WASHINGTON, April 6 -- The Environmental Protection Agency announced that it expects to award up to 12 cooperative agreements for the development of wetland programs in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $1.8 million with a ceiling of $300,000 for each award in the program. The agency said the grant was associated with environment. The funding is open to states; tribes; local government agencies; interstate agencies; intertribal cons more ST

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service announced that it expects to award up to five discretionary grants for the development and adoption of innovative conservation approaches and technologies in conjunction with agricultural production in Arkansas. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $300,000 with a ceiling of $75,000 for each award in the program. The agency said the grant was associated with a) agriculture, b more ST

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- The U.S. Department of State announced that it expects to award up to 10 discretionary grants for programs that strengthen cultural ties between the U.S. and the people in Chihuahua, Mexico, through cultural and exchange programming. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $50,000. The agency said the grant was associated with a) arts, b) education, c) environment and d) humanities. The funding is open to U.S. and Mexican registered not-for-profit orga more ST

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $63,000 cooperative agreement to the Conservation Corps of Minnesota & Iowa for trail maintenance at the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore in Bayfields, Wisconsin. The agency description of the grant states: "The conservation crew will be working on trail projects on a number of locations, including completing a floating boardwalk on Long Island and clearing 8-10 miles of tra more ST

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health announced that it expects to award a discretionary grant for support for the majority of the independent research program for outstanding investigators in the environmental health sciences. This funding opportunity uses the outstanding investigator award mechanism. No award amount was specified for this program. The agency said the grant was associated with a) environment and b) health. The  more ST

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health announced that it expects to award a discretionary grant for support for the majority of the independent research program for outstanding investigators in the environmental health sciences. This funding opportunity uses the outstanding investigator award mechanism. No award amount was specified for this program. The agency said the grant was associated with a) environment and b) health. The  more ST

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $125,000 cooperative agreement to the St. Croix River Association of Wisconsin for youth engagement through an internship program and address aquatic invasive species prevention necessary activities at the St. Croix National Scenic Riverway. The agency description of the grant states: "Recent graduate and crew will complete tasks associated with aquatic invasive species preven more ST

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it intends to award a $20,000 cooperative agreement to the Student Conservation Association of Arlington, Virginia, for conservation and habitat restoration at the San Marcos Aquatic Resources Center in Texas. The funding opportunity number is F19AS00173 (CFDA 15.676). For more information, contact Sara Williams, 505/248-7462 sara_n_williams@fws.gov. more ST

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it intends to award $246,000 cooperative agreements to the Lake Superior State University of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, University of Minnesota, and Michigan Department of Natural Resources for Great Lakes piping plover monitoring and protection activities. The agency description of the grant states: "Work includes projects that protect endangered species, restore, enhance, or create habi more ST

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management announced that it intends to award a $800,000 cooperative agreement to the University of California, Santa Barbara, for understanding biological connectivity among offshore structures and natural reefs. The agency description of the grant states: "The Pacific Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Region of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is offering a cooperative agreement for the study Understan more ST

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $750,000 cooperative agreement to the University of Minnesota Duluth for nearshore monitoring and management activities at Lake Superior national parks including Apostle Islands National Lakeshore in Bayfield, Wisconsin. The agency description of the grant states: "The objectives of this cooperative agreement modification are to sustain nearshore monitoring activities, conduct more ST