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HUC stands for "Hydrological Unit Code" which helps watershed managers identify what size of watershed they are working within. The James River Basin is a HUC-8 watershed.
The HUC-8 Grant includes both 604b and 319 funding goals, milestones, and projects.
604b Water Quality Management Planning Grants are funds awarded by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources to assist state, regional public comprehensive planning organizations and interstate organizations to carry out water quality management planning. Funds are used to determine the nature and extent of point and nonpoint source pollution and to develop management plans to address them with an emphasis on a watershed approach.
319 Nonpoint Source Project Grants are funds awarded by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources to assist the state, regional public comprehensive planning organizations and interstate organizations to carry out water quality management planning. Funds are used to determine the nature and extent of point and nonpoint source pollution and to develop management plans to address them with an emphasis on a watershed approach. Project length may be up to three years with awards typically ranging from $30,000 to $100,000. There is no match requirement.
Projects
Review the current and archived projects associated with the HUC(8) Grant:
The James River Watershed-Based Grant, plan, and survey is funded thanks to:
Funding
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 7 through a MO Department of Natural Resources grant to the Southwest Missouri Council of Governments provided partial funding for this project under Section 319 of the Clean Water Act.
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