WASHINGTON, April 30 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it expects to award grants or cooperative agreements for African elephant conservation. The agency description of the grant/cooperative agreement states: "The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's mission is to work with others to conserve, protect and enhance fish, wildlife and plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people. The International Affairs Program deliv  more

WASHINGTON, April 27 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management announced that it expects to award cooperative agreements for studies to examine ecosystem changes and influences to bowhead whale migration patterns in Beaufort Sea in Alaska. The agency description of the cooperative agreement states: "Evolving environmental conditions on the Beaufort Shelf appear to be changing the utilization of the shelf by bowhead whales and the bowhead whale migration path may  more

WASHINGTON, April 27 -- The Agency for International Development announced that it expects to award a cooperative agreement for the conservation of threatened and endangered species in Liberia. The agency description of the cooperative agreement states: "The purpose of the USAID Conservation Works (CW) activity is to conserve threatened and endangered species, especially western chimpanzees, by strengthening Protected Areas (PA) and helping communities be less reliant on protected resources for  more

WASHINGTON, April 26 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service announced that it expects to award up to 20 cooperative agreements for conservation projects in Wisconsin. The agency description of the cooperative agreement states: "The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), an agency under the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), is announcing potential availability of cooperative conservation agreements for the purpose of leveraging NRCS r  more

WASHINGTON, April 26 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management announced that it intends to award a $400,000 cooperative agreement to Georgia Aquarium, Atlanta, for studies on mortality risk for whale and basking sharks during energy and mineral operations. The agency description of the cooperative agreement states: "BOEM-authorized projects have been shown to cause mortality to large-bodied elasmobranchs that feed at a low trophic level. While much work has bee  more

WASHINGTON, April 26 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service announced that it expects to award up to five cooperative agreements for conservation easement operation and maintenance in Oklahoma. The agency description of the cooperative agreement states: "The NRCS - Oklahoma State Office, an agency under the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), is seeking support from and opportunities to partner with likeminded natural resource conservation par  more