Submitted Report

The USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Texas is taking applications through Feb. 15 for floodplain easements through the Emergency Watershed Protection Floodplain Easement Program (EWPP-FPE). The program’s focus is to provide landowners with another option for frequently flooded properties such as agricultural fields, forested land, fallow land, pasture and, in certain situations, residential areas in cooperation with a qualified sponsor.  

Through the E...