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R22AS00163: WaterSMART Cooperative Watershed Management Program Phase I Grants

Closed Closed March 31, 2022 Opportunity R22AS00163 ☆ Save

This grant is closed. A newer notice from the same program is open now: WaterSMART Cooperative Watershed Management Program (R26AS00349). Status: Closes February 15, 2028 (465 days left). It is in our archive of Bureau of Reclamation notices from 2022.

• Award ceiling$200,000
• Total funding$3.0 million
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeCooperative Agreement, Grant

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to the applicants described in the notice.

• Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

Applicant Eligibility for Existing Watershed GroupsIn order to be eligible to receive an award as an Existing Watershed Group, the applicant must be an eligible entity as described immediately above and must be either: An Existing Watershed Group, (i.e., a grassroots, non-regulatory legal entity that otherwise meets the definition of a watershed group) A participant in an Existing Watershed Group that meets the definition of a watershed group Applicant Eligibility for Existing Watershed GroupsIn order to be eligible to receive an award as an Existing Watershed Group, the applicant must be an eligible entity as described immediately above and must be either: An Existing Watershed Group, (i.e., a grassroots, non-regulatory legal entity that otherwise meets the definition of a watershed group) A participant in an Existing Watershed Group that meets the definition of a watershed group as described above Please see the full Notice of Funding of Opportunity document in the related documents tab above

Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Cooperative Watershed Management awards averaged $201,055; this notice allows up to $200,000 per award.
• Most of the program's money (76% over five years) went to nonprofits.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

The objective of this NOFO is to invite states, Indian Tribes, irrigation districts, water districts, local governmental entities, non-profit organizations, Existing Watershed Groups, and local and special districts (e.g., irrigation and water districts, county soil conservation districts) to submit proposals for Phase I activities to develop a watershed group, complete watershed restoration planning activities, and design watershed management projects. See Section C.4. Eligible Projects for a more comprehensive description of eligible activities.A “watershed group,” as defined in Section 6001(6) of the Cooperative Watershed Management Act (see Section A.1. Authority for full citation) is a grassroots, non-regulatory entity that addresses water availability and quality issues within the relevant watershed, is capable of promoting the sustainable use of water resources in the watershed, makes decisions on a consensus basis, and represents a diverse group of stakeholders, including hydroelectric producers, livestock grazing, timber production, land development, recreation or tourism, irrigated agriculture, the environment, municipal water supplies, private property owners, Federal, state and local governments, tribes, and disadvantaged communities.A “disadvantaged community, as defined in Section 6001(2) of the Cooperative Watershed Management Act, means a community (including a city, town, county, or reasonably isolated and divisible segment of a larger municipality) with an annual median household income that is less than 100 percent of the statewide annual median house-hold income for the state in which the community is located, according to the most recent decennial census.

Category: Natural Resources.

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Apply under the newer notice, R26AS00349, which is open now.

The notice on Grants.gov keeps its full text and attachments, which is useful for planning a resubmission.