SUPPORT FOR THE CHAMPLAIN WATERSHED IMPROVEMENT COALITION OF NEW YORK (CWICNY) OF COUNTY SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS

NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDS NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets 10B Airline Drive Albany, New York 12235 NEW YORK STATE SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS SUPPORT FOR THE CHAMPLAIN WATERSHED IMPROVEMENT COALITION OF NEW YORK (CWICNY) OF COUNTY SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS Letters of Interest will be accepted through October 26, 2026 by 4:00 P.M. from interested Soil and Water Conservation Districts (SWCDs) in the Lake Champlain Region to provide services to the NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets to administer a water quality implementation program for agricultural non-point source abatement and control projects and non-agricultural non-point source abatement and control projects in the Lake Champlain Watershed. Services must result in the implementation of activities that will reduce, abate, control, or prevent soil erosion/nonpoint source pollution originating from agricultural and non-agricultural sources. Eligible applicants are Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Warren, and Washington County Soil and Water Conservation Districts (SWCDs), who will be referred to as the “Project Sponsor” for the Lake Champlain Region. The NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets is seeking services from one of the eligible County SWCDs to provide administrative and technical services that result in the implementation of Best Management Practice Systems in the Lake Champlain watershed. Availability of funding for this program is from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Lake Champlain Basin Program Grants, which includes appropriations for this purpose. Letters of Interest must be emailed to: Tyler Knapp: Division of Land and Water Resources, NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets., [email protected] by October 26,2026 at 4:00 P.M. This notice was prepared and submitted by: Tyler Knapp Division of Land and Water Resources NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets 10B Airline Drive Albany, New York 12235 September 30,2026 Business enterprises awarded an identical or substantially similar procurement contract within the past five years: None Minority / Women Business Enterprise contracting goals (MWBE) MBE Goal: 0.00% WBE Goal: 0.00%