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Emergency Watershed Protection Program Easements Through 2008

The purpose of the Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) program is to undertake emergency measures, including the purchase of flood plain easements, for runoff retardation and soil erosion prevention to safeguard lives and property from floods, drought, and the products of erosion on any watershed whenever fire, flood or any other natural occurrence is causing or has caused a sudden impairment of the watershed.

Updated January 2009
EWP Program Easements Through 2008
Top Number Reflects Easements
Bottom Number Reflects Acres