WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service announced that it expects to award up to three discretionary grants for the development and adoption of innovative conservation approaches and technologies in American Samoa, Guam, Hawaii and Northern Mariana Islands. 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) agricultu more ST

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- 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 the improvement of air quality. The award ceiling for this funding opportunity is $345,679. 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 non-profit organizations;  more ST

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The Environmental Protection Agency announced that it expects to award a cooperative agreement for coastal watershed restoration. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $6 million. The agency said the grant was associated with environment. The agency description of the grant states: "Program objectives include improving water quality to reduce the impact of nutrients and bacteria on water quality and aquatic life; restoring physical processes that supp more ST

WASHINGTON, May 17 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service announced that it expects to award up to 10 discretionary grants for an urban conservation project in Tennessee. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $80,000 with a ceiling of $8,000 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 local conservation district; non-profi more ST

WASHINGTON, May 18 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service announced that it expects to award up to 10 discretionary grants for an urban conservation project in Tennessee. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $80,000. The agency said the grant was associated with a) agriculture, b) environment and c) natural resources. The funding is open to local conservation district; non-profit organizations; non-government organizations; or insti more ST

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it intends to award a $1 million cooperative agreement to the American Conservation Experience of Flagstaff, Arizona, for national wildlife refuge system enhancements. The funding opportunity number is F19AS00209 (CFDA 15.654). For more information, contact Michelle L. Willcox, 505/248-7486, michelle_willcox@fws.gov. more ST

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation announced that it intends to award a $17,365 grant to the Hopi Telecommunications Inc. of Keams Canyon, Arizona, for water tank outlet pipe repair. The agency description of the grant states: "The activities to be completed are occurring on the Hopi Tribe's domestic water supply infrastructure within the boundaries of the Hopi Tribe Reservation with limited and controlled access to tribal lands. The tasks to be co more ST

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it intends to award a $300,000 cooperative agreement to the Pennsylvania State University for the development of automated tools and databases useful for genetic data reduction and analysis. The agency description of the grant states: "The project aims to aid in the reproducibility of qPCR data analysis workflows, the Service seeks development of automated tools to handle the large amount o more ST

WASHINGTON, May 18 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management announced that it intends to award a $210,000 cooperative agreement to the University of Maine, School of Marine Science, for the monitoring of the ecology of zooplankton in the Gulf of Maine and how it influences the distribution of the highly endangered North Atlantic right whale. The funding opportunity number is M19AS00018 (CFDA 15.408). For more information, contact Paula Barksdale, 703/787-1743, more ST