Submit Proposals for Watershed Planning Capacity in Montana

The purpose of this opportunity is to further the agency's mission related to the development of physically, environmentally, socially, and economically sound Watershed Plans with actions scheduled for implementation over a specified period of years. Watershed Plans contain project actions, which are formally planned undertakings carried out within a specified geographic area by sponsoring irrigation districts (IDs) for the benefit of the public.

 

To achieve these purposes, a successful proposal will provide technical assistance to the local IDs in preparing an irrigation system improvement plan and modernization strategy along with NRCS Watershed Plan environmental assessment (Plan-EA) or environmental impact statement (Plan-EIS) to assist with eventual implementation of the strategy. The Plan -EA or Plan-EIS will be developed with the cooperation and assistance of State, local, and other Federal agencies. The Plan-EA or Plan-EIS will evaluate and assess all reasonable alternatives and their impacts. The Watershed Plan and the environmental document will be combined into a single document, called the “Watershed Plan-EA” or “Watershed Plan-EIS.” When the entirety of the proposed actions is covered by one or more categorical exclusions (CE), the plan will include documentation of the applicability of the CE and the environmental evaluation in the “Watershed Project Plan-EE.”

 

Funding Information

 

 

Eligibility Criteria

 

Eligibility for this opportunity is limited to the following entity types: 

 

 

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