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Madison County accepts USDA/NRCS watershed agreement to fund major Bear Creek flood mitigation
Summary
Madison County supervisors approved a USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service watershed agreement that will fund design and construction of flood-mitigation measures for Bear Creek tributaries, with most costs covered by federal funds and a modest county cost share.
Madison County supervisors voted to accept a watershed plan agreement with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) that the board's presenter said will fund design and construction of dry dams, levees and related flood-mitigation work on Bear Creek tributaries.
County staff described the award as federal funding in the tens of millions of dollars, with the presenter estimating the total allocation at about $23 million to $26 million and the county’s nonconstruction cost share at roughly $683,000. A county official said approximately…
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