Rio Blanco County moves to prepare NRCS Emergency Watershed Protection application for post‑flood repairs
Oct 18, 2025
County staff were directed Oct. 17 to prepare an application to the U.S. Natural Resources Conservation Service’s Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) program to fund road, drainage and watershed stabilization work estimated at about $7.2 million; NRCS would fund 75% of eligible costs if approved.
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Rio Blanco County commissioners on Oct. 17 directed staff to prepare and submit an application to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service for the Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) program to address flood- and erosion-related damage in a local watershed.
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