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AGRICULTURE SECRETARY VILSACK EXTENDS DEADLINE FOR FLOODPLAIN EASEMENT ASSISTANCE

Friday, March 27, 2009 9:28 AM



Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that U.S. Department of Agricultureis extending the sign-up period – until April 10 – for floodplain easement assistance, a component of the department’s Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) Program. Up to $145 million has been made available to eligible landowners nationwide through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and includes both technical and financial assistance. This funding will restore frequently flooded land to its natural state; create jobs in rural communities nationwide when landowners establish these floodplain easements; as well as restore and protect an estimated 60,000 acres of flood-prone lands nationwide.