Resilience
Emergency Watershed Protection Program
Agency NameDepartment of Agriculture
Funding Amount$300,000,000.00
Bureau Name
Natural Resources Conservation Service
Funding Mechanism
Technical and Financial Assistance
New?
No
Funding Mechanism
Technical and Financial Assistance
Funding Amount Notes
Period of Availability
Available until expended
Recipients
Local sponsors representing owners, managers, and users of public, private, or Tribal lands are eligible for Emergency Watershed Protection Assistance if their watershed area has been damaged by a natural disaster.
Program Description
Provides for design and construction of measures to help repair damages from a recent disaster to safeguard life and property.
Eligible Uses
Reduce threats to life or property by repairing severe soil erosion and impairments or restoring the hydraulic capacity to the natural environment in an economically/environmentally defensible & technically sound manner.
sam.gov link
https://sam.gov/fal/7ac83d39d5e6426090674291c607a592/view
Statutory Location
Division J, Title I
Federal Cost Share Requirement
Yes (25 percent non-Federal)