Project Background:

1) Briefly describe the sediment loading issues, including sediment sources, in your watershed and their relevance to sediment loadings to a Great Lake.

2) Name and location, including county (ies) of the watershed are you proposing to implement a sediment reduction project.

Name
Location
County(ies)

3) Enter the 8 or 12 digit USGS HUC code in which your watershed is located, as listed at www.glc.org/basin/reports/huc.pdf:

4) Enter U.S. Congressional District where project is located, as listed at www.house.gov/writerep/:

5) Project length (up to 4 years- recommended):

6) How many acres are in the watershed?

7) How many acres are in?

Agriculture including pasture landuse
Forest including brushland landuse
Urban, suburban, industrial, commercial and rural residential landuse

8) What are the general soil types in the watershed?

Watershed Plan:

9) Has a watershed plan been developed for this watershed or is it a part of a plan for a larger watershed? If yes, who developed the plan and when was it adopted?

10) Does the plan include a sediment or erosion control goal? If yes, what is it and how was it developed?

11) What state agency(ies) has approved your plan?

Implementation Strategy:

12) Briefly describe the specific methodology you are going to use to implement the project. These can be traditional or creative nontraditional efforts. Include such items as:

• The types of BMPs you are planning on installing i.e. tree planting, easements, conservation tillage, streambank stabilization, hay in rotation, sediment basins, buffers, other,
• timeline for implementation,
• priority areas identification process,
• incentive methods and rates and
• equipment purchases.

13) Grant money can be used to pay for technical assistance. Briefly describe the technical assistance required to implement the project over a four year period. Personnel must be devoted almost solely to the project, with little or no collateral duties. You will be required to provide in-kind office space, administrative support, computer and other equipment, general office supplies, and other items and services required to perform their job. This can be counted as match and should not be shown as a direct charge to the project.

14) Tracking progress is a critical component of the project. Describe a possible method to track progress towards achieving your sediment reduction goal.

15) Describe your strategy to encourage landusers, especially in the priority areas, to participate in the program.

16) Describe your strategy to keep the general public, landusers, elected officials and government officials aware of project activities.

Involvement of Partners and Leveraging Additional Funding:

17) What state, Federal and others have you contacted relative to your pre-proposal.

18) Briefly describe the involvement of each partner. Include a description of additional technical and financial assistance to be provided by these partners.

19) Describe any unique partnerships you have previously undertaken in the watershed.

Administrative Activities:

20) You must have the ability to enter into a legally binding contract with landowners for the lifespan of the practices being installed. Briefly describe your legal authority.

21) Who will hold and enforce the requirements of the easement, if proposed.

22) You will be required to provide quarterly reports of expenses and activities. Describe your administrative capacity to provide timely reports and other administrative requirements.

Experience in Grant Implementation:

23) List other grants you have received in the past. Include the Grantor’s name and address.

24) Describe any large (over $25,000) projects or events implemented under the grants cited above.

Instructions for submitting a multi-state project

Submissions of multi-state projects are encouraged. If you are a state or local agency and you are the sole submitter, you will need to contact your counter part agency in the other state(s) to coordinate activities. You either must have the legal authority for your staff to cross state lines and enter into financial assistance contract with out of state residents or be able to re-grant dollars outside of your state to another entity so technical and financial assistance can be provided to the entire watershed area.

You may also file jointly with a division of tasks and a budget showing the portion of funding each entity is to receive.

A. Download and fill out the Budget and Personnel Application (MS Word), saving all edits to your computer. [Also available as an RTF file for other software programs.]

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Step III: Review and Submit

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