WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 -- 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 estimated total program funding available was cited as $2 million with a ceiling of $250,000 for each award in the program. The agency said the grant was associated with a) environment, b) natural resources and c) science and technology and other research and development. The funding is open to more ST

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's National Marine Fisheries Service announced that it expects to award up to five cooperative agreements for research and development projects in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, South Carolina and U.S. Virgin Islands. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $2.5 million with a ceiling of $525,000 for each award in the program. The agency said the grant was associated with a) environment, b) natural resource more ST

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management announced that it expects to award a cooperative agreement for the assessment of sand resources at the South-Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $250,000. The agency said the grant was associated with environment. The funding is open to state governments and public and state controlled inst more ST

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced that it expects to award up to 38 cooperative agreements for marine mammal rescue assistance. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $4 million with a ceiling of $100,000 for each award in the program. The agency said the grant was associated with a) environment, b) natural resources and c) science and technology and other research and development. The funding  more ST

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced that it expects to award a cooperative agreement for a cohort-based leadership development program to train emerging leaders for NOAA Fisheries in California, Washington, Oregon and Idaho. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $400,000 with a ceiling of $100,000. The agency said the grant was associated with a) environment, b) natural resources and c) science a more ST

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 -- The Environmental Protection Agency announced that it expects to award up to three cooperative agreements for practical methods to analyze and treat emerging contaminants in solid waste, landfills and groundwater to protect human health and the environment. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $6 million with a ceiling of $500,000 for each award in the program. The agency said the grant was associated with environment. The agency description of the  more ST

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 -- The Environmental Protection Agency announced that it expects to award up to five cooperative agreements for practical methods to analyze and treat emerging contaminants in solid waste, landfills and wastewater to protect human health and the environment. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $6 million with a ceiling of $900,000 for each award in the program. The agency said the grant was associated with environment. The agency description of the gr more ST

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced that it expects to award a cooperative agreement for invasive vegetation management at the Wake Island Airfield, Alaska. The award ceiling for this funding opportunity is $600,000. The agency said the grant was associated with environment. The funding is open to recipients within the Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Units. For more information, contact Olen Northern, 907/753-2525. more ST

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 -- 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 the reduction of the reduction of livestock loss. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $900,000 with a ceiling of $450,000 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 and Native American tribal governments. The  more ST

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $31,659 cooperative agreement to the Dartmouth College of Hanover, New Hampshire, for the tracing of the sources and depositional history of mercury at the Cape Cod National Seashore in Massachusetts and Acadia National Park in Maine. The agency description of the grant states: "The objective of this program is to reconstruct Hg deposition chronologies at two National Park Sit more ST

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $43,345 cooperative agreement to the Institute for Bird Populations of Point Reyes Station, California, for research on effects of a changing fire regime on birds at the Yosemite National Park, Sequoia National Park and Kings Canyon National Park. The funding opportunity number is P18AS00495 (CFDA 15.945). For more information, contact Lilette Baltodano, 415/623-2251, Lilette more ST

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it intends to award a $6,825,664 grant to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation for the identification and funding of targeted conservation challenges throughout the nation. The funding opportunity number is F18AS00310 (CFDA 15.663). For more information, contact Stephanie Rickabaugh, 703/358-2214, stephanie_rickabaugh@fws.gov. more ST

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation announced that it intends to award a $129,739 grant to the Nevada Department of Wildlife for the prevention of the spread of aquatic invasive species. The agency description of the grant states: "The objectives of the project are to continue providing three staff watercraft inspection stations and a Watercraft Inspection and Decontamination Station Supervisor from November 30, 2018 through November 30, 2019. Staf more ST

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $64,000 cooperative agreement to the Schoodic Institute at Acadia National Park of Winter Harbor, Maine, for workshops to improve science communication. The agency description of the grant states: "The goal of the project is to improve communication of science related to natural resource stewardship, especially (but not limited to) science that occurs in national parks. The ob more ST

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation announced that it intends to award a $273,464 grant to the Vollmar Natural Lands Consulting Inc. of Berkeley, California, for captive propagation and reintroduction of Large-Flowered Fiddleneck in Contra Costa, Alameda and San Joaquin counties. The agency description of the grant states: "This project will continue to convene and consult with tag; delineate, prepare, and plant re-introduction sites; install and m more ST

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $89,602 cooperative agreement to the West Virginia University for aquatic resources data stewardship and analysis for the New River Gorge National River, Gauley River National Recreation Area and Bluestone National Scenic River. The funding opportunity number is NPS-18-NERO-0152 (CFDA 15.945). For more information, contact Patrick Reidy, 215/597-5949. more ST

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $305,750 cooperative agreement to the Western States Air Resources Council of Santa Fe, New Mexico, for the development of air quality monitoring and modeling data. The agency description of the grant states: "This project also provides for coordination of the data warehouse that is used to store and disseminate the data. The warehouse includes tools for viewing and evaluating more ST