Opportunity Information: Apply for USDA NRCS OR 18 03
The Watershed Planning Capacity in Oregon 2018-2022 opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number USDA NRCS OR 18 03) is a discretionary grant program offered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). It is rooted in two main legal authorities: the Conservation Technical Assistance Program (16 U.S.C. 590a-590f and 590q; 7 C.F.R. 610; tied to CFDA 10.902) and the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act, also known as Public Law 83-566 (codified in 16 U.S.C. 1001-1008, 1010, and 1012 and referenced in NRCS guidance at 390-NWPM, Part 506, Subpart A, Section 506.0). In practical terms, the grant is designed to build planning capacity so that watershed-scale projects in Oregon move forward with solid technical foundations and a compliant environmental review process.
The core purpose is to help develop Watershed Project Plans that are physically feasible, environmentally responsible, socially acceptable, and economically sound, with a clear schedule of actions to be implemented over a defined period of years. These plans are not just conceptual; they are intended to lay out specific, formally planned project actions within a defined geographic area. The plans are carried out by sponsoring irrigation districts (IDs) and are expected to deliver public benefits, reflecting NRCS's broader watershed protection and resource conservation mission.
A central feature of this opportunity is that funded work must provide technical assistance to local irrigation districts to produce two tightly linked deliverables. First, applicants are expected to help an irrigation district develop an irrigation system improvement plan and modernization strategy, essentially a roadmap for upgrading infrastructure and operations. Second, applicants must support the district and NRCS in developing the associated environmental compliance document under NRCS watershed planning: either a Watershed Project Plan Environmental Assessment (Plan-EA) or a Watershed Project Plan Environmental Impact Statement (Plan-EIS), depending on the scope and intensity of potential impacts. The environmental document is meant to evaluate reasonable alternatives and assess their impacts, and it must be developed with cooperation and assistance from state, local, and other federal agencies as appropriate.
NRCS structures these planning and environmental products so they are ultimately packaged as one combined document. If an EA is required, the final combined product is called a "Watershed Project Plan-EA." If an EIS is required, it becomes a "Watershed Project Plan-EIS." If the full set of proposed actions qualifies for one or more categorical exclusions, the plan can instead document the applicability of the categorical exclusion(s) and include an environmental evaluation in a combined "Watershed Project Plan-EE." This structure signals that the grant is not simply about drafting an engineering wish list; it is about producing an implementation-ready plan that aligns with federal environmental review expectations and can support later project construction or implementation decisions.
The opportunity targets irrigation districts of widely varying size, from a few thousand acres to tens of thousands of acres, which indicates the program is intended to be flexible and relevant for both smaller and larger districts across Oregon. Administrative details from the notice include a creation date of June 13, 2018, an original closing date of July 2, 2018, an award ceiling of up to $1,000,000 per award, and an expectation of roughly five awards. The funding activity category is Agriculture, and the listed CFDA numbers include 10.902 and 10.912, reflecting NRCS watershed and conservation assistance program areas. Eligibility is labeled broadly as "Others" with clarification to be provided in the full eligibility section of the announcement, suggesting a potentially wide applicant pool (for example, entities capable of delivering the required technical and environmental planning support) as long as they meet NRCS requirements.
Overall, this grant opportunity is best understood as a capacity-building and pre-implementation planning investment: it funds the technical and environmental planning work needed to help Oregon irrigation districts define modernization actions, analyze alternatives, document impacts, coordinate with relevant agencies, and produce an NRCS-ready Watershed Project Plan package that can support future implementation under watershed authorities like Public Law 83-566.Apply for USDA NRCS OR 18 03
- The Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service in the agriculture sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Watershed Planning Capacity in Oregon 2018-2022" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 10.902, 10.912.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jun 13, 2018.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 02, 2018. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $1,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 5 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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