# Emergency Watershed Protection Program (10.923)

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/programs/10-923-emergency-watershed-protection-program/  
Publisher: Well Told Grants. Data: USAspending.gov and Grants.gov, updated November 7, 2026.

Emergency Watershed Protection Program is run by Department of Agriculture. From fiscal 2021 to 2025 it awarded $1.6 billion in 1,092 grants, about $1.5 million per award.

## Objectives

The objective of the EWP Program is to assist sponsors, landowners, and operators in implementing emergency recovery measures for runoff retardation and erosion prevention to relieve imminent hazards to life and property created by a natural disaster that causes a sudden impairment of a watershed.

## Funding by fiscal year

| Year | Amount | Awards |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $137 million | 304 |
| 2022 | $346 million | 269 |
| 2023 | $295 million | 188 |
| 2024 | $420 million | 224 |
| 2025 | $433 million | 253 |

## Largest recipients

| Recipient | State | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| New Mexico Department of Finance & Administration | New Mexico | $269 million |
| County of Breathitt | Kentucky | $74.3 million |
| Letcher County Fiscal Court | Kentucky | $63.4 million |
| County of Lincoln | New Mexico | $56.3 million |
| Knott County Fiscal Court | Kentucky | $54.9 million |
| Livingston Parish Council | Louisiana | $51.4 million |
| Town of Whitestown | New York | $42.0 million |
| Perry County Fiscal Court | Kentucky | $39.0 million |
| Columbia, County of | Georgia | $34.0 million |
| County of Pike | Kentucky | $32.1 million |
| Floyd County Fiscal Court | Kentucky | $29.0 million |
| Coconino County | Arizona | $27.4 million |
| Seminole County | Florida | $27.3 million |
| County of Robeson | North Carolina | $22.9 million |
| Mescalero Apache Tribe | New Mexico | $21.8 million |
| County of Charlotte | Florida | $20.8 million |
| Consolidated Gravity Drainage District 1 of Tangipahoa Parish | Louisiana | $19.3 million |
| County of Desoto | Florida | $19.3 million |
| Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District | Colorado | $18.7 million |
| County of Washington | Tennessee | $18.4 million |