NRCS PROVIDES $25,000 TO CLEAN UP EAGLE

Palmer Alaska May 15, 2009 – The USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service is providing Eagle landowners funding through the Emergency Watershed Protection program for the removal of flooding debris caused by ice jams during spring break up.

“The debris could cause impairment of the watershed and is an imminent threat,” said NRCS State Conservationist Robert Jones.

The Emergency Watershed Protection program is designed to reduce threats to life and property in the wake of natural disasters. It provides technical and cost sharing assistance. Assistance includes safe locations for the temporary storage of contaminated materials and the removal of contaminated materials.

“We received $25,000 to aid the clean up,” Jones said.

EWP recovery assistance is made available project sponsors. Project sponsors are any legal subdivision of a state government or a state agency including: cities, villages, and conservation districts.

EWP provides a federal cost share rate of 75 percent of the construction cost of emergency measures and debris removal. The sponsor is responsible for the remaining 25 percent of the cost.

Requests for EWP assistance will be accepted at NRCS Field Offices. The Alaska NRCS office phone numbers are: Aniak (907) 675-4269, Copper Center (907) 822-4484, Delta Junction (907) 895-4241, Dillingham (907) 842-3240, Fairbanks (907) 479-3159, Homer (907) 235-8177, Juneau (907) 586-7220, Kenai (907)283-8732, Kodiak (907) 486-5598, Nome (907) 443-6096, and Wasilla (907)373-6492. Contact information for the offices in Alaska is also available at www.ak.nrcs.usda.gov/contact/fieldoffices.html.

NRCS employees provide technical assistance based on sound science and suited to a customer's specific needs. NRCS provides financial assistance for many conservation activities. Participation in programs is voluntary and non-regulatory.
 

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