WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $95,644 cooperative agreement to the Antioch University New England of Keene, New Hampshire, for the assessment of the benthic community in a partially restored lagoon. The funding opportunity number is NPS-19-NERO-0106 (CFDA 15.945). For more information, contact Keith A. Zotti, 215/597-9153.  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 22 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler announced the appointment of Dennis Deziel of Maryland to become regional administrator for Region 1. Mr. Deziel will oversee environmental protection efforts in the states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut and in 10 Tribal Nations. Dennis Deziel has spent much of his  more