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Texas Watershed Program
In the mid-1930s, Congress began looking at ways to complement the downstream
flood control program
of the Corps of Engineers. It passed flood control acts in
1936, 1944, and 1954 and assigned responsibility
of the Watershed Protection and
Flood Prevention Program to the USDA Soil Conservation Service, now the Natural
Resources Conservation Service (NRCS).
Since that time, NRCS has assisted watershed sponsors in construction of nearly
2,000 floodwater retarding structures in 145 watershed projects across Texas. In addition, NRCS has
assisted watershed sponsors in installation of land treatment practices, channel improvements, and dikes for
watershed protection.
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