Assistance program
Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention
$1.2 Billion committed in FY2020–FY2026
- Agency
- Natural Resources Conservation Service, Agriculture, Department of
- Assistance
- Project Grants (Cooperative Agreements or Contracts);Advisory Services and Counseling
- CFDA number
- 10.904
- What it does
- To provide technical and financial assistance in carrying out works of improvement to protect, develop, and utilize the land and water resources in watersheds. The assistance is provided to State and local agencies, tribal governments, and other Federal agencies to prevent damage caused by erosion, floodwater, and sediment; further the conservation, development, utilization, and disposal of water; and advance the conservation and utilization of the land.
- Who benefits
- Not Applicable
- Who applies
- Any State agency, county or groups of counties, municipality, town or township, soil and water conservation district, flood prevention or flood control district, Indian tribe or tribal organization, or any other nonprofit agency with authority under State law to levy taxes, condemnation authority, and to carry out maintenance, and operate watershed works of improvement may apply for assistance. This program is available in Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Mariana Islands and the Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands.
- Authorized by
- Public Law 83-566
- Public Law 115-334
- Public Law 117-58
- Public Law 78-534
- Public Law 84-1018
- Public Law 85-865
- Public Law 86-468
- Public Law 111-5
- Public Law 86-545
- Public Law 87-703
- Public Law 90-361
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.
Top recipients
By dollars committed.
How to read these numbers
- Committed through this program
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- Awards, counted once
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- The colored bars
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Direct payments