Article: Addressing barriers to watershed protection.

Transcript: SMALL WATERSHED PROGRAMS:DANNY D. SELLS
Congressional Testimony;  September 24, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... resource conservation on a watershed basis. The NRCS watershed protection and flood prevention program is the first and only national ... condition of the aging infrastructure installed under our watershed programs. Since 1948, NRCS and local sponsors have built over ...

Article: REP. FITZPATRICK URGES FULL FUNDING FOR WATERSHED ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  March 1, 2006 ;     631 words ... ... President's FY07 Budget eliminates most funding for these watershed protection and flood prevention programs," Fitzpatrick said ... of aging watershed dams in spite of the fact that these watershed programs have improved the safety of lands previously considered ...

Transcript: SMALL WATERSHED PROGRAMS:BRAD IAROSSI
Congressional Testimony;  September 24, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... programs authorized by Congress beginning in the 1940s (primarily the Flood Control Act of 1944, PL-534 and the Watershed Protection and Flood Control Act of 1953, PL-566). By the year 2020, more than 85 percent of all dams in the United ...

Transcript: SMALL WATERSHED PROGRAMS:MARGARET BOWMAN
Congressional Testimony;  September 24, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... the dams built under the Natural Resources Conservation Service's Small Watersheds Program pursuant to the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act and related acts are already over 30 years old. Local sponsors of these dams may not ...

Article: Grant will help clean and protect Mill Creek; Watershed ...
Intelligencer Journal Lancaster, PA;  November 17, 2004 ;     613 words ... ... Walton League of America was awarded $100,000 to use in the watershed. Leah Miller, director of the League's watershed programs, said the organization was drawn to this area via Chesapeake Bay. Most of the fresh water that feeds the bay ...

Article: ROUNDTABLE TO CENTER ON WATERSHED PROTECTION
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  February 13, 2006 ;     664 words ... ... Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). "Watershed protection identifies and targets the most ... essential elements and opportunities for watershed protection. In recent years, the watershed protection approach has been proposed as an ...

Article: SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT GOVERNING BOARD APPROVES ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  January 13, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... rivers and estuaries by approving Watershed Protection Plans for both rivers. With extensive ... Highlights of the Caloosahatchee River Watershed Protection Plan include: * Implementation ... Highlights of the St. Lucie River Watershed Protection Plan include: * Implementation ...