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NRCS outlines voluntary EWP buyout option for View Drive; staff told to seek waiver of 25% local match
Summary
The Natural Resources Conservation Service told the assembly that an Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) buyout for View Drive is eligible and could be funded under EWP; NRCS estimated an upper‑bound cost near $25 million for full participation, said participation is voluntary and properties would receive deed restrictions in perpetuity, and said
Juneau — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service told the assembly it had determined an Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) buyout for View Drive is eligible and that funding has been set aside, subject to final cooperative agreements and timing.
Brett Nelson, the NRCS state conservation engineer, said EWP projects are reimbursement programs and described the usual cost‑share: 75% federal and 25% local. He said communities that meet a narrow “limited resource” test (lower housing values, low per‑capita income and high local unemployment) can qualify for 90% federal cost share; otherwise sponsors can ask NRCS national headquarters for a waiver of the 25% local match.
Nelson said NRCS had tentatively set…
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