WASHINGTON, June 20 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management announced that it expects to award up to 10 cooperative agreements for threatened and endangered species recovery projects in Utah. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $200,000 with a ceiling of $80,000 for each award in the program. The agency said the grant was associated with natural resources. The funding is open to state, county, city, township and special district governments; in  more

WASHINGTON, June 20 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management announced that it expects to award up to six cooperative agreements for cultural and paleontological resource management in Utah. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $250,000 with a ceiling of $100,000 for each award in the program. The agency said the grant was associated with natural resources. The funding is open to state, county, city, township and special district governments; ind  more

WASHINGTON, June 20 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management announced that it expects to award up to 15 cooperative agreements for youth conservation opportunities on public lands in Utah. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $500,000 with a ceiling of $100,000 for each award in the program. The agency said the grant was associated with natural resources. The funding is open to state, county, city, township and special district governments; inde  more

WASHINGTON, June 20 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management announced that it expects to award up to 10 cooperative agreements for wildlife resource management in Utah. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $600,000 with a ceiling of $300,000 for each award in the program. The agency said the grant was associated with natural resources. The funding is open to state, county, city, township and special district governments; independent school distr  more

WASHINGTON, June 20 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $50,500 cooperative agreement to the American Conservation Experience of Flagstaff, Arizona, for vegetation management at the Zion National Park and Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah. The funding opportunity number is P19AS00289 (CFDA 15.931). For more information, contact Tina Holland, 307/344-2082, Tina_Holland@nps.gov.  more

WASHINGTON, June 20 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $28,509 cooperative agreement to the Great Basin Institute of Reno, Nevada, for archaeological research associates at the Capitol Reef National Park in Utah. The agency description of the grant states: "This Task Agreement serves a public purpose by promoting and stimulating education, job training, development of responsible citizenship, productive community involvement, and   more

WASHINGTON, June 21 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: * * * - Trump Administration works to proactively curb wildfires with strategically placed fuel breaks in Idaho, Oregon, Washington, California, Nevada, Utah * * * Today, the Department of the Interior's (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released the Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Fuel Breaks in the Great Basin for a 45-day public comment   more

WASHINGTON, June 19 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board issued the following notice (Docket No. FD 36284) entitled "Seven County Infrastructure Coalition Rail Construction and Operation in Utah, Carbon, Duchesne, and Uinta Counties, Utah": AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board. ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS), availability of the draft scope of study for the EIS, scoping meetings, and request for comments. SUMMARY:  more

SOUTH JORDAN, Utah, June 20 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's U.S. Forest Service - Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest - issued the following news release: The Uinta-Wasatch-Cache and Ashley National Forests are seeking public comment on a draft environmental impact statement that analyzes 10 sheep grazing allotments within the High Uintas Wilderness Area to determine if grazing should continue or cease. Based on the initial analysis, the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest and Ashley N  more

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $332,097 cooperative agreement to the Utah Heritage Highway 89 Alliance for the implementation of Mormon Pioneer National Heritage Area management plan. The agency description of the grant states: "The Act, Public L. No. 109-338, 120 Stat. 1738, established the MPNHA and directed the Secretary to enter into a compact with the MPHNA's management entity, the Alliance. National   more

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey announced that it intends to award a $50,000 cooperative agreement to the Utah State University for the analysis of Green River geomorphic change. The funding opportunity number is USGS-19-FAC-0247 (CFDA 15.508). For more information, contact Nikolas P. Lushenko, 916/278-9331.  more

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it intends to award $35,000 cooperative agreements to the Weber State University of Ogden, Utah, for Clay Phacelia herbivory protection. The agency description of the grant states: "The project funds recovery implementation in the historically largest population of clay phacelia that has now declined to 4 plants. Work includes additional site visits to protect plants from herbivory, summar  more