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The National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) awarded a $2.2 million Cooperative Agreement to the Southwest Florida Water Management District (Swfwmd) under the Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) Program (CFDA 10.923) on July 10, 2025. The award funds debris removal and emergency recovery measures for two Florida waterways impacted by Hurricane Milton: Peace Creek in Polk County and Flint Creek in Hillsborough County. The project is scheduled for completion by April 8, 2026. Under this...

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...

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

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 City of Altamonte received a $2.48 million cooperative agreement from the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) under the Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) Program (CFDA 10.923), awarded on April 11, 2025, with a completion date of October 9, 2026. The cooperative agreement funds debris removal and streambank stabilization activities in Seminole County, Florida, to address watershed damage and imminent hazards resulting from Hurricane Milton. These emergency recovery measures...

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...

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 Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) awarded a Cooperative Agreement totaling $1,446,167.80 to the Fort Pierce Farms Water Control District on July 15, 2025, under the Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) Program (CFDA 10.923). This award funds bank stabilization activities in St. Lucie County, Florida, in response to damage sustained from Hurricane Milton. The EWP Program provides financial and technical assistance for emergency recovery measures following natural disasters, with a...

The City of Highland received a $342,540 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 September 30, 2025. This award funds the construction of debris barriers in San Bernardino County, California, with a completion date of April 17, 2026. The debris barriers serve as post-disaster recovery and infrastructure protection measures designed to mitigate imminent...