Additional Requirements
Applicants eligible to receive financial assistance under this NOFO include:
Category A: States; Indian tribes; irrigation districts; water districts; state, regional, or
local authorities, whose members include one or more organizations with water or power
delivery authority; and other organizations with water or power delivery authority. All
Category A applicants must be located in one of the following States or Territories:
Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada,
New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington,
Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, or
Puerto Rico.
Category B: Non-profit conservation organizations, including watershed groups as
defined in the Cooperative Watershed Management Act, Section 6001, that are acting in
partnership with, and with the agreement of, an entity described in Category A. All
Category B applicants must be in the United States or one of the Territories identified
above.
Category C: Non-profit conservation organizations submitting an application for a
project to implement a nature-based solution on Federal land may submit an application
without a Category A partner, if they demonstrate that entities described in Category A
from the applicable service area have been notified and do not object to the project. All
Category C applicants must be in the United States or one of the Territories identified
above.
