OpportunityTitle: Watershed Planning Capacity in Oregon 2018-2022
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Applicants must have previous experience working with the Oregon irrigation districts in the successful development of irrigation system improvement plans.  Applicants must demonstrate an ability to successfully work with partnering Federal and State agencies (regulatory and funding) and NGO&#8217;s in the planning and implementation of irrigation related projects.
Description: The authorizing statutes and regulations for this opportunity are: The Conservation Technical Assistance Program, 16 U.S.C. 590a-590f, 590q, 7 C.F.R. 610 (CFDA 10.902); Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (Public Law 83-566, as amended) is codified in 16 U.S.C. Sections 1001 to 1008, 1010, and 1012, which is in 390-NWPM, Part 506, Subpart A, Section 506.0, and will be referred to in this document as Public Law 83-566. The purpose of this grant opportunity is to further the agency&apos;s mission related to the development of physically, environmentally, socially, and economically sound Watershed Project Plans with actions scheduled for implementation over a specified period of years. Watershed Project 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, successful proposal will provide technical assistance to the local IDs in preparing an irrigation system improvement plan and modernization strategyalong with NRCS Watershed Project 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 Project Plan and the environmental document will be combined into a single document, called the &#8220;Watershed Project Plan-EA&#8221; or &#8220;Watershed Project Plan-EIS.&#8221; 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 &#8220;Watershed Project Plan-EE.&#8221; Irrigation District selected for this grant may range in size from a few thousand to tens of thousands of acres.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: kristee.hall@wdc.usda.gov
GrantorContactText: Kristee Hall &lt;br/&gt;Grantor &lt;br/&gt;Phone 817-509-3757