WASHINGTON, July 5 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service announced that it expects to award a cooperative agreement for easement acquisition services in Maryland. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $247,500. The agency said the grant was associated with a) agriculture, b) environment and c) natural resources. The funding is open to nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS. The agency description of the grant states: U.S. more ST

WASHINGTON, July 1 - The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it intends to award $2,785,000 grants to the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources; Illinois Department of Natural Resources; Indiana Department of Natural Resources; Iowa State University; Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources; Minnesota Department of Natural Resources; Mississippi Department of Wildlife Fish and Parks; Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission; T more ST

WASHINGTON, July 1 - The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $102,000 cooperative agreement to the Seward Association for the Advancement of Marine Science dba Alaska SeaLife Center for a professional development workshop for teachers. The agency description of the grant states: "The purpose is to conduct a three day workshop for 30 teachers at the Alaska SeaLife Center and the park. The workshop will facilitate access to park natural and more ST

WASHINGTON, July 5 - The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $300,000 cooperative agreement to the Marine Science dba Alaska SeaLife Center for seabird surveys documenting species and number in Resurrection Bay into the coastline of Kenai Fjords National Park. The agency description of the grant states: "These surveys are the only year-round monthly surveys occurring in the entire State of Alaska for seabirds. Public outreach efforts focu more ST

WASHINGTON, July 4 - The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation announced that it intends to award a $66,863 grant to the Arizona Game and Fish Department for site survey for the proposed fish screen location to better understand the site and determine design needs. The agency description of the grant states: "The proposed project activities will include: 1) Contractor will conduct research and provide multiple design alternatives of the fishscreen to Arizona Game and Fish Dep more ST

WASHINGTON, July 3 - The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation announced that it intends to award a $160,000 grant to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife for a study on quagga/zebra mussels. The agency description of the grant states: "There are numerous routes entering California from neighboring states that do not require a watercraft to pass through a Border Protection Station, thus they are not currently being inspected for the presence of quagga/zebra mussels.  more ST

WASHINGTON, July 1 - The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it intends to award a $212,661 cooperative agreement to the Colorado State University for the assessment of the banding needs of mottled ducks in Florida, Louisiana and Texas. The agency description of the grant states: "The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) uses a science-based, adaptive framework for setting and achieving broad-scale conservation objectives that strategically addres more ST

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it intends to award a $200,000 cooperative agreement to the Ducks Unlimited of Memphis, Tennessee, for the installation of additional water conveyance systems and complete habitat enhancement projects at the Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge in Mound City, Missouri. The agency description of the grant states: "These pumps and wells will be strategically located around the refuge to maxi more ST

WASHINGTON, July 2 - The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it intends to award a $80,000 cooperative agreement to the Ducks Unlimited Inc. of Memphis, Tennessee, for a biological team leader for the Gulf Coast Joint Venture partnership. The agency description of the grant states: "Joint ventures, the partnerships that were originally formed to implement the North American Waterfowl Management Plan, are regional, self-directed organizations involving more ST

WASHINGTON, July 3 - The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it intends to award a $42,900 cooperative agreement to the Friends of Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge of Albuquerque, New Mexico, for youth engagement, education and employment. The funding opportunity number is F19AS00287 (CFDA 15.676). For more information, contact Michelle Willcox, 505/248-7486, michelle_willcox@fws.gov. more ST

WASHINGTON, July 1 - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health announced that it expects to award a cooperative agreement for marmoset colonies for neuroscience research. This funding opportunity uses the resource-related research projects- cooperative agreements mechanism. No award amount was specified for this program. The agency said the grant was associated with a) education, b) environment, c) health and d) income security and social services. The fu more ST

WASHINGTON, July 1 - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health announced that it expects to award a cooperative agreement for a marmoset coordination center. This funding opportunity uses the resource-related research projects- cooperative agreements mechanism. No award amount was specified for this program. The agency said the grant was associated with a) education, b) environment, c) health and d) income security and social services. The funding is open more ST

WASHINGTON, July 2 - The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation announced that it intends to award a $124,983 cooperative agreement to the Kansas State University for a study on Loach Minnow and Spikedace fish. The agency description of the grant states: "There are three primary tasks being added to this study: 1) Objective 1 - Validate the efficiacy of implanting loach minnow and spikedace with 8mm PIT tags. a) Laboratory study - tag 50 LM and 50 SD ranging in size from 50 m more ST

WASHINGTON, July 2 - The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it intends to award a $28,975 cooperative agreement to the Louisiana State University Agricultural Center for research on nesting ecology of mottled ducks. The agency description of the grant states: "Joint ventures, the partnerships that were originally formed to implement the North American Waterfowl Management Plan, are regional, self-directed organizations involving Federal, State, and l more ST

WASHINGTON, July 1 - The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it intends to award a $140,000 cooperative agreement to the Nevada Department of Wildlife for the assessment of Western pond turtle distribution, demographics and habitat use. The funding opportunity number is F19AS00263 (CFDA 15.608). For more information, contact Mark Fabes, 775/861-6389, mark_fabes@fws.gov. more ST

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it intends to award a $145,000 cooperative agreement to the New Mexico State University, Department of Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Ecology, for the modeling of Bald and Golden eagle and other raptor populations and take rates. The agency description of the grant states: "The Service intends to issue a single cooperative agreement award under this Notice of Funding Opportunity. Because o more ST

WASHINGTON, July 4 - The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation to announced that it intends to award a $60,000 grant to the Oregon State Police Fish and Wildlife Department for the increase of law enforcement patrols at aquatic invasive species inspection stations in Brookings, Ashland, Ontario and Umatilla. The agency description of the grant states: "The Oregon State Police Fish and Wildlife Department would be the agency contracted with for this work. This agreement will ad more ST

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it intends to award $95,000 cooperative agreements to the Pheasants Forever of St. Paul, Minnesota, for Prairie Pothole Joint Venture implementation plan conservation delivery in Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota. The agency description of the grant states: "These funds will be used to maintain leadership capacity in North Dakota to deliver, coordinate, manage and grow innovative con more ST

WASHINGTON, July 4 - The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation announced that it intends to award a $64,766 grant to the Portland State University of Oregon for Quagga and Zebra mussels early detection surveys at the Columbia River Basin. The agency description of the grant states: "Portland State University (PSU) staff will perform dreissenid mussel surveys at high-priority water bodies in the Columbia River Basin (CRB). PSU has established a list of high-risk bodies of water more ST

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $60,000 cooperative agreement to the Rocky Mountain Conservancy of Estes Park, Colorado, for the development of a diverse youth internship program to promote a stewardship legacy at the Rocky Mountain National Park. The agency description of the grant states: "The projects and programs under this agreement will provide opportunities for under-represented diverse youth to learn  more ST

WASHINGTON, July 2 - The U.S. Department of the Interior announced that it intends to award a $800,000 grant to the Salton Sea Authority of Indio, California, for the restoration of North Shore Marina access to monitor Desert pupfish and water quality. The agency description of the grant states: "Through this grant, access will be gained at the Salton (Sea) by dredging the North Shore Marina so that the existing boat ramp can once again become functional. Dredging will reduce the sedimentation more ST

WASHINGTON, July 1 - The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it intends to award $60,000 cooperative agreements to the South Dakota Grassland Coalition for the promotion of grassland conservation and management through ranching. The funding opportunity number is F19AS00271 (CFDA 15.637). For more information, contact Sean Fields, 406/727-7400, ext. 218, sean_fields@fws.gov. more ST

WASHINGTON, July 1 - The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $50,057 cooperative agreement to the University of Alaska Anchorage, Alaska Center for Conservation Science, for the provision of training for interns to identify invasive plants. The agency description of the grant states: "On average, 20-30 plant specimens will be collected for identification, and we anticipate 4000-5000 data records to be produced. All data collected will be  more ST

WASHINGTON, July 1 - The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it intends to award a $60,000 cooperative agreement to the University of Alaska Anchorage, Institute of Social and Economic Research, for the development of standardized protocols for detecting the presence or absence of Elodea or other aquatic invasive plant populations. The agency description of the grant states: "Given the complex nature of trying to detect an aquatic plant, it is importa more ST

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation announced that it intends to award a $230,463 cooperative agreement to the University of Colorado Boulder for the establishment of a framework for robust planning in the Colorado River Basin. The agency description of the grant states: "The Principle Investigators (PIs) of this project are uniquely qualified based on two factors - technical expertise and location. Both PIs are experts in using advanced technical t more ST

WASHINGTON, July 1 - The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it intends to award a $89,000 cooperative agreement to the University of Missouri School of Natural Resources for population models for migratory birds. The agency description of the grant states: "The purpose of this award is to increase and expand upon existing research and partnerships to improve management decision-making (i.e., adaptive management) and inform where conservation measures more ST