Snow Survey and Water Supply Forecasting

 

To provide reliable, accurate and timely forecasts of surface water supply to water managers in the water users and water managers in the west. To efficiently obtain, manage, and disseminate high quality data and information on snow, water, climate, and hydrologic conditions. To provide climate data to support NRCS conservation planning tools

Active 10.907 Natural Resources Conservation Service, Department of Agriculture L - Dissemination of Technical Information; Z - Salaries and Expenses Not applicable. Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, Public Law 74-76, 16 U.S.C. 590 a-f General public, including those located in the U.S. Territories. General public, including those located in the U.S. Territories. Not applicable. Preapplication coordination is not applicable. 2 CFR 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards applies to this program. Individuals can make requests for reports from NRCS Field and State offices that issued them, and from the NRCS National Water and Climate Center at Portland, OR. Not applicable. Not applicable. Not applicable. Not applicable. Not applicable. Not applicable. The information is used by the owners and operators of the 30,000,000 irrigated acres in the mountain States, and the far West; as well as help farm operators, rural communities, and municipalities which use the water supply forecasts to manage water resources. The data are also used in administering international and interstate river flow distribution contracts and agreements, and in the regulation of hundreds of small and large reservoirs for irrigation, flood control, power generation, recreation, industry, and municipal supplies. The data also provide soil moisture/temperature and climate data which supports drought assessments, flood assessment, fire hazard assessment, wildlife management and climate change research. Cooperators include other Federal agencies, State agencies, municipalities, irrigation districts, water associations and private utilities, and water management officials of Canada and Mexico. Not applicable. In accordance with the provisions of 2 CFR 200, Subpart F - Audit Requirements, nonfederal entities that expend financial assistance of $750,000 or more in Federal awards will have a single or a program-specific audit conducted for that year. Non-Federal entities that expend less than $750,000 a year in Federal awards are exempt from Federal audit requirements for that year, except as noted in 2 CFR 200.503 Not applicable. Statutory formula is not applicable to this assistance listing.

Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. Not applicable Not applicable State and local offices of the Natural Resources Conservation Service in Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, and the National Water & Climate Center, Portland, OR. For a list of NRCS State offices with telephone numbers and addresses, information is available on the internet at http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/. California's Department of Water Resources, which coordinates and issues snow surveys for that State, and the British Columbia Department of Lands, Forests and Water Resources, supply data for the monthly west-wide summaries. Mike Strobel
Natural Resources Conservation Service, Department of Agriculture, P.O. Box 2890
Washington, DC 20013 US
michael.strobel@por.usda.gov
Phone: 503-414-3055 http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/ 12-1000-0-1-302 (Salaries and Expenses) FY 18$8,939,000.00; FY 19 est $10,105,000.00; FY 20 est $9,380,000.00; FY 17$8,523,000.00; FY 16$9,510,000.00; - Not applicable Snow Surveys, AIB 536. Not applicable.