WASHINGTON, May 4 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency announced that it expects to award up to six cooperative agreements for floodplain management in Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $703,696. The categories of funding activity are a) community development, b) disaster prevention and relief, c) education, d) employment, labor and training, e) environment, f)   more

RIVERDALE, Nebraska, May 8 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Omaha District issued the following news release: A draft environmental assessment for a surplus water request at Lake Sakakawea in North Dakota is currently available for public review. The draft EA evaluates the use of surplus water and the environmental impacts of constructing an industrial water intake to allow 1,000 acre-feet (maximum withdrawal rate of 2,100 gallons per minute) to be used by White Horse Water, LLC for oil and   more