Watershed Restoration and Enhancement Agreement Authority (10.693)
Watershed Restoration and Enhancement Agreement Authority (Assistance Listing 10.693) is run by the Forest Service, part of the Department of Agriculture. It awarded $9.6 million in 30 grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, about $318,887 per award on average. No funding opportunity is open on Grants.gov right now.
The typical award was $288,000. Half of the 30 awards fell between $166,134 and $447,618, and they ranged from $15,000 to $1.1 million.
- Awarded, FY 2021 to 2025$9.6 million
- Grant awards30
- Typical award$288,000
- Awarded in FY 2025$1.4 million
- Size rank1,504 of 1,823
- Type of assistanceCooperative agreements
Key findings
- Annual funding fell from $2.2 million in fiscal 2021 to $1.4 million in fiscal 2025.
- It is the 1504th largest of 1,823 federal grant programs by five-year awards.
- The 19 largest recipients received 109% of the money.
- Awards went to recipients in 4 states and territories.
What the program funds
To enter into agreements with willing participants for the protection, restoration, and enhancement of aquatic and wildlife habitat and other resources on public or private land and for the reduction of risk from natural disaster where public safety is threatened that benefit these resources within the watershed.
Open opportunities
No opportunity under this program is open or forecast on Grants.gov right now. Programs often post once a year, so the funding history below shows what to expect.
Rules from the program listing
Who can apply
Private landowners, State, local or Tribal governments or other public entities, educational institutions or private nonprofit entities.
What the money can and cannot pay for
Projects that protect, enhance, or restore resources within a watershed and provide tangible benefits to achieving Forest Service goals and objectives are allowable under Wyden. Project types are not limited to actual projects on the ground; for example, stream gabion installation, check dam construction, fish habitat restoration, or culvert cleaning. Watershed analysis studies, habitat surveys and wildlife species monitoring, depending on the benefit to resources within the watershed, are also permissible under Wyden. Any project carried out under Wyden authority must comply with all applicable Federal, State and local laws and regulations, policies and permit requirements; for example, National Environmental Policy Act, Clean Water Act, and Endangered Species Act. Projects must be within a watershed for the stated program objectives. ;
Matching requirements
This program has no statutory formula. Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.
Award range and average, in the agency's words
Varies by type of project and funding available.
Examples of funded projects
Fiscal Year2025: The Intermountain Bird Observatory (IBO) created an American goshawk viability model on the Malheur, Umatilla, and Wallowa-Whitman National Forests. The IBO delivered document data to include all Geographical information System (GIS) layer files highlighting goshawk monitoring suggestions, using the models, for the Forest Service.
Funding history and past recipients
From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Watershed Restoration and Enhancement Agreement Authority (10.693) awarded $9.6 million across 30 grant awards, an average of $318,887 per award.
| Recipient | State | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fire Safe Council of Siskiyou County | California | 3 | $1.3 million |
| El Dorado County Fire Safe Council | California | 2 | $1.2 million |
| Butte County Fire Safe Council | California | 4 | $1.2 million |
| Sierra County Fire Safe and Watershed Council, Inc. | California | 1 | $1.1 million |
| Yuba Watershed Protection and Fire Safe Council | California | 2 | $856,407 |
| Iowa Hill Community Club | California | 2 | $750,000 |
| Ore-Cal Resource Conservation and Development Area Council | California | 1 | $720,000 |
| Plumas County Firesafe Council | California | 3 | $674,684 |
| Resource Conservation District of Greater San Diego County | California | 2 | $576,000 |
| County of Nevada | California | 1 | $522,080 |
| Plumas Corporation | California | 1 | $440,470 |
| Calaveras County Water District | California | 1 | $393,100 |
| The Watershed Research and Training Center | California | 1 | $230,000 |
| County of Kern | California | 1 | $172,360 |
| Ventura County Fire Protection District | California | 1 | $108,350 |
| Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of the Tuolumne Rancheria of California | California | 1 | $94,342 |
| Athens Soil & Water Conservation District | Ohio | 1 | $64,165 |
| Cascade Pacific RC&D | Oregon | 1 | $50,501 |
| Friends of the Mad River | Vermont | 1 | $15,000 |
Who usually wins
Nonprofits received 76% of the money, state and local governments 23% and tribes 1.0%.
| Recipient type | Awards | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nonprofits | 21 | $7.3 million | 76% |
| State and local governments | 8 | $2.2 million | 23% |
| Tribal governments and organizations | 1 | $94,339 | 1.0% |
By state
1 state has a page for this program: those that received at least $1 million or 10 awards. It is California.
| State | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| California | 27 | $9.6 million |
| Ohio | 1 | $64,165 |
| Oregon | 1 | $50,501 |
| Vermont | 1 | $15,000 |