WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service announced that it intends to award up to two discretionary grants for development and adoption of innovative conservation approaches and technologies in conjunction with agricultural production in Louisiana. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $150,000 with a ceiling of $75,000 for each award in the program. The agency said the grant was associated with agriculture. This fu more ST

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service announced that it intends to award up to five discretionary grants for development and adoption of innovative conservation approaches and technologies in Missouri. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $150,000 with a ceiling of $75,000 for each award in the program. The agency said the grant was associated with a) agriculture, b) environment, c) natural resources and d) scien more ST

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service announced that it expects to award up to 73 cooperative agreements for addressing local natural resource issues, encouraging collaboration and developing state and community-level conservation leadership in Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $16.3 million with a ceiling of $2.5 million for each award in the prog more ST

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- The U.S. Agency for International Development announced that it expects to award a cooperative agreement for the Seed Systems Support Activity Program that aims to enhance farmers' access to a full range of seed choices. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $20,790,000. The agency said the grant was associated with agriculture. This funding opportunity is open to state, county, city, township and special district governments; independent school dist more ST

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service announced that it intends to award up to four discretionary grants for the development and adoption of innovative conservation approaches and technologies in conjunction with agricultural production in Kansas. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $200,000 with a ceiling of $50,000 for each award in the program. The agency said the grant was associated with agriculture. This  more ST

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- The U.S. Department of State's U.S. Mission to Hungary announced that it expects to award up to 40 cooperative agreements for public diplomacy programs. The award ceiling for this funding opportunity is $25,000. The agency said the grant was associated with a) arts, b) education, c) environment and d) humanities. This funding opportunity is open to registered U.S. and Hungarian non-profit organizations, individuals, and non-profit or governmental educational institutions more ST

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce announced that it expects to award a cooperative agreement for building capacity for environmental literacy. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $5 million. The agency said the grant was associated with a)environment, b) natural resources and c) science and technology and other research and development. This funding opportunity is open to nonprofit organizations. The agency description of the grant states: "The purp more ST

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health announced that it intends to award a discretionary grant for revolutionizing innovative and visionary environmental health research. This funding opportunity uses the outstanding investigator award mechanism. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $5 million with a ceiling of $600,000. This funding opportunity is open to state, county, city, township and special district  more ST

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service announced that it intends to award up to three discretionary grants for the development and adoption of innovative conservation approaches and technologies in conjunction with agricultural production in Michigan. The award ceiling for this funding opportunity is $75,000. The agency said the grant was associated with a) agriculture, b) environment, c) natural resources and d) science and technology more ST

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health announced that it intends to award a discretionary grant for support for conferences and scientific meetings. No award amount was specified for this program. The agency said the grant was associated with a) education, b) environment, c) food and nutrition, d) health and e) income security and social services. This funding opportunity is open to state, county, city, township and special distri more ST

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation announced that it intends to award a $650,000 grant to the Hopi Tribe of Arizona for the monitoring and management of historic properties, sacred areas, and locations that are within their area affected by the operations of Glen Canyon Dam. The agency description of the grant states: "The Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Program (GCDAMP) was established for the long-term preservation and management of the cult more ST

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation announced that it intends to award a $625,000 grant to the Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians of Arizona for the monitoring and management of historic properties and locations of traditional Paiute cultural use that are within the area affected by the operations of Glen Canyon Dam. The agency description of the grant states: "The Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Program (GCDAMP) was established for the long-term pr more ST

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it intends to award a $250,000 cooperative agreement to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources for the implementation and evaluation of response actions for red swamp crayfish. The agency description of the grant states: "This award will be used to determine the extent of red swamp crayfish infestations in Michigan, implement and evaluate an early detection monitoring strategy for re more ST

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it intends to award a $136,072 grant to the Northwest Hydraulic Consultants for the improvement of juvenile and adult salmonid migration at the Deer Creek Irrigation District's diversion dam in Tehama County, California. The funding opportunity number is F18AS00078 (CFDA 15.648). For more information, contact Connie Sauer, 503/872-2826, Connie_Sauer@fws.gov. more ST

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey announced that it intends to award a $300,000 cooperative agreement to the University of Maryland for research on mapping forest and land cover change in tropical countries. The U.S. Geological Survey provided the following overview: "The University of Maryland (UMD) will work collaboratively with USGS and colleagues in governmental institutions in SilvaCarbon countries in three regions (SE Asia, Latin-America,  more ST

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $107,700 cooperative agreement to the Upper Delaware Council Inc. of Narrowsburg, New York, for the implementation of the Upper Delaware River management plan. The funding opportunity number is NPS-18-NERO-0012 (CFDA 15.962). For more information, contact Patrick Reidy, 215/597-5949. more ST