COOS COUNTY, New Hampshire, Aug. 4 -- The Conservation Fund issued the following news release on Aug. 3: The Town of Gorham and the Town of Milan, in partnership with The Conservation Fund, announced today the completion of efforts to add strategic forestland properties to the Gorham Town Forest and the Milan Community Forest. Funding for Gorham's purchase of 2,020 acres and Milan's purchase of 678 acres was made possible in part by the USDA Forest Service's Community Forest and Open Space Cons  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: This week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) made a series of announcements regarding the Trump Administration's aggressive actions to address per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). Here's what it looked like around the country: PFAS Research Workshop: What They Are Saying On Monday, EPA announced a Workshop on Federal Government Human Health PFAS Research. In partnership with the U  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Aug. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - New England Field Office issued the following news release: We are pleased to present the New England Berries, Tree Fruit, and Grapes Report for crops produced in 2019. USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Northeast Regional Field Office collects, analyzes, and estimates fruit crop prices and yields at the request of USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA). Funding was pro  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 3 -- The Open Space Institute issued the following news release: The Open Space Institute (OSI) announced today the addition of key properties to community forests located in New Hampshire's North Country. The properties, a 2,020-acre addition to the Gorham Town Forest and a 679-acre addition to the Milan Community Forest, build on efforts the towns have undertaken to ensure citizens benefit directly from their forests. Conserved by The Conservation Fund, the additions to the co  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan met virtually with New Hampshire Army National Guard Lieutenant Colonel Woody Groton, who helped organize the annual Cyber Yankee cybersecurity training exercise that concluded on Friday. This year, the two-week exercise brought together all New England states' National Guards, as well as local, state, and federal officials to simulate a response to fictitious potential cybe  more

BUFFALO, New York, Aug. 4 -- The State University of New York Buffalo campus issued the following news release: Children with dilated cardiomyopathy, a common cause of heart failure in children, who have an elevated heart rate are at a higher risk of death than children with the condition who do not have an elevated heart rate, a new paper published last week in the Journal of the American Heart Association has found. Dilated cardiomyopathy is the most common type of cardiomyopathy in children  more