WASHINGTON, July 23 - The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it expects to award a discretionary grant for range-wide strategic planning and conservation actions for the Western pond turtle in Washington, Oregon, Nevada and California. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $50,000. The agency said the grant was associated with environment. The funding is open to state, county, city, township and special district governments; ind more ST

WASHINGTON, July 23 - The Environmental Protection Agency announced that it expects to award a cooperative agreement for energy and integrated assessment modeling studies. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $750,000. The agency said the grant was associated with environment. The agency description of the grant states: "This notice announces the availability of funds and solicits applications that advance the fields of economic and integrated assessment modeling of vario more ST

WASHINGTON, July 24 - The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it intends to award a $99,660 grant to the Friends of the Los Angeles River of California for youth engagement, education, and employment. The agency description of the grant states: "The Los Angeles River is a unique resource for neighbors and communities to engage in stewardship, education and recreation activities. The River Rover has helped Friends of the Los Angeles River (FOLAR) to el more ST

WASHINGTON, July 23 - The U.S. Department of Commerce announced that it expects to award up to 20 cooperative agreements for scallop research. No award amount was specified for this 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 institutions of higher education; hospitals; other nonprofits; commercial organizations; individuals'; and state, local, and Native Ame more ST

WASHINGTON, July 24 - The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it intends to award a $40,000 cooperative agreement to the Saginaw County Public Works Commission of Michigan for Eastwood Drain survey and drainage study. The agency description of the grant states: "Competition is not practical as SCPWC is uniquely qualified as they are the local governmental agency with the legal authority to conduct work within county drains in Saginaw County. They have more ST

WASHINGTON, July 23 - The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation announced that it intends to award a $107,424 grant to the Yavapai Apache Nation of Verde Valley, Arizona, for technical works to confirm the viability of the Sedona reclaimed water management alternative. The agency description of the grant states: "The Yavapai Apache Nation (YAN) is uniquely qualified to complete this project because it has a direct impact on the negotiations to settle their water rights claims  more ST