230R95904
COMPENDIUM OF FEDERAL PROGRAMS
WITH STREAM RESTORATION ACTIVITIES
Water Policy Branch
Office of Policy Analysis
Office of Policy, Planning and Evaluation
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
JANUARY 1995
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PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This report was prepared by Apogee Research, Inc., for the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, Office of Policy, Planning and Evaluation (OPPE), under Contract No. 68-W4-0022. Amy
Doll, Senior Policy Analyst at Apogee Research, served as project manager. Christine Ruf, of the
Water Policy Branch, Office of Policy Analysis, OPPE, served as Work Assignment Manager.
Much of the information in this report was gathered from telephone conversations and written
materials proved by Federal agency representatives. U.S. EPA and Apogee Research gratefully
acknowledge the contributions of those government employees who provided information on
individual stream restoration programs.
OPPE is conducting ongoing work on stream restoration activities among Federal agencies.
This compendium was prepared to compile up-to-date information on Federal agencies engaged in
programs that currently conduct, or are authorized to conduct, stream restoration. OPPE is
distributing the compendium to encourage dialogue and cooperative efforts on stream restoration
activities among Federal agencies as well as State and local agencies and nonprofit organizations
involved in stream restoration.
For additional copies of the report, contact:
Water Policy Branch
Office of Policy Analysis, OPPE, 2124
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
401 M St. SW
Washington, DC 20460
(202) 260-2756
For additional information, or comments, contact:
Christine Ruf
Water Policy Branch
Office of Policy Analysis, OPPE, 2124
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
401 M St. SW
Washington, DC 20460
(202) 260-3542
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U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Farm Service
Agency (FSA),
formerly
Agricultural
Stabilization and
Conservation
Service (ASCS)
Agricultural
Conservation
Program (ACP)
National
The ACP provides cost-share funds and
technical assistance for a variety of conservation
practices on private agricultural lands. ACP is
designed to help prevent soil erosion and water
pollution, protect and improve productive farm
and ranch land, conserve water used in
agriculture, preserve and develop wildlife
habitat, and encourage energy conservation
measures.
Stream protection practices eligible under ACP
include permanent fencing to protect
streambanks from damage by domestic
livestock; installation of livestock crossings that
will retard sedimentation and pollution; and
planting trees, shrubs, or perennial grass cover
as filter strips or buffer zones along banks. In
addition, streambank stabilization is included
among ACP's special conservation practices,
which are developed by counties to solve
significant local conservation problems.
Cost-share levels are set by county committees
and are usually fixed for each practice.
Variable levels of cost sharing are available in
some counties that are based on the severity of
erosion and the percent reduction in soil loss
obtained by installation of the practice.
FY92 federal cost-share
expenditures for stream
protection:
total-$591,889
with primary
purpose of erosion
control - $147,704
with primary
purpose of water
quality -$439,196
FY92 federal cost-share
expenditures for streambank
stabilization:
total - $280,584
with primary
purpose of erosion
control ~ $204,021
with primary
purpose of water
quality - $76,563
Diane Sharp
Agricultural Conservation
Program
USDA, FSA
P.O. Box 2415
Washington, DC 20013
(202) 720-7333
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FSA, formerly
ASCS
Wetlands
Reserve
Program
(WRP)
Nine states
were selected
for the 1992
pilot WRP,
20 states were
eligible for
the second
WRP signup
in 1994
Under WRP, the USDA purchases easements
and provides cost-share funds and technical
assistance for restoration of wetland hydrology
and vegetation. Participating landowners agree
to pay 25 percent of the restoration costs and to
perform maintenance of restored wetlands.
Authorized by the 1990 Farm Bill, WRP focuses
on restoration of farmed wetlands or wetlands
convened to cropland.
Acreages eligible for WRP include the
restorable wetland area itself plus adjacent lands
on which the wetland is dependent. Riparian
areas along a stream or other waterway which
connect wetlands that are protected by easement
or other agreement are also eligible.
Of the total accepted acreage under the 1992
pilot WRP (49,888 acres), around three percent
(1,542 acres) are riparian areas or upland
buffers adjacent to restored wetlands that will
provide habitat complementary to the wetlands.
During the second WRP signup held in March
1994, almost 600,000 acres were offered for the
program. Landowners that accept the appraised
value are responsible for filing a permanent
easement and for maintaining the wetland for the
life of the easement. Landowners will receive
compensation for cost-share assistance,
reimbursement costs, and easement value.
FY92 appropriations for the
1992 pilot WRP were
$46.357 million.
No funds were appropriated
for FY93.
FY94 appropriations were
$66.675 million to enroll
not more than 75,000 acres
in 20 states for the second
WRP signup.
FY95 appropriations are
$93.2 million. Under the
Federal Crop Insurance
Reform and Department of
Agriculture Reorganization
Act of 1994, administrative
authority for WRP is being
transferred from the FSA
(formerly ASCS) to the
Natural Resources
Conservation Service
(formerly the Soil
Conservation Service) for
the third signup.
Lois Hubbard
Conservation and
Environmental Protection
Division
USDA, FSA
P.O. Box 2415
Washington, DC 20013
(202) 720-9563
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U.S. Forest
Service (FS)
National
Riparian
Strategy
National
Forests and
Grasslands
(191 million
acres; 44
states and
Puerto Rico)
The FS developed a national strategy for
riparian management in 1991, calling for the
restoration of riparian areas and wetlands
throughout the National Forest System. In
addition, alt activities and uses will be designed
so that healthy riparian areas and wetlands are
not degraded by human activities. The FS goal
is to complete restoration on 75 percent of the
unsatisfactory riparian areas and wetlands by the
year 2000. The extent and condition of riparian
areas and wetlands within the National Forests
will be inventoried by 1995.
As a result of this strategy, important ecosystem
values and functions are being restored where
they had been degraded by past uses. Through
the efficient use of existing funding, and seeking
out partnerships among other agencies and
National Forest users, progress toward the
restoration of riparian areas and wetlands is
being achieved.
Congress does not
appropriate funds
specifically for the Riparian
Strategy. Funds have been
earmarked from the
national Watershed
Improvement Program, as
well as the Watershed
Operations Program, to
meet the goals of the
strategy.
In both FY94 and FY95,
$3.65 million was budgeted
for the Riparian Strategy.
These funds have been
combined with other
appropriated funds (such as
Fisheries Habitat
Improvements or Range
Improvements) in the field.
Partnerships have also been
developed with other
federal, state, and local
agencies as well as
nonprofit organizations, to
further the goals of the
strategy.
Jim Golden
Watershed and Air
Management Staff
USDA, Forest Service
14th and Independence SW
P.O. Box 96090
Washington, DC 20090
(202) 205-0977
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FS
Rise to the
Future (RTTF)
Fisheries
Program
National
Forests and
National
Grasslands
RTTF was developed by the FS in 1987 to
encourage partnerships to improve the quality of
fish habitat and enhance aquatic resources on
national forests and grasslands. Through RTTF,
the FS provides funds to National Forests to
implement fish habitat management, which may
include riparian and wetlands restoration
projects. RTTF activities include developing a
close working relationship with the Bureau of
Land Management (BLM) in the implementation
of the FS/BLM Recreational Fisheries Policy.
RTTF also coordinates FS activities for the
Bring Back the Natives initiative (see below),
which involves stream restoration as pan of an
effort to reestablish native aquatic communities.
A FS fisheries program
workforce analysis for
FY93 found that 141.25
person years were devoted
to habitat restoration and
enhancement activities,
which represents 17 percent
of the total work force.
Total funds approved under
the. President's budget for
the FS fisheries
management programs in
FY94 and FY93 were:
Anadromous fish habitat
management —
$28.867 million (FY94)
$26.979 million (FY93)
Inland fish habitat
management--
$20.453 million (FY94)
$18.6 million (FY93)
Aquatic threatened,
endangered, and sensitive
species management
$5.068 million (FY94)
$3.411 million (FY93)
Harv Forsgren
Wildlife, Fish, and Rare
Plants Staff
USDA, Forest Service
14th and Independence SW
P.O. Box 96090
Washington, DC 20090
(202) 205-0830
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FS
Stewardship
Incentive
Program (SIP)/
Forest
Stewardship
Program (FSP)
Authorized in
states with a
State
Stewardship
Management
Plan
Under SIP, the FS provides cost-share funds to
private landowners to implement technical
practices identified in approved Landowner
Forest Stewardship Plans. The Forest
Stewardship Program provides matching funds
to state foresters to develop Landowner Forest
Stewardship Plans.
The FS has approved nine SIP practices for
cost-share assistance, including riparian and
wetland protection and improvement. State
foresters determine SIP cost-share levels,
practice priorities, and minimum acreage
requirements.
The FY93 appropriation for
SIP was $17.8 million and
the FY94 appropriation was
$17.9 million. The FY95
appropriation for SIP is
$18.3 million.
The FY94 appropriation for
FSP was $15.7 million and
the FY9S appropriation is
$16.0 million.
Mary Carol Koester
Cooperative Forestry Staff
USDA, Forest Service
201 14th Street SW
Washington, DC 20250
(202) 205-1381
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FS
Taking Wing
Program
National
Forests and
National
Grasslands
Taking Wing is the FS' waterfowl habitat
management program. It provides funds for
projects to protect, restore, maintain, and
improve waterfowl habitat in national forests
and grasslands. These projects are often
implemented in cooperation with state and
federal land management agencies and
conservation organizations. Taking Wing is one
program under the FS's umbrella wildlife
program - Get Wild! - that includes protection
and improvement of riparian and wetland
habitats and conservation of the associated
animals and plants.
Congress does not
appropriate funds
specifically for the Taking
Wing Program.
Expenditures for Taking
Wing projects in FY93
were $3 million and the
budget for FY94 is $2.9
million.
Partners (e.g., nonprofit
organizations such as Ducks
Unlimited, state agencies,
local groups, and other
federal agencies) contribute
additional funds, labor,
equipment use, and/or
materials to accomplish
Taking Wing projects. In
FY93, partner contributions
totalled $900,180.
Cynthia Ragland, National
Coordinator
Taking Wing Program
One Waterfowl Way
Memphis, TN 38120
(901) 758-3722
Ellen Campbell
USDA, Forest Service
P.O. Box 21628
Juneau, AK 99802-1628
(907) 586-7919
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Natural Resources
Conservation
Service (NRCS),
formerly Soil
Conservation
Service (SCS)
Rural
Abandoned
Mine Program
(RAMP)
National
Under RAMP, the NRCS provides technical and
financial assistance to landowners for
conservation practices for the reclamation,
conservation, and development of certain rural
abandoned coal mine lands and water areas
affected by abandoned coal mines. Assistance
offered through RAMP can be used to reclaim
these areas for approved uses, which includes
wildlife habitat.
The federal cost-share is 100 percent for
projects where there is a threat to life or
property and off-site damages, which is the
category for all current projects. Other types of
projects will be undertaken after this category is
completed and the federal cost-share will be
lower for those projects.
Funds for FY93 were
$13.25 million and
estimated funds for FY94
are also $13.25 million.
Around two-thirds of total
RAMP funding is for direct
payments for conservation
practices.
Bobby Rakestraw
USDA, NRCS
P.O. Box 2890
Washington, DC 20013
(202) 720-1866
NRCS
Soil and Water
Conservation
Program
National
This program provides planning and technical
assistance for a wide range of soil and water
conservation activities. Landowners and land
users usually become cooperators with local Soil
and Water Conservation Districts (which are
local units of government organized by local
residents under state law) to which the
application for assistance is directed. This
program also works in conjunction with other
USDA programs, including ACP and WRP, to
provide technical assistance for conservation and
restoration practices.
NA
USDA, NRCS
P.O. Box 2890
Washington, DC 20013
(202) 720-4527
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U.S. Department of Commerce (USDC)
National Oceanic
and Atmospheric
Administration
(NOAA)
Coastal Zone
Management
(CZM)
Program
36 states
authorized to
participate,
including
coastal states
and
territories,
and Great
Lakes states
Provides federal grant funding to states for
development of CZM Programs (no match
required) or implementation of CZM Programs
(a minimum 50 percent non-federal match
required). Currently, 29 states have federally
approved CZM Programs. Use of funds
provided through Section 306 implementation
grants varies according to the emphasis of
individual state programs, which may include
stream restoration efforts in the coastal zone.
Under Section 309 of the 1990 Coastal Zone
Management Act amendments, states receiving
CZM implementation grants may qualify for an
enhancement grant to develop a multi-area
strategy for their CZM program to address eight
coastal issues of national significance:
• Wetlands protection and restoration,
• Special Area Management Plans,
• Public access to the coast,
• Control of the cumulative and
secondary impacts of development,
• Protection from coastal hazards,
• Reduction of marine debris,
• Management of ocean resources, and
• Siting of energy and government
facilities in coastal areas.
Section 306 implementation
grants for FY93 totalled
$35,472,000 and
implementation grants for
FY94 total $36,831,000 for
all 29 states participating in
the CZM program. In
FY95, there will be an
estimated $40,500,000
available for Section 306
implementation grants.
Section 309 enhancement
grants for FY93 totalled
$4,226,800 and
enhancement grants for
FY94 total $6,258,856 for
all 29 states participating in
the CZM program. In
FY95, there will be an
estimated $6,700,000
available for Section 309
enhancement grants.
Debra Walker-Smith
Coastal Programs Division
Office of Ocean and
Coastal Resource
Management
USDC, NOAA (SSMC4)
1305 East-West Highway
Silver Spring, MD 20910
(301) 713-3102, ext. 146
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NOAA and U.S.
Environmental
Protection Agency
(EPA)
Coastal Zone
Management
Program:
Coastal
Nonpoint
Pollution
Control
Program
(CNPCP)
29 states and
territories
with approved
CZM
programs are
required to
develop
CNPCPs
To comply with Section 6217 of the 1990
Coastal Zone Management Act amendments,
each state with a federally approved CZM
Program must develop a coastal nonpoint
pollution control program, which must be
submitted to both NOAA and EPA for approval
by July 1995.
These new state programs will focus on coastal
watersheds for the purpose of implementing
management measures for nonpoint source
pollution to restore and protect coastal waters.
A variety of management measures to protect
and maintain sensitive areas along surface
waters, such as streambanks and riparian zones,
with the objective of protecting the water quality
of the adjacent waterbody are among those
specified in the CNPCP guidance. Another
specified management measure promotes the
restoration of preexisting riparian areas (and
wetlands) where the restoration of such systems
will have a significant nonpoint source pollutant
abatement function.
In FY95, $5 million will be
allocated to 29 states and
territories.
Marcella Jansen
Office of Ocean and
Coastal Resource
Management,
Coastal Programs Division
(N/ORM3),
USDC, NOAA
1305 East-West Highway
Silver Spring, MD 20910
(301) 713-3098, ext. 143
Stu Tuller
U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency
Office of Wetlands,
Oceans, and Watersheds
Nonpoint Source Control
Branch (4503F)
401 M Street SW
Washington, DC 20460
(202)260-7112
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NOAA
National
Marine
Fisheries
Service
(NMFS)
Restoration
Center
National and
International
The NMFS Restoration Center (RC) is the focal
point for marine and estuarine habitat restoration
within NOAA. The RC performs restoration
through both litigation-related and non-litigation-
related activities. Some of its coastal habitat
restoration efforts involve application of
hydrological restoration measures on river
channels (e.g., the Atchafalaya River,
Louisiana) to restore nearby wetlands.
The RC participates in pursuing natural resource
damage claims under several federal statutes that
authorize NOAA to assess and claim damages
for injuries to trust resources in marine and
coastal settings as a result of discharges of oil or
hazardous substances or other human-induced
environmental disturbances. The RC uses
recovered damages to restore, replace, or
acquire the equivalent of injured resources.
The RC also engages in a number of
non-litigation-related activities. It plays a large
role as part of a federal-state partnership
mandated by the Coastal Planning, Protection,
and Restoration Act to develop and implement
habitat restoration projects for endangered
wetland areas in Louisiana. Between 1991 and
1995, the RC was awarded ten restoration
projects under this program.
The RC also works with the U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers to improve fisheries'habitat at
Corps Civil Works Project sites (see below).
NA
National Marine Fisheries
Service Restoration Center
USDC, NOAA
12th Floor, SSMC-3
1315 East-West Highway
Silver Spring, MD 20910
(301) 713-0174
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U.S. Department of Defense (DOD)
United States
Army Corps of
Engineers
(USAGE)
Section 1135
Program
National, in
association
with existing
USAGE water
resource
projects
Authorized by Section 1135 of the Water
Resources Development Act of 1986, as
amended, the objective of this program is to
improve the quality of the environment through
modification of the structures and operations of
water resource projects constructed by the
USAGE. The objective of a project
modification is to restore or otherwise improve
degraded fish and wildlife habitat. Restoration
practices are implemented through sponsorship
agreements with a 75 percent federal and 25
percent non-federal cost-share. Total costs for
any 1135 project cannot exceed $5 million.
Projects approved for implementation using this
authority have included modifications of fish
ladders, modifications to local flood protection
projects which improve fisheries access to
tributaries and also include beneficial plantings
along the streambanks, reopening oxbows cutoff
by flood control and navigation projects,
modifications allowing increased water control
in wetland areas, and creation of managed
subimpoundments on Corps projects. Many of
the approved projects contribute to the goals of
the North American Waterfowl Management
Plan and others contribute to the Coastal
America program.
There is an annual
appropriations limit of
$25 million for the Section
1135 Program. The FY93
program appropriation was
$7.5 million and the FY94
program appropriation was
$8.13 million. Other
individual appropriations
were made by Congress for
specific projects.
Ellen Cummings
U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers Headquarters
(CECW-PM)
20 Massachusetts Ave NW,
Room 7203
Washington, DC 20314
(202) 272-8532
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•'USAGE and
NO A A "
Marine Fish
Habitat
Restoration and
Creation
Program
Five NMFS
coastal
regions
The USAGE and NOAA's NMFS, in
conjunction with state fisheries and water
resources agencies, conduct habitat restoration
and creation projects with the goal of increasing
fish and shellfish productivity and advancing
habitat restoration technology in conjunction
with the USAGE Civil Works Program. The
NMFS Restoration Center works with the
USAGE under a NOAA-USACE Memorandum
of Agreement.
Habitat restoration and creation opportunities
may include marine, estuarine, and anadromous
fish and shellfish habitats and are identified from
within the overall USAGE Civil Works
Program. Restoration activities that could be
selected under the program are removing stream
obstructions or establishing riparian vegetation
to restore anadromous fish runs. Although such
activities are eligible under the program, none of
the six ongoing projects includes stream •
restoration.
NA
National Marine Fisheries
Service Restoration Center
USDC, NOAA
12th Floor, SSMC-3
1315 East-West Highway
Silver Spring, MD 20910
(301) 713-0174
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U.S. Department of the Interior (USDI)
Bureau of Land
Management
(BLM)
Fish & Wildlife
2000
BLM
administered
public lands
Fish & Wildlife 2000 is a comprehensive
strategic plan to improve management of fish,
wildlife, and their habitats on BLM public lands
between now and the year 2000. Eighteen
National Strategy Plans, which are components
of Fish & Wildlife 2000, guide the continued
management of fish and wildlife resources and
their habitats while ensuring multiple use.
Under the auspices of Fish & Wildlife 2000, the
BLM developed three national strategy plans for
fisheries (Fisheries Habitat Management on
Public Land, Anadromous Fish Habitat
Management, and Special Status Fishes
Management) to guide implementation of the
FS/BLM Recreational Fisheries Policy. To
execute these strategies, each state develops Fish
& Wildlife 2000 and Recreation 2000 Plans to
protect, restore, and enhance fish habitats to
enhance recreational fishing opportunities.
Many mites of stream habitats have been
enhanced or restored, resulting in the improved
production of recreational fish species, and the
maintenance, and in some cases, progress
toward the recovery of federally listed species.
Under Fish & Wildlife 2000, BLM also
coordinates its activities for the Bring Back the
Natives initiative (see below).
Since the implementation of
Fish & Wildlife 2000, the
budget for BLM's Wildlife
and Fisheries Program has
dramatically increased from
$15.4 million in FY86 to
$47.5 million in FY94.
The FY95 appropriation is
$51.9 million.
Deborah New
Wildlife, Fisheries,
Rangeland and Forestry
Sciences Group
USDI, BLM
1849 C Street NW
Washington, DC 20240
(202) 452-7753
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BLM, FS,
National Fish and
Wildlife
Foundation, and
Trout Unlimited
Bring Back the
Natives
initiative
National
Forests and
National
Grasslands,
BLM
administered
public lands,
and adjacent
state and
private lands
Bring Back the Natives began in FY92 as a
new, national effort to restore the health of
entire riverine systems and their native aquatic
species. Individual projects focus on stream
restoration to restore degraded habitat for the
reestablishment of native species. The Bring
Back the Natives initiative is coordinated
through the BLM's Fish & Wildlife 2000
program and the FS' Rise to the Future
Fisheries Program. Together, the BLM and FS
manage more than 461 million acres (70 percent
of all federal lands in the United States) and the
aquatic habitats on these public lands include
283,000 miles of streams,
In FY92, 20 projects were funded under the
Bring Back the Natives initiative and another
20 projects were funded in FY93. Bring Back
the Natives funded 19 projects in FY94.
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation is a
private, nonprofit organization established by the
U.S. Congress in 1984 to encourage and
administer private contributions for the benefit
of the nation's fish, wildlife, and plant
resources. The Foundation awards challenge
grants using its federally appropriated funds to
match private sector funds. Challenge grants
made by the Foundation during FY92 and FY93
were SO percent federal grant funding and
SO percent non-federal contributions. Challenge
grants in FY94 are 40 percent federal funds and
60 percent non-federal contributions.
Congress does not
appropriate funds
specifically for the Bring
Back the Natives initiative;
each cooperating federal
agency uses funds from its
fisheries program. Other
funding is obtained by
matching National Fish and
Wildlife Foundation federal
funds with non-federal
partner contributions.
In FY93, the FS and BLM
received $800,000 to fund a
total of 20 Bring Back the
Natives projects. Other
funds for FY93 were
$188,475 contributed by the
FS, $689,711 by the BLM,
and $177,765 from other
federal or state agencies.
For FY94, the Bring Back
the Natives initiative was
awarded an $850,000
challenge grant by the
Foundation for work on
19 projects.
Andy Martin
BLM/FS
IPA at National Fish and
Wildlife Foundation
1120 Connecticut Ave NW,
Suite 900
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 857-0166
Deborah Ann New
Division of Wildlife and
Fisheries
USDI, BLM
1849 C Street NW
Washington, DC 20240
(202) 452-7770
Mary Knapp
Wildlife, Fish, and Rare
Plants Staff
USDA, Forest Service
14th and Independence SW
P.O. Box 96090
Washington, DC 20090
(202) 205-1205
David A. Nolle
Trout Unlimited
6322 NW Atkinson Avenue
Redmond, OR 97756
(503) 923-3344
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DEPARTMENT/
INDEPENDENT
AGENCY
NAME OF
PROGRAM/
INITIATIVE
GEOGRA-
PHIC
SCOPE
SUMMARY OF PROGRAM
CHARACTERISTICS
BtJDGET/
EXPENDITURES
INFORMATION
CONTACT
BLM
Riparian-
Wetland
Initiative for
the 1990s
BLM
administered
public lands
(and
cooperative
efforts with
other public
lands and
private lands)
One goal of the BLM's Riparian-Wetland
Initiative is to restore and maintain
riparian-wetland areas so that 75 percent or
more are in proper functioning condition by
1997. Riparian-wetland areas encompass 23.7
million acres of BLM lands, which represents
8.8 percent of the total land managed by BLM.
Under this initiative, the BLM conducts riparian
improvement projects and, as necessary,
maintains those projects to continue their
beneficial use. The BLM also acquires
riparian-wetland areas through exchange,
donation, or purchase. The initiative also
encourages partnerships and cooperative
restoration and management processes whereby
non-federal partners participate in challenge
cost-share agreements to contribute funds or
services to implement specific wetland-riparian
projects.
Funding for FY93 was
$12.1 million. The FY94
appropriation is
$18.8 million. An
estimated 20 to 30 percent
of funding is used for
on-the-ground riparian
restoration and riparian
protection (e.g., fencing to
restrict livestock access).
Don Waite
Riparian-Wetland Initiative
Division of Rangeland
Resources
USD!, BLM
1849 C Street NW
Washington, DC 20240
(202) 452-7740
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DEPARTMENT/
INDEPENDENT
AGENCY
NAME OF
PROGRAM/
INITIATIVE
GEOGRA-
PHIC
SCOPE
SUMMARY OF PROGRAM
CHARACTERISTICS
BUDGET/
EXPENDITURES
INFORMATION
CONTACT
U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service
(FWS)
Coastal
Ecosystems
Program
(formerly
Bay/Estuary
Program)
11 funded
programs in
bays,
estuaries, and
coastal
watersheds
(11 more
proposed
programs)
The Coastal Ecosystems Program integrates
FWS programs and activities (e.g., Partners for
Wildlife, Fisheries, Federal Assistance,
Refuges) and builds partnerships with other
agencies and organizations within coastal
watersheds. Through these partnerships, the
program emphasizes elimination or reduction of
threats to coastal living resources and focuses on
on-the-ground actions to restore and protect
native biodiversity (including fish, migratory
birds, endangered species and their habitats).
To date, the program has restored 21 acres of
riparian habitat, reopened over ISO miles of
streams for anadromous fish passage, restored
over 925 acres of coastal wetlands, and planned
or designed 5,400 acres of future habitat
restoration. Additional activities include focused
outreach to catalyze public action, and technical
assistance to enable local decision makers to
protect priority living resources.
Appropriations were
$4.4 million in FY93
(9 programs) and
$4.6 million in FY94
(9 programs). In FY95,
appropriations are
$5.5 million (11 programs).
Monty Knudsen or Steve
Glomb
Coastal Ecosystems
Program
Branch of Coastal and
Wetland Resources
U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service
4401 North Fairfax Drive,
Room 412
Arlington, VA 22203
(703) 358-2201
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DEPARTMENT/
INDEPENDENT
AGENCY
NAME OF
PROGRAM/
INITIATIVE
GEOGRA-
PHIC
SCOPE
SUMMARY OF PROGRAM
CHARACTERISTICS
BUDGET/
EXPENDITURES
INFORMATION
CONTACT
FWS and National
Fish and Wildlife
Foundation
Fisheries
Across
America
National
The goal of Fisheries Across America is to
restore and protect naturally functioning aquatic
ecosystems to support healthy populations of
native fish species. Criteria given high
consideration in selecting proposed projects
include projects that improve aquatic habitat,
improve watershed and water quality, restore a
depleted fishery resource, increase awareness of
fishery and aquatic resource conservation, and
involve a partnership between a non-federal
entity and FWS.
Any non-federal entity that can provide
50 percent of the cost of the project in cash or
in-kind services is eligible to apply for a
50 percent grant of non-federal matching funds.
Proposals are reviewed by the FWS Washington
Office.
The National Fish and
Wildlife Foundation has
committed $300,000 in
non-federal matching funds
forFY95. This amount
must be matched by
$300,000 in cash or in-kind
services by non-federal
partners.
Doug Alcorn
Fish and Wildlife
Management Assistance
U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service
4401 North Fairfax Drive,
Mail Stop 820ARL
Arlington, VA 22203
(703) 358-1718
Gris Batchelder
National Fish and Wildlife
Foundation
1120 Connecticut Ave NW,
Suite 900
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 857-0166
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DEPARTMENT/
INDEPENDENT
AGENCY
NAME OF
PROGRAM/
INITIATIVE
GEOGRA-
PHIC
SCOPE
OF PROGRAM
CHARACTERISTICS
0X1DGE1V
EXPENDITURES
INFORMATION
CONTACT
FWS
Partners for
Wildlife
National; the
focus is on
areas that
have historic
migratory
bird,
endangered,
threatened, or
candidate
species, or
anadromous
fish values,
typically
agricultural
lands
Under the Private Lands/Partners for Wildlife
initiative, private landowners are offered
technical and financial assistance to restore
wetlands or other declining habitats that have
been drained or otherwise degraded.
Restoration of upland riparian habitat may
eligible if it will contribute to: the solution of
problems on nearby refuges; the recovery of
endangered, threatened, or candidate species,
and certain migratory birds of management
concern; the protection of adjacent wetlands;
and the conservation or restoration of a globally
or nationally imperiled natural community. Hie
voluntary private lands restoration projects are
administered under cooperative agreements with
the FWS funding all or a portion of the costs.
The FWS also funds habitat restoration on
Fanners Home Administration (FmHA)
easement and fee-title transfer lands.
Habitat restoration activity in FY94 included:
54,739 acres of wetlands
189.5 miles of riparian restoration
9 miles of in-stream restoration
10,500 acres of native grasses
Habitat restoration activity in FY93 included:
34,500 acres of wetlands
67 miles of riparian restoration
26 miles of in-stream restoration
10,000 acres of native grasses
The FY94 budget provided
$12.150 million for the
Private Lands/Partners for
Wildlife initiative, of which
$8.878 million was for
habitat restoration and
$3.282 million was for
technical assistance.
The FY93 budget provided
$8.891 million for the
Private Lands/Partners for
Wildlife initiative, of which
$6.110 million was for
habitat restoration and
$2.781 million was for
technical assistance.
Charlie Rewa, Acting
National Private Lands
Coordinator
U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service
4401 North Fairfax Drive,
Room 400
Arlington, VA 22203
(703) 358-2161
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DEPARTMENT/
INDEPENDENT
AGENCY
NAME OF
PROGRAM/
INITIATIVE
GEOGRA-
PHIC
SCOPE
SUMMARY OF PROGRAM
CHARACTERISTICS
BUDGET/
EXPENDITURES
INFORMATION
CONTACT
National Park
Service (NFS)
Rivers, Trails,
and
Conservation
Assistance
Program
National
The mission of the Rivers, Trails, and
Conservation Assistance program is to help
bring about significant changes and
improvements in a community's recreation
opportunities and open space. The NPS
provides technical assistance to state and local
governments as well as citizens groups to
protect and restore river corridors. The
program also assists in performing statewide
river assessments, developing conservation
strategies for individual streams or watersheds,
pursuing National Wild and Scenic River
designations, and in developing greenways.
The FY93 program budget
was $6,965,000, the FY94
program budget was
$6,853,000, and the FY95
program budget is
$7,053,000.
Christopher Brown, Deputy
Chief
Recreation Resources
Assistance Division
USDI, National Park
Service
P.O. Box 37127
Washington, DC 20013
(202) 343-3780
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Office of Water;
Office of
Wetlands, Oceans,
and Watersheds
Nonpoint
Source
Program
Implementation
Grants
National
Section 319 of the Clean Water Act sets forth
requirements for the preparation by states and
tribes of nonpoint source assessment reports and
management programs to address waters where
water quality standards are impaired or
threatened by nonpoint source pollution. Under
Section 319(h), EPA awards grants to implement
approved management programs, including a
range of projects that directly protect or restore
specific surface waters, wetlands, or riparian
areas. EPA's Section 319 grant guidance
encourages states to develop and implement
projects that incorporate a watershed approach
to addressing nonpoint source problems.
Funding for Section 319(h)
grants was $50 million in
FY93 and $80 million in
FY94.
Stu Tuller
U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency
Office of Wetlands,
Oceans, and Watersheds
Nonpoint Source Control
Branch (4503F)
401 M Street SW
Washington, DC 20460
(202)260-7112
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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS:
ASCS: Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service (U.S. Department of Agriculture)
BLM: Bureau of Land Management (U.S. Department of the Interior)
DOD: U.S. Department of Defense
EPA: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
FmHA: Farmers Home Administration (U.S. Department of Agriculture)
FSA: Farm Service Agency (U.S. Department of Agriculture)
FWS: Fish and Wildlife Service (U.S. Department of the Interior)
FS: Forest Service (U.S. Department of Agriculture)
NMFS: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (U.S. Department of Commerce)
NOAA: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (U.S. Department of Commerce)
NFS: National Park Service (U.S. Department of the Interior)
NRCS: Natural Resources Conservation Service (U.S. Department of Agriculture)
SCS: Soil Conservation Service (U.S. Department of Agriculture)
USACE: United States Army Corps of Engineers (U.S. Department of Defense)
USDA: United States Department of Agriculture
USDC: United States Department of Commerce
USDI: United States Department of the Interior
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