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FEDERAL FUNDING SOURCES FOR WATER QUALITY ACTIVITIES

New Mexico Food and Agricultural Council Water Quality Subcommittee - Draft August 1998 
Funding Source Contact Person Address Eligible Activities
NM Environment Dept Nonpoint Source Control - CWA 319(h) Surface Water Qual. Bureau 1190 St. Francis Dr. Santa Fe, NM 87502 505/827-2470 Implementation of non-point source management program. Can be targeted at particular watersheds.
NM Environment Dept Surface and Ground Water Pollution Control - CWA 106 Surface Water Qual. Bureau 1190 St. Francis Dr. Santa Fe, NM 87502 505/827-2923 Support state agency programs and Indian tribes to prevent, reduce and eliminate surface and ground water pollution. Activities include permitting, water quality planning, monitoring enforcement, wellhead protection, training, and public information.
EPA Wetlands Protection Program - CWA 104(b)3 EPA - Region VI First Interstate Bank 1445 Ross Ave,Ste 1200 Dallas,TX 75202-2733 214/665-6680 Wetlands - planning, research and implementation. Statewide conservation plans, watershed planning, education projects, enhancement of existing regulation and demonstration projects.
EPA Assessment and Watershed Protection Support-CWA 104(b)3 EPA- Region VI First Interstate Bank 1445 Ross Ave,Ste 1200 Dallas,TX 75202-2733 214/665-6680 Varying water quality activities. Assessment and watershed protection support activities can include all levels of State and local government, tribes and private organizations.
EPA Water Quality Management Planning CWA 604(b) EPA - Region VI First Interstate Bank 1445 Ross Ave,Ste 1200 Dallas,TX 75202-2733 214/665-6680 Carry out water quality management planning. Activities include determining the nature, extent, and causes of water quality problems, including TMDL development and identifying cost effective and locally acceptable facility and nonpoint measures to meet and maintain water quality standards.
USDA Farm Services Agency (FSA) Conservation Reserve Program FSA- Albuquerque or local USDA Service Center 6200 Jefferson St. NE Albuquerque, NM 87109 505/761-4900 or local USDA Service Center Reduces soil erosion, improves water quality, reduces sedimentation in streams and lakes. Farmers convert highly erodible cropland to vegetative cover and receive an annual rental payment for term of the multi-year contract. Cost sharing is provided to establish the vegetative cover practices.
USDA NRCS Emergency Watershed Protection Program NRCS - Albuquerque or local USDA Service Center 6200 Jefferson St. NE Albuquerque, NM 87109 505/761-4400 or local USDA Service Center Designed to reduce threats to life and property in the wake of natural disasters. It provides technical and cost sharing assistance. Assistance includes removing and establishing vegetative cover, gully control, installing streambank protection devices, removing debris and sediment, and stabilizing levees, channels, and gullies.
USDA NRCS Small Watershed Program NRCS - Albuquerque or local USDA Service Center 6200 Jefferson St. NE Albuquerque, NM 87109 505/761-4400 or local USDA Service Center Works through local government sponsors and helps participants solve natural resource and economic problems on a watershed basis. Projects include watershed protection flood prevention, erosion and sediment control, water quality, wetlands creation and restoration in watersheds of 250,000 or fewer acres. Both technical and financial assistance are available.
USDA NRCS Environmental Quality Incentives Program NRCS - Albuquerque or local USDA Service Center 6200 Jefferson St. NE Albuquerque, NM 87109 505/761-4400 or local USDA Service Center Works primarily in locally identified conservation priority areas where there are significant problems with natural resources. High priority is given to areas where agricultural improvements will help meet water quality objectives. Conservation practices are carried out according to a conservation plan and contracts provide incentive payments.
USDA Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) Gabriel Hegyes 10301 Baltimore Blvd. Beltsville, MD 20705 301/504-6425 Agricultural farming systems, sustainable agriculture research/education demonstration projects.
USDA Farm Services Agency Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program FSA - Albuquerque or local USDA Service Center 6200 Jefferson St. NE Albuquerque, NM 87109 505/761-4900 Designed to create an opportunity where resources of a State government and CCC can be targeted in a coordinated manner to address specific conservation and environmental objectives to improve water quality, erosion control, and wildlife habitat in specific geographic areas that have been adversely impacted by agricultural activities, with emphasis on addressing nonpoint source water pollution and wildlife habitat restoration in a cost-effective manner.
USDA Farm Services Agency Emergency Conservation Program FSA - Albuquerque or local USDA Service Center 6200 Jefferson St. NE Albuquerque, NM 87109 505/761-4900 Emergency conservation services to rehabilitate farmlands after natural disasters, water conservation during periods of drought.
USDA Forest Service Forestry Incentives Program County offices of USFS, USDA-NRCS, state forestry and resources conservation offices. Supports good forest management practices on privately owned, nonindustrial forest lands nationwide. future demands for wood products. FIP is available in counties designated by a Forest Service survey of eligible private timber acreage.
USDA Forest Service Stewardship Incentive Program County offices of USFS, USDA-NRCS, state forestry and resources conservation offices.   Provides technical and financial assistance to encourage nonindustrial private forest landowners to keep lands and natural resources productive and healthy. Eligible landowners must have an approved Forest Stewardship Plan and own 1,000 or fewer acres of qualifying land.
USDA Rural Development Service Administration 6200 Jefferson St. NE, Rm 255 Albuquerque, NM 87109 505/761-4970 Construct new water systems, improve existing systems, construct and improve existing waste water systems.
USDI Fish and Wildlife Service US Fish and Wildlife Service 2105 Osuna NE Albuquerque, NM 87113 505/761-4525 Partners for Wildlife Programs - improve and protect fish and wildlife habitat on private lands through alliances between the U.S. FWS, other organizations, and individuals, while leaving the land in private ownership.
USDI Bureau of Land Management: Watershed Restoration and Enhancement Agreements, Sec. 124 of PL-104-208 BLM - New Mexico State Office or local BLM Field Office NMSO-931 P.O. Box 27115 Santa Fe, NM 87505 505/438-7424 or local BLM Field Office BLM may enter into watershed restoration and enhancement agreements that restore and maintain fish, wildlife, and other biotic resources on public or private land or both to benefit these resources on public land within the watershed.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: Section 14 of the 1946 Flood Control Act Jim White, Planning Branch U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 4101 Jefferson Plaza NE Albuquerque, NM 87109-3435 505/342-3428 Emergency bank protection for endangered highways, public works, churches, hospitals, schools, and for other non-profit organizations. No more than $1,000,000 in federal monies per project can be spent for emergency construction, repair or restoration of streambanks or shorelines.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: Section 205 of the 1948 Flood Control Act Jim White, Planning Branch U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 4101 Jefferson Plaza NE Albuquerque, NM 87109-3435 505/342-3428 Small flood control projects-levees, floodwalls, dikes, and small dams to prevent flooding. The cost cannot exceed $5 million in federal monies.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: Public Law 84-99 Don Soards Emergency Management Branch U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 4101 Jefferson Plaza NE Albuquerque, NM 87109-3435 505/342-3269 The District Engineer is authorized to undertake investigations of flood control projects damaged by flooding and to recommend necessary emergency repairs. Obtain help through your local officials.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: Clearing and Snagging for Flood Control Section 208 of the 1954 Flood Control Act Jim White Planning Branch U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 4101 Jefferson Plaza NE Albuquerque, NM 87109-3435 505/342-3428 In time of potential flood situations, the Corps of Engineers is authorized to clean a channel or clear a stream of debris of snags. The Corps can spend up to $500,000 in federal monies in one year to solve the problem on any one tributary.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: Emergency Supply of Drinking Water to Communities with Contaminated Water Supplies, Public Law 84-99 Don Soards Emergency Management Branch U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 4101 Jefferson Plaza NE Albuquerque, NM 87109-3435 505/342-3269 Provide clean drinking water for communities with contaminated water supplies. Contamination may have resulted from accidental, deliberate or natural events including flooding. The Corps may use reasonable methods to restore services to the community, including water from alternate sources. Contact you local officials who will contact the appropriate Corps representative.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: Section 22, Planning Assistance to States   U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 4101 Jefferson Plaza N Albuquerque, NM 87109-3435 505/342-3428 The Corps can assist states, tribes, local governments, and other non-federal entities in the preparation of comprehensive plans for the development, utilization, and conservation of water and related land resources. The studies under this program are cost-shared on a 50% federal - 50% nonfederal basis. The studies must be requested by a viable sponsor; the Corps will accommodate as many studies as possible within the funding allotment. Typical studies include wetland evaluations, flood plain management studies, water supply, and flood damage reduction studies.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: Project Modifications for Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration: Sections 206 and 1135 of Engineers: Project Modifications for Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration: Sections 206 and 1135 of WRDA 1996 Mark Harberg Environmental Section U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 4101 Jefferson Plaza NE Albuquerque, NM 87109 The Corps is authorized to carry out environmental restoration. Non-federal interests must provide 25 to 35 percent of the cost of construction of any project including provision of lands, easements, right-of-ways, and necessary relocations.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: Flood Plain Management Services Section 206 of the Flood Control Act of 1960. Bet Lotosky Planning Branch U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 4101 Jefferson Plaza NE Albuquerque, NM 87109-3435 505/342-3323 The Flood Plain Management Services Program promotes the prudent use and management of flood plains by providing a range of technical services and planning guidance. Upon request, and pending availability of funds, program services are provided without charge to state, regional, and local governments, Indian Tribes, and other non-Federal public agencies. Services are provided to private entities and other federal agencies on a cost-recovery basis.

PRIVATE FUNDING SOURCES FOR WATER QUALITY ACTIVITIES

New Mexico Food and Agricultural Council Water Quality Subcommittee - Draft August 1998
Funding Source Contact Person Address Eligible Activities
The Abelard West Foundation Susan Beaudry c/o Common Counsel 2530 San Pablo Ave., Ste B Berkley, CA 94702 Community-based grassroots local/regional environmental issues.
The Abell Foundation Robert C. Embry, Jr. 111 S. Calvert St., Ste. 2300 Baltimore, MD 21202 Environmental curriculum for schools.
The Acorn Foundation Susan Beaudry c/o Common Counsel 2530 San Pablo Ave., Ste B Berkley, CA 94702 Community-based grassroots on local environmental issues.
The Jennifer Altman Foundation Elise Miller Program Officer P.O. Box 1080 Bolinas, CA Grassroots NGO's
American Conservation Association Charles M. Clusen Executive Director 1350 New York Ave.NW Ste 300 Washington,DC 20005 Environment
Apple Computer, Inc. Fred Silverman Manager 20525 Marian Ave., MS/380 Cupertino, CA 95014 Curriculum Development
Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation Gayle Williams Dorman, Executive Director 102 Reynolds Village Winston Salem,NC 27106 Grassroots organizations
L.L. Bean, Inc. Janet Wyper Comm. Relations Spec. L.L. Bean, Inc. Freeport, ME 04033 Conservation/natural resource stewardship
Beldon Fund Judy Donald Executive Director 2000 19 St.,NW,Ste 400 Washington, DC 20005 Strengthening statewide environment organizations.
Ben and Jerry's Foundation Rebecca Golden Administrator P.O. Box 299 Waterbury, VT 05676 Grassroots efforts
Chevron Corporation David McMurry Spec. Controls and Prog. 575 Market St. San Francisco,CA 94104 Education programs, habitat restoration.
Columbia Foundation Susan C. Silk Executive Director 1 Lombard St., Ste 305 San Francisco, CA 94111 Pesticide reduction, urban environment
Conservation Technology Support Program: Partnership between Hewlett-Packard Co., Environmental Systems Research Institute and the Conservation GIS Consortium. Please send a blank email message to ctsp@lists.desktop.org
Educational Foundation of America Diane Allison Executive Director 35 Church Lane Westport, CT 06880 Solid waste management, energy efficiency and conservation, conservation biology
Environment Now Richard S. Luskin Executive Director 24955 Pacific Coast Hwy, Ste. C201 Malibu, CA 90265 Deserts and water pollution
The Ford Foundation Janet Maughan Program Officer 320 E. 43rd St. New York, NY 10018 Sustainable agriculture, ecodevelopment in rural communities.
Fund of the 4 Directions Gary D. Schwartz Director 8 West 40th St., 10th Fl. New York, NY 10018 Grassroots organizing, water quality
General Services Foundation Robert W. Musser President 411 East Main St. Ste. 205 Aspen, CO 81611 Innovative, demonstration or research-oriented projects improving the allocation, management and quality of surface water in the western USA.
Global Environment Project Inst. Christopher Hormel P.O. Box 2224 Ketchum, ID 83340 Environmental education, grassroots, citizen action
W. Alton Jones Foundation J.P. Meyers Director 232 E. High St. Charlottesville, VA 22902-5178 Watersheds
Joy Foundation for Ecological Education and Research Joy Gilman President P.O. Box 1104 Chincoteaqua, VA 23336 Education outreach
W. K. Kellogg Foundation Jessica T. Kovan Asst. Program Dir. One East Michigan Ave. Battle Creek, MI 49017 Agricultural management practices which protect the environment, some hazardous waste and environmental health issues.
The Lazar Foundation William B. Lazar Vice President 319 SW Washington, Ste. 716 Portland, OR 97204 Grassroots coalition building
Maki Foundation Patricia A. Humpry 421 D Aspen Airport Bus. Cntr. Aspen, CO 81611-3551 Public lands management, environmental protection in western USA
John D. and Catherine MacArthur Foundation Dan M. Martin Director, World Env. and Res. Prog. 140 S. Dearborn, Ste. 1100 Chicago, IL 60604 Biodiversity, conservation, education
The Martin Foundation Gerald F. Martin President 500 Simpson Ave., Box 1167 Elkhart, IN 46515 Environmental education
Giles W. and Elise G. Mead Foundation   P.O. Box 2218 Napa, CA 94558 Environment, ecology, and conservation.
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Krishna K. Roy Dir. of Devt. and Mktg 1120 Connecticut Ave, NW Bender Bldg, Ste 900 Washington, DC 20036 Wetland conservation, conservation education and leadership training, fisheries initiative, fisheries and wildlife assessment.
David and Lucille Packard Foundation Jeanne C. Sedgwick Program Officer 300 Second St., Ste 200 Los Altos, CA 94022 Wetlands and habitat preservation
Amelia Peabody Charitable Fund Joanne Borek Executive Director 201 Devonshire St. Boston, MA 02110 General water issues
Philip Morrris Co. Inc. Joe Miloscia 120 Park Ave. New York, NY 10016 Partnerships in developing environmental programs, education resource management
Phillip D. Reed Foundation, Inc. Patricia Anderson 570 Lexington Ave. Rm. 923 New York, NY 10022 Energy and environment, natural resource conservation, and public policy.
True North Foundation K.K. Hoffman President P.O. Box 271308 Ft. Collins, CO 80527-1308 River protection, clean water protection
Turner Foundation Peter Bahouth Program Director 1 CNN Center, Ste. 425 South Tower Atlanta, GA 30303 Water and toxics

STATE FUNDING SOURCES FOR WATER QUALITY ACTIVITIES

New Mexico Food and Agricultural Council Water Quality Subcommittee - Draft August 1998
Funding Source Contact Person
New Mexico Water Resources Research Institute WRRI Box 30001 MSC 3167 New Mexico State University Las Cruces, NM 88003
New Mexico Dept. of NMDA
Agriculture: Acequia and Community Ditch Fund P.O. Box 30005, Dept. 3GSD Las Cruces, NM 88003
New Mexico Dept. of Agriculture: Soil and Water Conservation Fund NMDA P.O. Box 30005 Las Cruces, NM 88003
New Mexico Environment Department NMED 1190 St. Francis Dr. Santa Fe, NM 87502 505/827-2812
Interstate Stream Commission Bataan Memorial Bldg., Suite 101 410 Don Gaspar Santa Fe, NM 87504-5102