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Soil & Water director outlines flood response, FEMA requests and WQIP grant push for Allegany County
Summary
Soil and Water Conservation Executive Director Scott Torrey told the Resource Management Committee the department is pursuing FEMA funding, preparing Water Quality Improvement Project (WQIP) grant applications due by the end of July, and focusing localized work on trees obstructing a creek behind a nursing home after recent flooding.
Scott Torrey, Executive Director of Allegany County Soil and Water Conservation, told the Resource Management Committee on July 1 that his office continues to work on project permitting, is pursuing FEMA funding approvals for several projects, and is preparing Water Quality Improvement Project (WQIP) grant applications that are due by the end of July. He reported that several agricultural projects have begun this season and that staff remain engaged with permitting and funding tasks needed to advance those projects.
Legislator Jennifer Ricketts-Swales asked whether the department had provided assistance to the Town of Caneadea and the Village of Houghton following recent flooding. Torrey said staff have inspected several areas but are waiting for landowners to contact the office; he added that work can be limited where properties lie in a floodplain. Torrey identified trees in a creek behind a local nursing home as “the main focus of their efforts to prevent further flooding,” and said the department will attempt to do what it can within floodplain constraints and landowner consent. The committee did not record any formal directive or vote on additional county-funded response in the public minutes.
