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

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded a $5,811,860 Nonpoint Source Implementation Grant (CFDA 66.460) to the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission (ANRC), a state government agency, to implement its Nonpoint Source Management Program. The 5-year grant, which began on October 1, 2023, will support a variety of structural and non-structural best management practices (BMPs), watershed planning, monitoring, technology demonstrations, and education/outreach programs focused on reducing nutrient loading and restoring streambanks in impaired watersheds across Arkansas. The grant provides core personnel and program management funding for ANRC to coordinate with partner agencies, implement priority projects, and revise the state's Nonpoint Source Management Plan. The anticipated outcomes include reduced nutrient loading, restored streambanks, increased BMP implementation, and greater public awareness of nonpoint source pollution and mitigation strategies.

This agreement provides support to the state of arkansas 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.activities:the proposed work in this agreement includes core personnel and program management for anrc to support ongoing projects supporting nutrient reduction, coordination with partner agencies, priority watersheds, implementation projects, streambank restoration, education and outreach and revising the arkansas nonpoint source management plan. 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.subrecipient:no subawards are included in this assistance agreement.outcomes:the anticipated deliverables and expected outcomes include reduced nutrient loading in watersheds, restored streambanks, best management practice implementation, increased awareness of nonpoint source pollution sources and methods to reduce them. Direct beneficiaries of this program include residents and occupants, both permanent and temporary, in the state of arkansas.