WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation announced that it expects to award a cooperative agreement for financial and technical assistance to Indian tribes and tribal organizations in Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington and Wyoming. The award ceiling for this funding opportunity is $200,000. The agency said the grant was associated with  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation announced that it expects to award up to 10 cooperative agreements for drought contingency planning. The award ceiling for this funding opportunity is $200,000. The agency said the grant was associated with natural resources. The funding is open to states, Indian tribes, irrigation districts, water districts, or other organizations with water or power delivery authority located in the Western United States inclu  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service Nebraska office issued the following news release: USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) seeks public comments on its interim final rule for the Conservation Stewardship Program. CSP, the nation's largest conservation program in terms of participating land, is designed to help farmers have more robust conservation activities. The rule - now available on the Federal Register - takes   more