Watershed Restoration and Enhancement Agreement Authority
Department Of Agriculture, Forest Service
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.
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Helps communities restore and improve local watersheds for better water quality and wildlife habitats. Projects can include stream rehabilitation and planting native vegetation.
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What Is This Program?
What Benefits Are Offered?
Opportunity to enter into stewardship contracts or agreements with the Forest Service or BLM to carry out natural resource management projects focused on watershed restoration, forest health, and community support. These contracts can involve direct payment for services, or allow the value of timber or other forest products removed to offset service costs. Excess receipts from a project may be reinvested into other authorized stewardship projects. Agreements can extend up to ten years, fostering long-term partnerships.
Who Is Eligible?
Industries: natural resource management, forestry, rangeland management, water quality management, wildlife habitat restoration, hazardous fuels reduction
Region: US National Forests, US public lands, agency lands bordering or adjacent to Indian trust land
Demographics: Indian tribes, local communities
Other Criteria: ability to undertake land management activities, capacity for long-term agreements, aligns with forest health and watershed restoration goals, capability to work in partnership with the Forest Service or BLM
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📋What Are the Application Steps & Timeline?
- 📝Steps to Apply
- Submit a request to the Forest Supervisor or District Ranger.
- Proposal is coordinated with the district ranger.
- District ranger submits a written proposal to the forest supervisor.
- Forest supervisor coordinates with the regional forester for project approval.
- 🌐Application Portal
- http://www.fs.fed.us/forestmanagement/projects/stewardship/index.shtml
- 📤Submission Method
- online
- 📅Key Dates
- Within 120 days of submissionSubmission of requestWithin 120 days of submissionPublic notice of environmental review initiation
- 🔄Intake Type
- fixed-deadline
📄What Documents Are Required?
- ✅Required Documents
- SF-424 (Application for Federal Assistance)
- SF-424A (Budget Information - Non-Construction)
- SF-424B (Assurances)
- Project Narrative
- Budget Narrative
- indirect cost rate agreement
- IRB approval letter
- environmental review
- 📐Format Requirements
- PDF only, max 10MB
- ✉️Supporting Letters
- Letters of support/reference are required.
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💰What Expenses Are Eligible?
- 🧾Eligible Expenses
- restoration activities
- removing vegetation to promote healthy forests
- restoring watershed areas
- restoring wildlife and fish habitat
- 🚫Ineligible Expenses
- Forest Service overhead and salaries
- construction of administrative or major developed recreation facilities
- research
- land acquisition
- 💳Payment Model
- mixed
🤝Is Matching Funding Required?
📊What Are the Reporting Requirements?
- 🗓️Reporting Frequency
- annual
- 📑Reporting Requirements
- performance progress report
- 🔍Audit Requirements
- OMB Uniform Guidance Single Audit if the recipient expends $750,000 or more in federal awards in a fiscal year
- 📢Branding Requirements
- Acknowledgment of federal funding required
- 🗄️Record Retention Period
- 3 years post-final-report
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