WASHINGTON, July 16 - The U.S. Department of Commerce announced that it expects to award up to 11 cooperative agreements for marine debris removal. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $2.5 million with a ceiling of $150,000 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 state, local, tribal, and territory governments  more ST

WASHINGTON, July 20 - The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $1.2 million cooperative agreement to the for Eskimo Walrus Commission of Nome, Alaska, for the conservation of marine mammals. The agency description of the grant states: "Specific objectives of this program include support, develop and maintain marine mammal Co-management structures for Pacific walruses in Alaska; facilitate dialog between subsistence walrus hunters and manag more ST

WASHINGTON, July 16 - The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it intends to award a $400,000 grant to the University of California Davis Center for Aquatic Biology and Aquaculture for research on significance of turbidity in safeguarding Delta smelt from predation. The agency description of the grant states: "The proposed project is to conduct studies to evaluate the significance of turbidity in safeguarding Delta Smelt (Hypomesus transpacificus) from more ST

WASHINGTON, July 16 - The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it intends to award a $447,199 grant to the Fish Conservation and Culture Laboratory of the University of California, Davis, for the improvement of the survival of Delta smelt larval single-family groups in a conservation hatchery. The agency description of the grant states: "The proposed project is to design a culture method and construct a culture system that maximizes the recovery rate o more ST

WASHINGTON, July 16 - The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it intends to award a $450,342 grant to the , Fish Conservation and Culture Laboratory of the University of California, Davis for research on molecular basis of hatchery adaptation in Delta smelt. The agency description of the grant states: "The proposed project is to conduct two studies to gain an understanding of the molecular mechanisms responsible for adaptation to captivity of Delta Sm more ST

WASHINGTON, July 16 - The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it intends to award a $99,997 cooperative agreement to the Fish Conservation and Culture Laboratory of University of California, Davis, for the testing of Wakasagi hatching frames for Delta smelt spawning. The agency description of the grant states: "The proposed project is to test wakasagi hatching frames for delta smelt hatching in laboratory as a potential method of future release in the more ST