WASHINGTON, May 25 -- The Environmental Protection Agency announced that it expects to award up to 20 grants or cooperative agreements for wetland program development in Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada and Pacific Islands. The agency description of the grant/cooperative agreement states: "Wetland Program Development Grants (WPDGs) assist state, territorial, tribal, local government agencies and interstate/intertribal entities in developing or refining state/ territorial/tribal/local program  more

WASHINGTON, May 28 -- The Environmental Protection Agency announced that it expects to award up to 20 grants or cooperative agreements for wetland program development in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin. The agency description of the grant/cooperative agreement states: "Wetland Program Development Grants (WPDGs) assist state, territorial, tribal, local government agencies and interstate/intertribal entities in developing or refining state/ territorial/tribal/local prog  more

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service announced that it expects to award up to 10 cooperative agreements for the implementation of Farm Bill conservation programs in California. The agency description of the cooperative agreement states: "Emphasis will be placed on projects that provide technical assistance to NRCS staff in the implementation of Farm Bill conservation programs in California counties. NRCS seeks collaboration with conse  more

WASHINGTON, May 25 -- The Environmental Protection Agency announced that it expects to award up to 10 cooperative agreements for the implementation of safe pest management practices. The agency description of the grant/cooperative agreement states: "The purpose of the Pesticide Environmental Stewardship Program Grant Initiative is to encourage smart, sensible and sustainable pest control in agriculture. The initiative, which is an extension of the Pesticide Environmental Stewardship Program (PE  more