WASHINGTON, April 16 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it expects to award grants for bird habitat conservation projects in the Upper Mississippi/Great Lakes Joint Venture region in Indiana, Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, Minnesota, Nebraska, Ohio and Wisconsin. The agency description of the grant states: "The JV has identified priority evaluation needs to fill information gaps and test planning assumptions (https://umgljv.org/sc more ST

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service announced that it expects to award up to five grants for conservation technical assistance for outreach and education in New Mexico. The agency description of the grant states: "NRCS, an agency under the USDA, in the New Mexico State Office, is seeking to partner with, and support the efforts of, natural resource conservation partners and promote public awareness and implementation of conservatio more ST

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service announced that it expects to award up to five grants for agricultural conservation projects in California. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $400,000 with a ceiling of $150,000. The category of funding activity is natural resources. Eligible Applicants: Independent school districts; Small businesses; Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than instituti more ST

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service announced that it expects to award up to five grants for innovative agricultural conservation in Kansas. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $25,000 with a ceiling of $100,000. The categories of funding activity are a) agriculture, b) environment and c) natural resources. Eligible Applicants: Special district governments; Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with more ST