved water quality in the state of delaware via nutrient pollution reduction. Cobenefits may include habitat improvements and others. Direct beneficiaries of this program include all delaware state residents and occupants, both permanent and temporary.