WASHINGTON, April 27 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it intends to award a $105,000 cooperative agreement to the Conservation Biology Institute of Corvallis, Oregon, for the Quino checkerspot butterfly augmentation project. The funding opportunity number is F19AS00196 (CFDA 15.657). For more information, contact Anne Robb, 760/431-9440, Anne_Robb@fws.gov. more ST

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- The Environmental Protection Agency announced that it expects to award up to 10 cooperative agreements for wetland program development in New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, and U.S. Virgin Islands. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $1,336,000 with a ceiling of $325,000 for each award in the program. The agency said the grant was associated with environment. The funding opportunity number is EPA-REG2-WPDG-19-20 (CFDA 66.461). It was posted on Apr more ST

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service announced that it expects to award up to seven cooperative agreements for natural resource conservation in Oklahoma. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $1.5 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 Indian tribes; state or l more ST

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service announced that it expects to award up to four discretionary grants for the development and adoption of innovative conservation approaches and technologies in Maryland. 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) energy, c) natural resources and d) scien more ST

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service announced that it expects to award up to 15 discretionary grants for natural resource conservation in Oklahoma. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $150,000 with a ceiling of $10,500 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 a conservation district or federall more ST

WASHINGTON, April 27 -- The U.S. Department of State announced that it expects to award a cooperative agreement for the staffing and operation of the American Center Warsaw in Poland. The award ceiling for this funding opportunity is $200,000. The agency said the grant was associated with a) arts, b) business and commerce, c) community development, d) education, e) energy, f) environment, g) health, h) humanities, i) information and statistics and j) science and technology and other research an more ST

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service announced that it expects to award up to four discretionary grants for the development and adoption of innovative conservation approaches and technologies in Connecticut. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $250,000 with a ceiling of $75,000 for each award in the program. The agency said the grant was associated with a) agriculture, b) environment and c) natural resources.  more ST

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory announced that it expects to award up to 40 cooperative agreements for research and development of innovative technologies that will improve energy productivity, improve flexibility, security and resiliency, as well as lower energy costs. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $47 million with a ceiling of $6 million for each award in the program. The agency said the grant was assoc more ST

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it expects to award up to 12 discretionary grants for programs for the benefit of wildlife and their habitats, including species that are not hunted or fished. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $6,362,000 with a ceiling of $1 million for each award in the program. The agency said the grant was associated with a) environment and b) natural resources. The funding i more ST

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- The Environmental Protection Agency announced that it expects to award up to 15 cooperative agreements for wetland program development in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $8.1 million with a ceiling of $400,000 for each award in the program. The agency said the grant was associated with environment. The agency description of the grant states: "Wetland Program Development Grants (WPDGs) assist state, tribal, more ST

WASHINGTON, April 27 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it intends to award a $105,000 cooperative agreement to the Conservation Biology Institute of Corvallis, Oregon, for the Quino checkerspot butterfly augmentation project. The funding opportunity number is F19AS00196 (CFDA 15.657). For more information, contact Anne Robb, 760/431-9440, Anne_Robb@fws.gov. more ST

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation announced that it intends to award a $849,991 grant to the Tahoe Resource Conservation District of South Lake Tahoe, California, for the Johnson Meadow restoration planning project. The agency description of the grant states: "The project's proposed activities will complete feasibility study containing opportunities and constraints assessment for Johnson Meadow; develop conceptual designs for Johnson Meadow; and more ST

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $122,391 cooperative agreement to the University of Alaska Fairbanks for an investigation on recent seabird die-offs. The agency description of the grant states: "This information is important for NPS to provide timely information to partners and to address public concerns, especially where subsistence harvesting of seabird eggs occurs. The recent die-offs of Common Murres pr more ST