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    • Emergency Watershed Program Helps Communities Cope With Adverse Impacts Resulting From Natural Disasters.
    • Retaining Walls Protect Sheridan Wyoming School
    • Watershed Dams Provide Municipal Water Supply and Recreational Areas for Oklahoma and Texas Towns
    • USDA Facts and Figures Resource Packet
    • Are our local Headwaters dams safe? An OPED about the Virginia Headwaters Watershed Project
    • If you missed the webinar listed below here some key Q&A from that discussion and additional information on the USDA Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations Proposal Guidance FY 2020 Funding. Notice deadlines for submitting funding requests.
    • USDA NRCS Watershed Program Listening Session – Presentation by Kevin Farmer, NRCS Watershed Program Branch Chief
    • EWP Program Used to Repair Lake Bennett Dam
    • Missouri Watershed Program Continues to Benefit Farmers and Communities
    • Rehabilitation of Hearthstone Lake Dam Will Extend Life of Dam for Another 68 Years
    • Floodwater Retention Dams Prevent Additional Damage from Disastrous Flooding in Texas
    • Flood control dams saved Oklahoma $19.6 million in flood damages
    • Lower Columbia Watershed Regional Conservation Partnership Program Project in Oregon Focuses on Water Quality Improvement
    • TSSWCB Announces Completion of $8 Million Rehabilitation Project on Flood Control Structure in Kyle, Texas
    • Watershed Program Seminar and Listening Session News Release
    • USDA invests in the Cape Cod Water Resources Restoration Project
    • California’s Santa Monica Debris Basin Prevented Damages from Eroding Wildfire Burned Areas
    • Watersheds Our Water Our Home- A Nebraska NRCS News Release on Watershed Projects Benefits
    • Nebraska Duck Creek Dam No. 12 Feature Article
    • Departee Creek RCPP Project Receives Approval
    • City of McKinney, TX Receives State-Wide Recognition for Dam Rehabilitation
    • Oklahoma Watershed Dam Provides Multiple Benefits
    • Huntsman Lake Dam Provides Storm Water Management and Much More
    • USDA Approves Nine Projects Under the Regional Conservation Partnership Program Utilizing Watershed Program Authority
    • Lower Colorado River Authority receives $8 million grant from the USDA Regional Conservation Partnership Program to construct new reservoir in Colorado County, Texas
    • Virginia Flood Control Lake Provides Critical Water Supply
    • Overcoming Challenges of Rehabilitating Flood Control Dams in Urban Areas
    • Texas Flood Control Dams Withstand El Nino Generated Storms
    • Swan Quarter Watershed Project Story
    • Watershed Dams Prevent Millions of Dollars in Flood Damages in Four States
    • Oklahoma’s Watershed Dams Reduces Flood Damages
    • Nebraska’s Watershed Program Reduces Flood Damages by $3 Million.
    • Flood control dams in Nebraska prevent over a million dollars in damages.
    • Texas Partnerships Protect Water Quality and Quantity of Ft. Worth Water Supply
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Watershed Publications

 

What is a watershed?

USDA Watershed Program Resource Packet 2020

Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention – Helping Communities 2020

National Watershed Benefits fact sheet February 2018

Telling the Watershed Story: Tips on Working with Local News Media

Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Program Fact Sheet 11

Oklahoma Conservation Commission Issues Preliminary Report on  the Impact of the Nation’s Largest Earthquake since 2014 on USDA Flood Control Dams near the Epicenter.

Media and Information Packet for Watershed Sponsors

Regional Conservation Partnership Program Fact Sheet

PL 83-566 Watershed Authority and the Regional Conservation Partnership Program

Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Program Multi-Year Plan

NWC Assistance to Project Sponsors – 2018

Exploring the Possibilities of Small Hydropower Development Utilizing NRCS-Assisted Flood Control Dams

Managing Operation and Maintenance (O&M) Agreements on Watershed Dams

Development Downstream From Flood Control Dams – A Growing Concern for Watershed Project Sponsors

Meeting Today’s Natural Resource Needs

Watershed Project Sponsor Responsibilities – Dams

A Guide to the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Program

Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Program – Helping Communities Conserve Natural Resources

Actions Watershed Project Sponsors Should Take When a NRCS-Assisted Flood Control Dam is Reclassified as High Hazard

How a Watershed Dam Works

Operation and Maintenance of Watershed Dams

Addressing Local and State Watershed Program Funding Challenges: A Working Forum

Funding Plan Template

Project Sponsor Board Member Fact Sheet

Identifying and Prioritizing Operation and Maintenance Needs of NRCS-Assisted Flood Control Dams

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