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The Department of Agriculture's National Resources Conservation Service awarded Berks County Conservation District a $132,821.25 cooperative agreement under the Emergency Watershed Protection Program (EWP) on May 4, 2022. The agreement will fund the design and installation of emergency watershed protection measures as detailed in individual damage survey reports in Berks County, Pennsylvania through December 25, 2022. The EWP Program aims to assist project sponsors, landowners, and operators...

The Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service awarded Pinal County, Arizona a $6.8 million cooperative agreement under the Emergency Watershed Protection Program on September 15, 2022. The agreement will support sediment removal along Big Box Lake through July 1, 2023. Under the Emergency Watershed Protection Program, which aims to relieve imminent hazards to life and property from natural disasters through erosion prevention and runoff control projects, Pinal County...

The Huntley Project Irrigation District was awarded a $155,550 cooperative agreement from the United States Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service under the Emergency Watershed Protection Program. The award will support flood recovery measures for the district due to flooding that occurred in Montana in June 2022. Work will include runoff retardation and erosion prevention efforts to reduce hazards to life and property from future flood events. The period of...

The Town of Pagosa Springs received a $3.25 million Cooperative Agreement award from the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) under the Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) Program (CFDA 10.923), effective December 17, 2025, with completion targeted for November 15, 2026. This award funds emergency recovery measures in Archuleta County, Colorado, designed to protect infrastructure from future flooding through streambank protection, debris removal, and related watershed protection...

The City of Helper, Utah was awarded a $126,278 cooperative agreement from the United States Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service under the Emergency Watershed Protection Program. The award will support channel clearing and bank protection services along the Hardscrabble Creek due to flooding that occurred in January 2023. Work will be completed by September 3, 2023 to relieve hazards to life and property created by the natural disaster event. The Emergency...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) awarded the County of Los Angeles Department of Public Works a $4.88 million Cooperative Agreement on September 23, 2025, under the Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) Program (CFDA 10.923). The agreement, scheduled for completion by August 20, 2026, funds the design and installation of emergency watershed protection measures to address watershed damage documented in Damage...

The National Resources Conservation Service awarded a $114,482.57 cooperative agreement to the Washington State Conservation Commission on July 27, 2022 through the Emergency Watershed Protection Program (CFDA 10.923). The funding supports stream bank stabilization projects in Mason County, Washington to address infrastructure damage from 2022 western Washington flooding under Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act funding. As the awardee, the Conservation Commission will implement emergency...

The Southwest Florida Water Management District received a $2.2M Cooperative Agreement from the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) under the Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) Program (CFDA 10.923), awarded on July 10, 2025. The project encompasses debris removal from Peace Creek in Polk County and Flint Creek in Hillsborough County, Florida, in response to Hurricane Milton. Work is scheduled for completion by April 8, 2026. The EWP Program provides financial and technical...

The Flint River Soil and Water Conservation District was awarded a $12,055,000 cooperative agreement from the United States Department of Agriculture's National Resources Conservation Service to support planning, design, and construction activities for the Claiborne Aquifer Watershed in Calhoun County, Georgia. The award, provided under the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention program (CFDA #10.904), will fund infrastructure projects to protect, develop, and utilize land and water resources...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) awarded a $41,267,731 Cooperative Agreement under the Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) Program (CFDA 10.923) to the Town of Whitestown, New York. The funding supports implementation of recovery measures and debris removal related to the Halloween 2019 storm in Oneida County. The EWP Program provides financial and technical assistance to local sponsors for emergency watershed protection activities such as...