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Grant County seeks NRCS Emergency Watershed Protection funding for post-fire flooding; requests state match
Summary
County staff asked commissioners to authorize submitting a roughly $7.2 million NRCS Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) application for post-fire flood damage and to request state match funds so the county would not be responsible for the 25% local share if the match is awarded.
Grant County officials on Jan. 6 presented a plan to apply for federal Emergency Watershed Protection funding to repair sites damaged by post-fire flooding and asked the commission to pursue available state match funds so the county would not have to pay the 25% sponsor share.
The county manager told commissioners the total project cost is "a little over $7,200,000," with about 75% expected from the federal EWP program and roughly $1.7 million representing the 25% match. "We are required to come up…
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