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Adobe Acrobat DocumentEmergency Watershed Protection Funds Available (June 8, 2005)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentUSDA Provides $3.2 Million For Natural Disaster Recovery Efforts In Utah (March 22, 2005)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentEmergency Watershed Protection Program Funding Will Help Washington County, Utah  (February 1, 2005)

NRCS Snow Survey data

To learn more about snow pack conditions and stream flow forecasts in your area, please visit the  NRCS Snow Survey site.

News Coverage mentioning NRCS involvement

Download the following newspaper reports to learn more about NRCS response to the floods in southwestern Utah:

Adobe Acrobat DocumentFeds release flood-project funds (Deseret Morning News 6-9-05)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentSouthern Utah may get $66 million more (The St George Spectrum 4-7-05)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentDixie flood funding falling far short (Deseret Morning News 4-7-05)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentCities build protective dike (The St George Spectrum 2-26-05)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentTown wins one to flood battle (Salt Lake Tribune 2-17-05)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentFlood response continues (The St George Spectrum 2-16-05)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentA big sigh of relief (The St George Spectrum 2-13-05)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentRural dams held up well under  floods’ battering (Salt Lake Tribune 1-21-05)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentSafety of dams is post-flood priority (Deseret Morning News 1-21-05)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentSouthern Utah flood damage not over yet (Salt Lake Tribune 1-19-05)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentMany areas face flooding if Utah spring turns warm (Desert Morning News 1-15-05)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentFarmland wiped out by waters (Salt Lake Tribune 1-14-05)

Photos and Maps of Flood Damage and EWP Work

Adobe Acrobat DocumentWashington County Location Map - Site 1
Adobe Acrobat DocumentWashington County Location Map - Site 4
Adobe Acrobat DocumentEarly Flood Pictures
Adobe Acrobat DocumentPhotos of EWP work

Letter of Appreciation

Adobe Acrobat DocumentLetter of Appreciation from Washington County Commission

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Power Point PresentationUtah EWP Work

Please visit the National EWP web site.

For more information contact:

Lisa Coverdale, EWP Programs Manager, (801) 524-4565
Vane Campbell, Area Conservationist, (435) 896-6441
Blake Walbeck, On-site coordinator, (435) 896-6441 ex. 136

Last Modified:  12/20/2005