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Emergency Watershed Protection

The purpose of the Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) program is to undertake emergency measures, including the purchase of flood plain easements, for runoff retardation and soil erosion prevention to safeguard lives and property from floods, drought, and the products of erosion on any watershed whenever fire, flood or any other natural occurrence is causing or has caused a sudden impairment of the watershed.

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EWP Success Stories

These documents are available in Adobe Acrobat format.

Adobe Acrobat DocumentAlaska - Snag Point
Adobe Acrobat DocumentAlabama - Marion City
Adobe Acrobat DocumentArizona - White Mountain Apache Tribe
Adobe Acrobat DocumentArkansas - Clark County
Adobe Acrobat DocumentCalifornia - Calabasas Fire
Adobe Acrobat DocumentCalifornia  - Milliken Creek Inn
Adobe Acrobat DocumentCalifornia - Placer Creek
Adobe Acrobat DocumentMaryland - Charles and Calvert Counties
Adobe Acrobat DocumentMichigan - Marquette County - Silver Lake Basin
Adobe Acrobat DocumentMinnesota - Long Tom Dam
Adobe Acrobat DocumentMinnesota - Steambank Stabilization
Adobe Acrobat DocumentMontana - Avoiding the Damage
Adobe Acrobat DocumentMontana - Avoiding the Disaster
Adobe Acrobat DocumentMontana - Lyon Gulch Protection Project
Adobe Acrobat DocumentMontana - Cave Gulch
Adobe Acrobat DocumentOklahoma - McCurtain County Tornado
Adobe Acrobat DocumentRhode Island - St. Rocco's Church
Adobe Acrobat DocumentTexas - Central Texas Flood

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RealPlayer MediaFlorida - Santa Rosa County Storm Damage

  Florida - Okaloosa EWP, 2:00; (24,036 KB)

RealPlayer MediaTucson, Arizona EWP, 2:23; (7,905.27 KB)

EWP-Floodplain Easement Sign Up Information

EWP Floodplain Easement Sign-up information is now available online. The links below provide access to the forms and information needed to signup for EWP Floodplain Easements.

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EWP Rules, Notices, and Supporting Documents

Adobe Acrobat DocumentProposed Rule, 7 CFR Part 624
Summary of the Proposed Rule
Economic Analysis
Civil Rights Analysis
Environmental Risk Assessment

EWP Draft Environmental Impact Statement

Adobe Acrobat DocumentDraft Environmental Impact Statement
Adobe Acrobat DocumentAppendix A - Scoping
Adobe Acrobat DocumentAppendix B - Methods
Adobe Acrobat DocumentAppendix C - Example DSR and NRCS Enviromental Data
Adobe Acrobat DocumentAppendix D - Detailed Affected Environmental Data
Adobe Acrobat DocumentAppendix E - Literature Review
Adobe Acrobat DocumentAquatic Impacts Flow Chart
Adobe Acrobat DocumentAquatic Impact Questions
Adobe Acrobat DocumentWetland Flood Plain Impact Flow Chart
Adobe Acrobat DocumentWetland Flood Plain Impact Questions
Adobe Acrobat DocumentWetland Upland Impact Flow Chart
Adobe Acrobat DocumentWetland Upland Impact Questions
Adobe Acrobat DocumentHuman Impact Flow Chart
Adobe Acrobat DocumentHuman Impact Questions

Program Contacts

Victor Cole, National EWP Program Leader, 202-690-4575
Leslie Deavers, National EWP Floodplain Easement Program Manager, 202-720-1067