WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation announced that it expects to award up to 15 cooperative agreements for drought resiliency projects. The award ceiling for this funding opportunity is $750,000. The agency said the grant was associated with natural resources. The funding is open to state, tribe, irrigation district, water district, or other organization with water or power delivery authority located in Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii  more

DENVER, Colorado, Aug. 7 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service issued the following news release: Acting Intermountain Regional Director Chip Jenkins announced the selection of Mark Davison as superintendent of Fort Laramie National Historic Site in Wyoming. Davison will assume his new role on August 18. Davison has more than 33 years of National Park Service experience and is currently the chief ranger at Colorado National Monument, where he oversees law enforcement,   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $40,000 cooperative agreement to the Northern Rockies Conservation Cooperative of Jackson, Wyoming, for amphibian and wetland habitat monitoring. The agency description of the grant states: "This project focuses on collecting and analyzing data on amphibians and wetland habitat in national parks which will enable land managers, the public, and neighboring communities to use the  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) awarded a contract Aug. 6 to TriWest Healthcare Alliance to serve as Third Party Administrator in managing Region 4 of VA's new Community Care Network (CCN). The Community Care Network is the department's direct link with community providers that will ensure VA provides the right care at the right time to Veterans. Region 4 includes VA medical centers i  more