Assistance program
Lake Tahoe Erosion Control Grant Program
$8.8 Million committed in FY2018–FY2026
- Agency
- Forest Service, Agriculture, Department of
- Assistance
- Cooperative Agreements;Project Grants
- CFDA number
- 10.690
- What it does
- To make annual payments to the governing bodies of each of the political subdivisions (including public utilities) located in the Lake Tahoe Basin to be used primarily for erosion control and water quality projects. The goal of the program is to provide federal assistance to address urban stormwater runoff pollution, the primary source of pollutants (fine sediment and nutrients) affecting the clarity of Lake Tahoe. This program addresses urban runoff from public roads and right of ways. To fund a competitive grant award program for research projects high in technical merit and relevant to land management and regulatory agencies working in the Tahoe Basin. The goal of the program is to promote applied, timely, relevant research that addresses natural resource management needs in the basin. Research funded through this program addresses key management questions, includes input from agencies, produces decision-support tools that are useful and accessible, fosters collaboration and communication, builds on previous research, and ultimately addresses the science needs identified in the Lake Tahoe Environmental Improvement Program. The environmental goals of the Lake Tahoe Environmental Improvement Program are defined using thresholds that were established to protect the natural environment and maintain public health and safety within the basin. The threshold categories are: 1) water quality, 2) wildlife, 3) soil conservation, 4) scenic resources, 5) air quality, 6) recreation, 7) vegetation, 8) noise, and 9) fisheries.
- Who benefits
- Beneficiary eligibility for National Forest System and State, Private, and Tribal Forestry awards include governing bodies of each of the political subdivisions (including public utilities) located in the Lake Tahoe Basin. Beneficiary eligibility for competitive research awards include organizations and scientists involved in basic and applied research activities related to forest and rangeland renewable resources.
- Who applies
- Eligible applicants for National Forest System awards include State Forestry or equivalent agencies, tribes, non-profits, and municipalities in the local governing bodies of political subdivisions in the Lake Tahoe basin. Eligible applicants for competitive research awards include State Agricultural Experiment Stations, universities and colleges, State and local governments, U.S. Territories, nonprofit research institutions or organizations, international organizations, individuals, and for-profit organizations. Eligible applicants for State, Private and Tribal Forestry awards include local governments.
Committed by fiscal year
* FY2026 is year-to-date — the fiscal year is still in progress, so its total is still filling in. The striped band and dashed line mark that provisional stretch.
How the money flows
Committed dollars by how this program's money is paid out.
Grants
$7.3M
83%
Other
$1.5M
17%
Top recipients
By dollars committed.
How to read these numbers
- Committed through this program
Money committed under this assistance listing (its CFDA program), counted in the year each action happened.
- How it's paid
Most programs pay out one way — a grant, or a direct payment to individuals; the flow bar only appears when a program genuinely mixes types.
- Some recipients aren't itemized
For entitlement programs like Social Security and Medicare, the government reports one aggregate instead of naming tens of millions of people, so the recipient roster isn't part of the public record.
- Awards, counted once
An award count is the number of distinct awards with at least one action that year — each counted once, however many times it was amended.
- The colored bars
Every bar on this page splits by how the money moves:
Direct payments