WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced that it expects to award up to five grants or cooperative agreements for the conservation of endangered species. The agency description of the grant/cooperative agreement states: "States play an essential role in conserving and recovering species listed as endangered or threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), 16 U.S.C. 1535. Listed species under NOAA's National Marine Fis more ST

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service announced that it expects to award up to 15 grants for rural forest landscapes restoration in Connecticut, Delaware, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Wisconsin and West Virginia. The agency description of the grant states: "The purpose if the Landscape Scale Restoration competitive grant p more ST

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it expects to award grants for the conservation of tortoise and freshwater turtles. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $900,000 with a ceiling of $100,000. The category of funding activity is environment. Information on Eligibility: Applicants can be individuals; multi-national secretariats; foreign national and local government agencies; non-profit non-governmental more ST

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced that it expects to award up to 15 cooperative agreements for marine debris removal. The agency description of the cooperative agreement states: "This funding opportunity requires a Letter of Intent to be submitted for competitive review before a full proposal can be submitted. LOIs must be received via email as an attachment (to grants.marinedebris@noaa.gov) no later than 11:59 p.m. more ST