WASHINGTON, June 28 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it expects to award a cooperative agreement for the conservation of endangered species. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $1 million. The agency said the grant was associated with a) environment and b) natural resources. The funding is open to state, county, city, township and special district governments; independent school districts; private, public and state co more ST

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that it expects to award up to 10 discretionary grants for the Household Water Well Program. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $1 million. The agency said the grant was associated with a) agriculture, b) community development, c) environment and d) health. The funding is open to organizations that has an active registration with current information in the System for Award Management (SAM) and has a Dun more ST

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that it expects to award up to four discretionary grants for the Revolving Fund Program that aims to provide financing for the extension and improvement of water and waste disposal systems in rural areas. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $1 million. The agency said the grant was associated with a) agriculture, b) community development, c) environment and d) health. The funding is open to nonprofits ha more ST

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service announced that it expects to award up to 18 cooperative agreements for conservation and restoration of natural resources in Mississippi. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $2,229,000 with a ceiling of $275,000 for each award in the program. The agency said the grant was associated with a) agriculture, b) education, c) environment and d) natural resources. The funding is op more ST

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service announced that it expects to award up to 18 cooperative agreements for technical assistance for outreach, education and technology to meet conservation goals in Mississippi. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $2,229,000 with a ceiling of $275,000 for each award in the program. The agency said the grant was associated with a) agriculture, b) education, c) environment and d)  more ST

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it expects to award up to 10 discretionary grants for North American wetlands conservation. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $22 million with a ceiling of $10 million for each award in the program. The agency said the grant was associated with a) environment and b) natural resources. The funding is open to state, county, city, township and special district govern more ST

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service announced that it expects to award up to eight discretionary grants for forestry planning and conservation activities in California. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $3 million with a ceiling of $500,000 for each award in the program. The agency said the grant was associated with a) agriculture, b) environment and c) natural resources. The funding is open to state, count more ST

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs announced that it expects to award a cooperative agreement for increased transparency and control of mercury in Peru. The award ceiling for this funding opportunity is $450,000. The agency said the grant was associated with environment. The funding is open to nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS. The agency description of the grant states: "This cooperativ more ST

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs announced that it expects to award a cooperative agreement for increased transparency and control of mercury in Peru. The award ceiling for this funding opportunity is $450,000. The agency said the grant was associated with environment. The funding is open to U.S. non-profit or nongovernmental organizations subject to section 501 (c) (3) of the U. S. tax code; foreign n more ST

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs announced that it expects to award a cooperative agreement for U.S. air quality capacity building fellowships. The award ceiling for this funding opportunity is $493,827. The agency said the grant was associated with environment. The funding is open to U.S. non-profit or nongovernmental organizations subject to section 501 (c) (3) of the U. S. tax code; foreign not-for- more ST

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it intends to award a $1,921,705 grant to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game for the collection information for meeting conservation and management commitments made to Canada under the Yukon River Salmon Agreement. The agency description of the grant states: "In December 2002 representatives from the United States and Canada signed the Yukon River Salmon Agreement (Agreement). The Agre more ST

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it intends to award a $45,000 cooperative agreement to the California State University, Sacramento University Enterprises Inc. for inventory and monitoring data management. The agency description of the grant states: "This award funds California State University, Sacramento University Enterprises Inc. CA Intern Network students to work on data management projects to support high priority n more ST

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $1,818,719 cooperative agreement to the Chesapeake Conservancy of Annapolis, Maryland, for the development and enhancement of a consistent high resolution land cover data set and methodology to support Chesapeake Bay watershed restoration. The agency description of the grant states: "Specifically, this modification to an existing task agreement will support work on continued d more ST

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it intends to award a $26,777 grant to the Los Molinos Mutual Water Co. of California for fish ladder modifications at the Ward Dam to improve upstream migration of adult spring Chinook salmon. The agency description of the grant states: "This action will improve upstream migration of adult spring Chinook salmon as the fish ladder pools have filled with stream sediment the past two years a more ST

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it intends to award a $1,050,000 cooperative agreement to the North Slope Borough Department of Wildlife Management of Barrow, Alaska, for polar bear patrols to reduce human-bear conflicts. The agency description of the grant states: "The project will provide public safety in communities visited by polar bears; provide local employment opportunities; support polar bear conservation by prov more ST

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it intends to award a $93,181 cooperative agreement to the Regents of University of California for the development and testing of a waterbird habitat assessment protocol at the Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuge Complex, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge Complex, Stone Lakes National Wildlife Refuge Complex, San Luis National Wildlife Refuge Complex and Kern National Wildlife Refuge C more ST

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it intends to award a $169,611 grant to the Trout Unlimited of Arlington, Virginia, for understanding the relationships of habitat and salmonid life history at the Yuba River in California. The agency description of the grant states: "The amount of rearing habitat available to fall- and spring-run Chinook salmon, as well as steelhead, in the Yuba in different water years and Accord flow sc more ST

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $304,253 cooperative agreement to the University of Minnesota for survey research for the Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway in Wisconsin. The agency description of the grant states: "Public and commercial use at St. Croix Scenic Riverway will be assessed to inform planning and compatibility with park purposes. In order to better understand the public and commercial use of t more ST

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey announced that it intends to award a $50,000 cooperative agreement to the Water Education Foundation of Sacramento, California, for the establishment of the Project Water Education for Teachers Programs. The U.S. Geological Survey provided the following overview: "A collaborative effort is required to better promote the awareness, appreciation, knowledge, and stewardship of water resources through development an more ST