Watershed Restoration and Enhancement Agreement Authority
Active
- Assistance listing
- 10.693
- Agency
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Forest Service
Department of Agriculture
- Grant awards
- 195 $42,904,636 in federal obligations
Program facts
- Also known as
- Wyden Amendment
- Assistance types
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- Cooperative Agreement
- Project Grant
- Formula Grant
- Treasury accounts
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- 12-1115-0-1-302
- 12-1105-0-1-302
- 12-1106-0-1-302
- More information
Program details come from SAM.gov Assistance Listings. Updated . Grant award figures come from USAspending.gov.
About this program
The Department of Agriculture Forest Service awards funding under the Watershed Restoration and Enhancement Agreement Authority (CFDA 10.693) to enter into cooperative agreements and grants with willing participants for protection, restoration, and enhancement of aquatic and wildlife habitat on public or private land, and for reduction of risk from natural disaster where public safety is threatened, with the most recent grant award issued on August 30, 2025.
The program funds watershed-level restoration and hazard mitigation projects on non-federal lands. Funded activities include hazardous fuels reduction through mastication, chipping, hand thinning, and prescribed burning in wildland-urban interface zones; aquatic habitat restoration including culvert right-sizing; watershed analysis studies; habitat surveys and wildlife species monitoring; and invasive species management. All projects must comply with the National Environmental Policy Act, Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act, and other applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. Project duration caps at five years, and work must occur within the watershed where public resource benefits are achieved.
The program has distributed 195 awards totaling $42.9 million in federal dollars (with $4 million in non-federal cost-share) since 2007. Cooperative Agreements dominate the assistance-type mix at 88 percent of awards, with Project Grants comprising 12 percent and one Formula Grant. Award volume has grown modestly, ranging from two to seven awards annually over the past five years, with seven awards in both 2023 and 2024 and only two awards posted in 2025 through the most recent data.
Funding concentrates within Department of Agriculture Forest Service regional offices. The Pacific Southwest Region (R5) leads with 71 awards totaling $21.1 million in federal dollars obligated, followed by the Forest Service national office at 113 awards and $18.9 million federal dollars obligated. The Pacific Northwest Region (R6), Eastern Region (R9), and Alaska Region (R10) account for the remainder. Typical awards range from $100,000 to $900,000. Recent cooperative agreements include Mount Shasta wildland-urban interface fuels reduction on 199 acres ($893,800, awarded August 30, 2025), community fire hazard reduction near a high-risk fireshed through 200 acres of mastication ($522,080, August 28, 2025), and Palomar Mountain defensible space fuel treatments ($288,000, August 26, 2024).
Eligible applicants include private landowners, state and local governments, tribal governments, educational institutions, and private nonprofit entities. No grant opportunities appear currently open; the program operates through negotiated cooperative agreement and grant authority established by Forest Service headquarters or regional offices rather than through posted solicitations.
Objective and description
- Objective
To enter into agreements with willing participants for the protection, restoration, and enhancement of aquatic and wildlife habitat and other resources on public or private land and for the reduction of risk from natural disaster where public safety
- Description
Projects that protect, enhance, or restore resources within a watershed and provide tangible benefits to achieving Forest Service goals and objectives are allowable under Wyden. Project types are not limited to actual projects on the ground; for example, processed based restoration efforts, aquatic habitat restoration, or culvert right-sizing. Watershed analysis studies, habitat surveys and wildlife species monitoring, depending on the benefit to resources within the watershed, are also permissible under Wyden. Any project carried out under Wyden authority must comply with all applicable Federal, State and local laws and regulations, policies and permit requirements; for example, National Environmental Policy Act, Clean Water Act, and Endangered Species Act.
Eligibility
- Applicant eligibility
Private landowners, State, local or Tribal governments or other public entities, educational institutions or private nonprofit entities.
- Beneficiary eligibility
Projects must be located in the same watershed where the public resource benefits will occur.
- Uses of assistance
Projects that protect, enhance, or restore resources within a watershed and provide tangible benefits to achieving Forest Service goals and objectives are allowable under Wyden. Project types are not limited to actual projects on the ground; for example, stream gabion installation, check dam construction, fish habitat restoration, or culvert cleaning. Watershed analysis studies, habitat surveys and wildlife species monitoring, depending on the benefit to resources within the watershed, are also permissible under Wyden. Any project carried out under Wyden authority must comply with all applicable Federal, State and local laws and regulations, policies and permit requirements; for example, National Environmental Policy Act, Clean Water Act, and Endangered Species Act.
- Length and time phasing of assistance
As specified on the cooperative agreement, but not to exceed 5 years.
How to apply
- Preapplication coordination
Any project carried out under Wyden authority must comply with all applicable Federal, State and local laws and regulations, policies and permit requirements; for example, National Environmental Policy Act, Clean Water Act, and Endangered Species Act.
- Criteria for selecting proposals
Cooperative agreements and grants are negotiated on the basis of project objectives to be achieved, with emphasis on restoration, protection, and enhancement of aquatic and wildlife habitat, and other resources on public and private land, the reduction of risk from natural disaster where public safety is threatened, or a combination thereof or both that benefit these resources within the watershed; availability of funding.
- Award procedure
Established by Forest headquarters, Regional or Washington Office.
- Renewals
Submit written request and completed SF-424 application and SF-424A (as applicable) to amend amount or length of commitment; other requirements may be established by the affected Forest headquarters, Regional or Washington Office.
Grant awards
Latest 10 of 195 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
Top recipients by federal obligations
| Rank | Recipient | Federal obligations | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | National Forest Foundation | $3,898,802 | 9% |
| 2 | Fire Safe Council Of Siskiyou County | $3,101,174 | 7% |
| 3 | Northern California Resource Center | $2,974,600 | 7% |
| 4 | Colorado Department Of Natural Resources | $2,706,317 | 6% |
| 5 | Plumas County Firesafe Council | $2,261,653 | 5% |
| 6 | Tule River Indian Tribe Of The Tule River Reservation, California | $2,085,736 | 5% |
| 7 | El Dorado County Fire Safe Council | $1,780,353 | 4% |
| 8 | Butte County Fire Safe Council | $1,416,952 | 3% |
| 9 | Tuolumne Band Of Me-Wuk Indians Of The Tuolumne Rancheria Of California | $1,276,798 | 3% |
| 10 | Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District | $1,226,591 | 3% |
10 of 72 recipients listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
Federal obligations by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Federal obligations |
|---|---|
| FY2025 | $1,404,954 |
| FY2024 | $2,231,776 |
| FY2023 | $1,906,134 |
| FY2022 | $1,828,031 |
| FY2021 | $2,195,713 |
| FY2020 | $2,616,371 |
| FY2019 | $783,842 |
| FY2018 | $470,850 |
| FY2017 | $3,605,811 |
| FY2016 | $3,385,028 |
| FY2015 | $2,827,607 |
| FY2014 | $4,520,009 |
| FY2013 | $3,395,745 |
| FY2012 | $3,246,746 |
| FY2011 | $4,133,844 |
| FY2010 | $3,782,800 |
| FY2009 | $383,300 |
| FY2007 | $19,500 |
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Quick answers
What is Assistance Listing 10.693?
Assistance Listing 10.693 is Watershed Restoration and Enhancement Agreement Authority, a federal grant program run by Forest Service (Department of Agriculture).
What is the CFDA number for Watershed Restoration and Enhancement Agreement Authority?
Its CFDA number is 10.693: Assistance Listing numbers were called CFDA numbers before 2018.
How much funding has Assistance Listing 10.693 awarded?
195 grant awards under 10.693 have obligated $42,904,636 in federal funds to 72 recipients.
Who receives the most funding from 10.693?
The recipients obligated the most under Watershed Restoration and Enhancement Agreement Authority are National Forest Foundation ($3,898,802), Fire Safe Council Of Siskiyou County ($3,101,174) and Northern California Resource Center ($2,974,600).
How much did 10.693 obligate in fiscal year 2025?
Grants under 10.693 obligated $1,404,954 in federal funds in fiscal year 2025.
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