WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management announced that it expects to award up to five cooperative agreements for conservation opportunities on public lands in Arizona. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $374,000. The category of funding activity is natural resources. Eligible Applicants: Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education and Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management announced that it expects to award up to three cooperative agreements for wildlife resource management in Arizona. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $500,000. The category of funding activity is natural resources. Eligible Applicants: City or township governments; Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education; Independent sc  more

LAKEWOOD, Colorado, April 22 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Mountain Regional Field Office issued the following news release: Arizona dairy herds produced 1.26 billion pounds of milk during the January - March quarter, down 0.5 percent from the previous year. Colorado dairy herds produced 1.25 billion pounds of milk during the January - March quarter, up 7.8 percent from the previous year. Montana dairy herds produced 64.0 million pounds of   more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The Defense Logistics Agency aviation unit issued the following high-value contract information through the Pentagon on April 23: Robertson Fuel Systems LLC, Tempe, Arizona, has been awarded a maximum $38,784,713 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery requirements contract (SPRRA1-20-D-0034) for aircraft fuel tanks. This was a sole-source acquisition using justification 10 U.S. Code 2304 (c)(1), as stated in Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-1. This is a five-year   more

CHANDLER, Arizona, April 23 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded the President's Environmental Youth Award (PEYA) to Nikita Bharati, an 11th grader in Chandler, Arizona. This national award is presented each year to K-12 students who demonstrate the initiative, creativity, and problem-solving skills needed to address environmental problems and find sustainable solutions. "As we celebrate the 50th An  more

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced Arizona and Illinois have been approved to operate Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT), a new program authorized by the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), signed by President Trump, which provides assistance to families of children eligible for free or reduced-price meals dealing with school closures. Background: Arizona and Il  more