16 U.S.C. § 1015 — Definitions

(1) “Affected stakeholder” means an entity that significantly affects, or is significantly affected by, water quality or quantity in a watershed, as the Secretary determines. (2) “Disadvantaged community” means a city, town, county, or reasonably isolated and divisible part of a larger municipality whose annual median household income is below 100 percent of the State annual median, using the latest decennial census. (3) “Grant recipient” means a watershed group selected for a grant under section 1015a(c)(2). (4) “Program” means the Cooperative Watershed Management Program established under section 1015a(a). (5) “Secretary” means the Interior Secretary. (6) “Watershed group” means a self-sustaining cooperative group for a whole watershed that: (A) represents affected stakeholders; (B) includes diverse interests as practicable, including hydroelectric production, livestock, timber, development, recreation or tourism, irrigated agriculture, the environment, drinking-water and industrial users, private owners, disadvantaged communities, federal, State, and local agencies with watershed authority, and tribes owning or holding land in trust in the watershed; (C) is a grassroots, nonregulatory group addressing water availability and quality; (D) can promote sustainable water use and improve rivers and streams through conservation, better water quality, ecological resilience, and fewer conflicts; and (E) makes decisions by consensus as its bylaws define it. (7) “Watershed management project” means a project, including a demonstration project, that improves conservation or alternative water uses, water quality, river or stream ecological resilience including fish, wildlife, or habitat, reduces potential water conflicts, or advances another water-quality or quantity goal the Secretary finds appropriate.