Paying for that Project: Reclamation Funding Opportunities

& An Example of NRCS Funding

Heather RiceAmerican Falls-Aberdeen Ground Water District

ConservationInnovationGrant

• USDA-NRCS-EQIP

• 50:50 Cost Share (equipment, employee wages, supplies)

• Up to $75,000

• Submitted through www.Grants.gov

Ground Water DistrictsBNG 1024 wells/ 150,000 acres AFA 831 wells/ 145,000 acres

• 2015 SWC/IGWA Settlement Agreement

• 2015- 2018 Installing Flow Meters

• Fall & Spring Meter Readings

ProjectBackground

Water Users GWD

How it Works

Things to Remember…

• Don’t wait to until last minute using Grants.gov

• Ask ?’s

• Pray!

Heather RiceAmerican Falls-Aberdeen

Ground Water District208-844-0419

[email protected]

www.tetontechnology.com 1-800-625-0012

Federal Grantswww.Grants.gov

Contacts

Alan JacksonBingham Ground Water District

[email protected]

Denise Adkins208-685-6991

[email protected]

USDA/NRCSwww.nrcs.usda.gov