RWA Overview

Rapid Watershed Assessment Overview


Rapid Watershed Assessment (RWA) is a new initiative by NRCS.   RWA’s organize into one document, information that local conservationists, landowners and others can use to identify conservation opportunities, and direct technical and financial resources to the appropriate watersheds. 


These assessments are conducted by watershed planning teams traveling through each watershed, meeting with landowners and conservation groups, inventorying agricultural areas, identifying conservation opportunities and current levels of resource management, and estimating impacts of these opportunities on the local priority resource concerns. This concept closely mirrors what has been used in the Klamath Basin.

Rapid watershed assessments provide a foundation for watershed or area planning. They will be valuable for Farm Bill program delivery, and provide useful information for county, watershed and regional planners.

View the RWA Fact Sheet (Requires Acrobat Reader ):

 RWA Fact Sheet (PDF; 2.25 MB)

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