Watershed Agrig. Council

City-funded organization

The Watershed Agriculture Council (listed on Checkbook as "Watershed Agrig. Council") is a nonprofit organization that protects New York City's upstate drinking water supply by partnering with farmers and forest landowners in the Catskill/Delaware and Croton watersheds to implement whole-farm planning and conservation easement programs; it holds $271m in active contracts as of August 2026 with the NYC Department of Environmental Protection covering operating funds and watershed conservation easement stewardship, all awarded without competitive bidding.

Industry (per city contracts)
Standardized Services
City contracts (active)
$271,424,017 · 4 contracts
Awarded all-time
$542,353,448 · 9 since 1999, incl. expired
Paid to date
$293,873,224
Won without a fresh bid
100% of contract value · $542,353,448 · 9 contracts

Holds contracts at

City contracts

Registered city contracts, largest first by current contract value (not amount spent): running now, then registered to start later, then ended. Totals count every registered contract. Each line shows its Checkbook contract ID. The tag on each row is how it was awarded (“no-bid” = non-competitive).

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