Erosion Control Grant Program

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Lake Tahoe Restoration Act/Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act Erosion Control Grant Program

The Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit (LTBMU) receives Erosion Control Grants money that provides Federal Assistance to local governments for erosion and sediment control projects that are located on non-Federal lands and that provide benefit to Federal land. This grant program is authorized under Section 7 of the Lake Tahoe Restoration Act (LTRA), Public Law 106-506) and administered by the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit of the US Forest Service using the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number 10.672.

These funds are available to the governing bodies of political subdivisions within the Lake Tahoe Basin for the purpose of planning, designing,  implementing, and monitoring urban erosion control water quality treatment projects.  The funds will be allocated on a competitive basis.  

The Proposal Review Committee

A technical advisory committee will review the proposals and forward their recommendations to the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit's Forest Supervisor, Terri Marceron, for final award allocation. 

The committee consists of representatives from the Forest Service, Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, California Tahoe Conservancy, Nevada Division of State Lands, and Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board, and Nevada Department of Environmental Protection. 

Submitting a Proposal

The LTBMU will administer annual grant cycles based on the timing of funds availability. Please view the LTRA Erosion Control Grant Program Announcement for the schedule for submitting a grant proposal for the current cycle. The Erosion Control Grant application process has two steps, first project proposals are submitted then reviewed for award selection, and second, complete grant applications are submitted for those proposals selected for award. The proposals submitted in the first step should follow the outline of the narrative proposal in the appropriate grant application checklist and be submitted with a prioritized list of project proposals submitted for grant funding and a matching funds spreadsheet. The complete applications submitted in the second step for proposals selected for award will contain all of the other required documents noted in the appropriate applications checklists.

Informational Documents and Guidelines

• Grant Application Guidelines

Grant Application Checklist

• SPF-Construction (PDF 19 KB)
• SPF-Non-Construction (PDF 20 KB)
• SPF-Both Construction and Non-Construction (PDF 22 KB)

Matching Funds Spreadsheets

• Attachment A (PDF 19 KB)
• Attachment B (PDF 24 KB)

LTBMU NEPA Guidance

Erosion Control NEPA Guidance

• Erosion Control NEPA Guidance (PDF 141 KB)

Biological Species Lists

• Wildlife (PDF 82 KB)

• Botany
  • Sensitive Species (PDF 110 KB)
  • Special Interest Species (PDF 86 KB)

Noxious Weed Forms

• Invasive Plant Field Reconnaissance Report - Draft (DOC 98 KB)
• Invasive Plant Survey Form (DOC 39 KB)
• Invasive Species Guideline Packet 2008 - Draft (DOC 163 KB)
• Noxious Weed Quick Reference Stats (DOC 117 KB)
• Noxious Weed Risk Assessment (DOC 125 KB)
• Noxious Weed Table - 2008 (DOC 86 KB)
• Mapping Protocol (DOC 433 KB)
• Mapping Form (XLS 21 KB)
• Priority Invasive Weeds 2007 (DOC 36 KB)

For additional information, please contact Barbara Shanley at (530) 543-2657 or by email: bshanley@fs.fed.us or Genevieve Villemaire at (530) 543-2783 or by email: gvillemaire@fs.fed.us

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