WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management announced that it expects to award up to 30 cooperative agreements for threatened and endangered species recovery projects in Oregon and Washington. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $2 million with a ceiling of $500,000 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 dist  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management announced that it expects to award up to 25 cooperative agreements for outdoor recreation management in Oregon and Washington. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $3 million with a ceiling of $250,000 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, Nov. 20 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management announced that it expects to award up to 40 cooperative agreements for wildlife resource management in Oregon and Washington. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $4 million 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; indep  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management announced that it expects to award up to six cooperative agreements for rangeland resource management in Oregon and Washington. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $500,000 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; indep  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management announced that it expects to award up to 10 cooperative agreements for forest and woodlands resource management in Oregon and Washington. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $750,000 with a ceiling of $50,000 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 governmen  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Nov. 15 -- The Bonneville Power Administration issued the following news release: The Bonneville Power Administration's innovative approach to recycling saved Northwest electric ratepayers nearly $3 million in 2018, with more savings projected for 2019. The agency's sustainability efforts - from recycling transmission conductor and tower parts to auctioning off used equipment - are winning national sustainability awards. One of BPA's innovative approaches to recycling is its   more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Nov. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Federal Bureau of Investigation Portland Field Office issued the following news release: Welcome to the Oregon FBI's Tech Tuesday segment. Today: building a digital defense against calendar fraud. Yes, calendar fraud. For some, the chaos of the modern world can only be tamed by a color-coded calendar with every meeting, dinner plan, and sports practice neatly posted. It's technology's promise that if you document every work, family,  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Nov. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Development - Oregon office issued the following news release: Approximately 11,200 rural Oregon students will receive access to distance learning opportunities with the help of nearly $840,000 in grants from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development announced Oregon State Director John Huffman today. The funding is being provided through USDA's Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant Program. "Many rura  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration issued the following news release: U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced today that the Department of Transportation will award $6.15 million in airport infrastructure grants to two airports in the state of Oregon. With this announcement, the Trump Administration has invested a historic $10.8 billion in more than two thousand American airports across the United States for safety an  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Nov. 21 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued the following news release: The Corps has decided to manage Detroit Dam's reservoir levels between 1425 and 1450 ft. from now through the middle of Jan. 2020 during construction on two of the dam's spillway gates. "While we previously announced that rehabilitating the spillway gates wouldn't impact reservoir levels, a shift in our work schedule and the need to take an additional spillway gate out of service during the constru  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Nov. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Development - Oregon office issued the following news release: Two rural Oregon towns will improve their drinking water and wastewater infrastructure with the help of $7.6 million in loans and grants from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development announced Oregon State Director John Huffman today. Funding for these projects is being provided through USDA's Water and Waste Disposal Program. "These investme  more