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NRCS Information Related To the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act)
Updated
08/18/2009
 
Overview of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act)
The Recovery Act was signed into law by President Obama on February 17th, 2009. It is an unprecedented effort to jumpstart our economy, create or save millions of jobs, and put a down payment on addressing long-neglected challenges so our country can thrive in the 21st century. The Act is an extraordinary response to a crisis unlike any since the Great Depression, and includes measures to modernize our nation's infrastructure, enhance energy independence, expand educational opportunities, preserve and improve affordable health care, provide tax relief, and protect those in greatest need.
NRCS RECOVERY ACT PROGRAMS:
Economic and Environmental Benefits (Fact Sheet PDF, 341 KB)
The Recovery Act funding for NRCS is located under the following three programs:
Watershed Rehabilitation
Funding Provided: $50,000,000
Program Description:
The authority for rehabilitation of aging watershed dams is included in section 14 of the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (PL 83-566). Any of the over 11,000 dams in 47 states that were constructed under the four watershed programs (PL-534, PL-566, Pilot, or RC&D) are eligible for assistance under this authority. Many of these dams are nearing the end of their 50-year design life. Rehabilitation of these dams is needed to address critical public health and safety issues in these communities. Priority for funding of projects is based on a priority ranking system that considers the condition of the dam and number of people at risk if the dam should fail. NRCS may provide technical assistance and 65% of the total rehabilitation project cost.
(Additional Watershed Rehabilitation
Information)
Watershed Operations
Funding Provided: $145,000,000
Program Description:
This voluntary program provides assistance to sponsoring local organizations of authorized watershed projects, planned and approved under the authority of the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act of 1954 (P.L.
83-566), and designated watersheds authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1944 (P.L. 78-534). NRCS
provides technical and financial assistance to States, local governments and
Tribes (as project sponsors) to implement authorized watershed project plans for
the purpose of watershed protection; flood mitigation; water quality
improvements; soil erosion reduction; rural, municipal and industrial water
supply; irrigation water management; sediment control; fish and wildlife
enhancement; and wetlands and wetland function creation and restoration. There
are over 1,500 active or completed watershed projects.
(Additional Watershed Operations Information)
Floodplain Easements
Funding Provided: $145,000,000 ($30,000,000 maximum for any one state)
Program Description:
Floodplain easements restore, protect, maintain, and enhance the functions of the floodplain; conserve natural values including fish and wildlife habitat, water quality, flood water retention, ground water recharge, and open space; reduce long-term federal disaster assistance; and safeguard lives and property from floods, drought, and the products of erosion. NRCS may purchase easements on floodplain lands that meet program criteria. Purchases are based upon established priorities. The easement provides NRCS with the authority to restore and enhance the floodplain’s functions and values.
Landowners retain several rights to the property, including quiet enjoyment, the
right to control public access, and the right to undeveloped recreational use
such as hunting and fishing.
(Additional
Floodplain Easements Information)
Recovery Act Projects -
Funding & Fact Sheets
For detailed information and photographs, please view the project PDF fact
sheets in the table below. For an alternate view of NRCS ARRA projects,
please view the USDA ARRA
Geo-Spatial Map.
Note: Within the table below, NRCS ARRA project fact sheets are published
under individual state NRCS ARRA program areas. Additional NRCS ARRA fact
sheets and project updates will be posted as they become available.
Project funding is valid as of June 2009 and may be subject to change.
AL | AK | AR
| CA | CO |
CT |
GA | IA |
ID | IL | IN |
KS | KY |
LA | ME |
MD | MA |
MI |
MN | MS |
MO | MT | NE |
NH | NJ |
NM | NY |
NC | ND |
OH | OK | OR |
PA | RI |
SC | SD |
TN | TX | VA |
WA | WV |
WI | Northern
Marianas (Saipan)
State
(Total Funding) |
Watershed
Rehabilitation
(Total Program Funding) |
Watershed Operations
(Total Program Funding) |
Floodplain
Easements
(Total Program Funding) |
Alabama (AL)
($3,401,627) |
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AL Watershed Operations
($430,000) |
AL Floodplain
Easements
($2,971,627) |
Alaska (AK)
($3,120,424) |
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AK Floodplain
Easements
($3,120,424) |
Arkansas (AR)
($3,854,586)
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AR Watershed
Rehabilitation
($1,495,000) |
AR Watershed Operations
($134,000) |
AR Floodplain
Easements
($2,225,586) |
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Poteau River Watershed Site 5
($1,495,000)
(Fact Sheet PDF; 416 KB) |
Upper Petit Jean Watershed Site 9
($134,000)
(Fact Sheet PDF; 844 KB) |
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California (CA)
($27,245,784) |
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CA
Watershed Operations
($19,275,000) |
CA Floodplain
Easements
($7,970,784) |
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Flood Control and Habitat
Improvement Along
Lower Silver Creek
($19,000,000)
(Fact Sheet PDF; 696 KB) |
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Water Quality Improvement
Along Lower Stemple Creek
($275,000)
(Fact Sheet PDF; 764 KB) |
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Colorado (CO)
($4,194,234) |
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CO
Watershed Operations
($3,580,000) |
CO Floodplain
Easements
($614,234) |
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Beaver Creek Watershed
($2,500,000)
(Fact Sheet PDF; 607 KB) |
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Highline Breaks Watershed
($629,000)
(Fact sheet PDF; 495 KB) |
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Connecticut (CT)
($888,270) |
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CT
Floodplain Easements
($888,270) |
Georgia (GA)
($9,806,268) |
GA Watershed
Rehabilitation
($6,165,000) |
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GA Floodplain
Easements
($3,641,268) |
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Marbury Creek No. 22 Watershed Structure
($300,000)
(Fact Sheet PDF; 340 KB) |
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Sandy Creek No. 23 Watershed Structure
($1,675,000)
(Fact Sheet PDF; 351 KB) |
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Sandy Creek No. 15 Watershed Structure
($1,975,000)
(Fact Sheet PDF; 350 KB) |
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Little Sandy Trail Creek No. 1 Dam
($840,000)
(Fact Sheet PDF; 630 KB) |
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South River Dam No. 4 Watershed Structure
($1,375,000)
(Fact Sheet PDF; 360 KB) |
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Idaho (ID)
($430,000) |
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ID
Watershed Operations
($430,000) |
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Improving Water
Quality in Southern
Washington County
($430,000)
(Fact Sheet PDF; 700 KB) |
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Illinois (IL)
($5,946,931) |
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IL
Floodplain Easements
($5,946,931) |
Indiana (IN)
($11,450,472) |
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IN
Watershed Operations($3,300,000) |
IN
Floodplain Easements
$8,150,472 |
Iowa (IA)
($26,114,286) |
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IA
Watershed Operations
($2,231,750) |
IA
Floodplain Easements
($23,882,536) |
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Hacklebarney Watershed
($161,000)
(Fact Sheet PDF; 780 KB) |
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Mill Creek Watershed
(Iowa and Missouri)
($57,500)
(Fact Sheet PDF; 869 KB) |
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Kansas (KS)
($5,090,232) |
KS Watershed
Rehabilitation
($1,135,000) |
KS Watershed Operations
($1,661,000) |
KS Floodplain
Easements
($2,294,232) |
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Switzler Creek Watershed-Dam Site #7
($1,135,000)
(Fact Sheet PDF; 289 KB) |
Big Caney Watershed - Site #18
($214,000)
(Fact Sheet PDF; 647 KB) |
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Kentucky (KY)
($8,403,421) |
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KY
Watershed Operations
($4,817,880) |
KY
Floodplain Easements
($3,585,541) |
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Fox Creek Multiple Purpose
Structure Number 4
($4,092,880)
(Fact Sheet PDF; 423 KB) |
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Louisiana (LA)
($6,268,529) |
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LA
Watershed Operations
($4,470,000) |
LA
Floodplain Easements
($1,798,529) |
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Duralde-Lower Nezpique Watershed
($1,270,000)
(Fact Sheet PDF; 826 KB) |
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Red Bayou Watershed
($3,200,000)
(Fact Sheet PDF; 596 KB) |
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Maine (ME)
($469,666) |
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ME
Floodplain Easements
($469,666) |
Maryland (MD)
($667,849) |
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MD
Floodplain Easements
($667,849) |
Massachusetts (MA)
($4,364,400) |
MA Watershed
Rehabilitation
($4,364,400) |
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Hop Brook Dam in the SuAsCo Watershed
($2,357,400)
(Fact Sheet PDF; 298 KB) |
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George H. Nichols Dam, SuAsCo Watershed
($2,007,000)
(Fact Sheet PDF; 306 KB) |
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Michigan (MI)
($523,074) |
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MI
Floodplain Easements
($523,074) |
Minnesota (MN)
($2,965,541) |
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MN Watershed Operations
($544,000) |
MN
Floodplain Easements
($2,421,541) |
Mississippi (MS)
($10,226,164) |
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MS
Watershed Operations
($7,630,000) |
MS
Floodplain Easements
($2,596,164) |
Missouri (MO)
($10,117,132) |
MO Watershed
Rehabilitation
($400,000) |
MO Watershed Operations
($4,900,000) |
MO Floodplain
Easements
($4,817,132) |
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Lost Creek Watershed Project (B-2)
($400,000)
(Fact Sheet PDF; 277 KB) |
Big Creek-Hurricane Creek
Watershed Project
($950,000)
(Fact Sheet PDF; 527 KB) |
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Montana (MT)
($808,000) |
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MT Watershed Operations
($808,000) |
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Nebraska (NE)
($5,731,260) |
NE Watershed
Rehabilitation
($1,170,000) |
NE Watershed Operations
($4,200,000) |
NE Floodplain
Easements
($361,260) |
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Papio Creek W-3 Watershed Dam
Improvement Project
($1,170,000)
(Fact Sheet PDF; 870 KB) |
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New Hampshire (NH)
($569,403) |
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NH Floodplain
Easements
($569,403) |
New Jersey (NJ)
($841,164) |
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NJ Floodplain
Easements
($841,164) |
New Mexico (NM)
($1,440,000) |
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NM
Watershed Operations
($1,440,000) |
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New York (NY)
($5,752,166) |
NY Watershed
Rehabilitation
($2,744,200) |
NY Watershed Operations
($1,000,000) |
NY Floodplain
Easements
($2,007,966) |
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Little Choconut Creek Watershed Site 2
($344,200)
(Fact Sheet PDF; 411 KB) |
New York City Watershed
($1,000,000)
(Fact Sheet PDF; 405 KB) |
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Conewango Creek Watershed Site 3
($1,200,000)
(Fact Sheet PDF; 383 KB) |
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Conewango Creek Watershed Site 6
($1,200,000)
(Fact Sheet PDF; 257 KB) |
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North Carolina (NC)
($6,021,858) |
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NC Watershed Operations
($5,280,858) |
NC
Floodplain Easements
($741,000) |
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Swan Quarter Watershed
($5,280,858)
(Fact Sheet PDF; 675 KB) |
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North Dakota (ND)
($11,773,349) |
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ND
Floodplain Easements
($11,773,349) |
Northern Marianas (Saipan)
($4,150,000) |
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Saipan
Watershed Operations
($4,150,000) |
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Kagman Watershed
Project, Saipan,
($4,150,000)
(Fact Sheet PDF; 565 KB) |
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Ohio (OH)
($6,122,278) |
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OH
Floodplain Easements
($6,122,278) |
Oklahoma (OK)
($19,989,520) |
OK Watershed
Rehabilitation
($14,015,000) |
OK Watershed Operations
($3,164,000) |
OK Floodplain
Easements
($2,810,520) |
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Sallisaw Creek Watershed Dam No. 18M
($4,160,000)
(Fact Sheet PDF; 681 KB) |
Re-establishment of
Riparian Habitat on
Stillwater Creek Watershed
($40,000)
(Fact Sheet PDF; 501 KB) |
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Sugar Creek Watershed Dam No. L-43
($1,645,000)
(Fact Sheet PDF; 234 KB) |
Re-establishment of
Riparian Habitat on
Upper Red Rock 52
($60,000)
(Fact Sheet PDF; 765 KB) |
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Sugar Creek Watershed Dam No. L-44
($1,790,000)
(Fact Sheet PDF; 217 KB) |
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Cottonwood Creek Watershed Dam No. 15
($3,610,000)
(Fact Sheet PDF; 397 KB) |
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Upper Clear Boggy Watershed Dam No. 35
($840,000)
(Fact Sheet PDF; 382 KB) |
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Upper Clear Boggy Watershed Dam No. 34
($960,000)
(Fact Sheet PDF; 282 KB) |
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Upper Clear Boggy Watershed Dam No. 33
($1,010,000)
(Fact Sheet PDF; 276 KB) |
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Oregon (OR)
($3,035,826) |
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OR
Floodplain Easements($3,035,826) |
Pennsylvania (PA)
($13,459,460) |
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PA
Watershed Operations
($11,900,000) |
PA
Floodplain Easements
($1,559,460) |
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Improving Water Quality
in the Red-White Clay Creeks
(Pennsylvania and Delaware)
($430,000)
(Fact Sheet PDF; 514 KB) |
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Improving Water Quality in
Tulpehocken Creek
($1,375,000)
(Fact Sheet PDF; 783 KB) |
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Brandywine Creek Watershed
($20,000)
(Fact Sheet PDF; 516 KB) |
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Rhode Island (RI)
($2,347,200) |
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RI
Floodplain Easements
($2,347,200) |
South Carolina (SC)
($1,599,500) |
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SC
Watershed Operations
($1,040,000) |
SC
Floodplain Easements
($559,500) |
South Dakota (SD)
($1,904,514) |
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SD
Floodplain Easements
($1,904,514) |
Tennessee (TN)
($14,151,895) |
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TN
Watershed Operations
($12,400,000) |
TN
Floodplain Easements
($1,751,895) |
Texas (TX)
($26,365,000) |
TX Watershed
Rehabilitation
($4,825,000) |
TX Watershed Operations
($21,540,000) |
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Calaveras Creek Dam No. 6
($2,373,000)
(Fact Sheet PDF; 303 KB) |
Trinity River-Big Sandy
Creek Watershed Dam No. 24C
($369,000)
(Fact Sheet PDF; 707 KB) |
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Plum Creek Dam No. 5
($2,452,000)
(Fact Sheet PDF; 255 KB) |
Caney Creek Watershed
Dam No. 3A
($399,000)
(Fact Sheet; 737 KB) |
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Lower Brushy Creek Watershed
($2,502,000)
(Fact Sheet PDF; 608 KB) |
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Plum Creek Watershed Dam No. 8
($1,335,000)
(Fact Sheet PDF; 648 KB) |
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Sub-Watersheds of the Trinity River
($15,259,000)
(Fact Sheet PDF; 597 KB) |
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Upper Brushy Creek
Watershed Dam No. 29
($930,000)
(Fact Sheet PDF; 627 KB) |
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Virginia (VA)
($5,328,000) |
VA Watershed
Rehabilitation
($4,355,000) |
VA Watershed Operations
($973,000) |
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Pohick Creek Watershed Site 2
($2,195,000)
(Fact Sheet PDF; 323 KB) |
Little Reed Island Watershed
($225,300)
(Fact Sheet PDF; 562 KB) |
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Pohick Creek Watershed Site 3
($2,160,000)
(Fact Sheet PDF; 347 KB) |
North Fork of
the Powell River Watershed
($380,000)
(Fact Sheet PDF; 588 KB) |
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Washington (WA)
($2,312,816) |
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WA
Watershed Operations
($625,000) |
WA Floodplain
Easements
($1,687,816) |
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Salmon, Traditions Return
to Colville Tribe
Omak Creek Watershed
($625,000)
(Fact Sheet PDF; 538 KB) |
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West Virginia (WV)
($15,805,500) |
WV Watershed
Rehabilitation
($4,050,000) |
WV
Watershed Operations
($10,085,000) |
WV Floodplain
Easements
($1,670,500) |
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New Creek Site 14 Dam
($4,050,000)
(Fact Sheet PDF; 1199 KB) |
Deckers Creek
Acid Mine Drainage
($4,885,000)
(Fact Sheet PDF; 1213 KB) |
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Wisconsin (WI)
($19,718,770) |
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WI Floodplain
Easements
($19,718,770) |
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For questions regarding accessibility of Recovery Act Project information, please
contact Bruce Julian at 202-690-0513.
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