WASHINGTON, April 7 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management announced that it intends to award a $325,000 cooperative agreement to the Cook Inlet Regional Citizens Advisory Council of Kenai, Alaska, for the evaluation of organic and inorganic contaminants data for future sampling and monitoring. The agency description of the cooperative agreement states: "The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management's (BOEM), Environmental Studies Program (ESP) seeks to establish a c  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service announced that it expects to award up to 16 cooperative agreements for projects to address local natural resource issues in South Dakota. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $4.3 million with a ceiling of $1 million. The categories of funding activity are a) agriculture, b) environment and c) natural resources. Eligible Applicants: City or township governments; State govern  more