WaterSMART Cooperative Watershed Management Program Phase I for Fiscal Year 2025

Through the CWMP, Reclamation provides funding to watershed groups to encourage diverse stakeholders to form local solutions to address their water management needs.

By providing this funding Reclamation promotes water reliability and cooperation between stakeholders to reduce conflict, facilitate

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solutions to complex water issues, and stretch limited water supplies.
Related Programs

Cooperative Watershed Management Program

Department of the Interior


Agency: Department of the Interior

Office: Bureau of Reclamation

Estimated Funding: $1,000,000


Relevant Nonprofit Program Categories



Obtain Full Opportunity Text:
https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAS-25-102.html

Additional Information of Eligibility:
Applicants eligible to receive an award as a New Watershed Group include states, Indian Tribes, local and special districts (e.g., irrigation, water districts, water conservation districts), local governmental entities, interstate organizations, and non-profit organizations.

To be eligible, applicants must also (1) be sponsoring the development of a New Watershed Group, (2) significantly affect or be affected by the quality or quantity of water in a watershed, and (3) be capable of promoting the sustainable use of water resources.Applicants eligible to receive an award as an Existing Watershed Group include states, Indian Tribes, local and special districts (e.g., irrigation, water districts, water conservation districts), local governmental entities, interstate organizations, and non-profit organizations.

To be eligible, applicants must also Be an Existing Watershed Group, which meets the definition of a watershed group as described above in Section A.3.

Notice of Funding Opportunity Objectives and is legally incorporated as a non-profit entity; be a participating entity in an Existing Watershed Group; or be a fiscal sponsor of an Existing Watershed Group.

Applicants (except non-profits organizations) must also be located in one of the following states or territories: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico.

Full Opportunity Web Address:
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAS-25-102.html

Contact:


Agency Email Description:
bor-sha-fafoa@usbr.gov

Agency Email:


Date Posted:
2025-01-08

Application Due Date:


Archive Date:
2026-06-12


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