CONCORD, Massachusetts, April 8 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued the following news release: Lynde Point Land Trust, Inc., is seeking a permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District to conduct work in waters of the U.S. in conjunction with stabilizing long-term shoreline erosion and protecting Lynde Point Marsh in Old Saybrook, Connecticut. This work is proposed in Long Island Sound and Crab Creek east and northeast of 6 Mohegan Avenue in Old Saybrook. The propos  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on April 6: Rep. Seth Moulton wrote to Rep. Richard Neal, the Chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means with a request for Congress to use the next round of coronavirus stimulus funding to provide the same help to nonprofits that Congress is providing to businesses. "Nonprofits are facing the same challenges as businesses. They deserve the same relief," Moulton said. "In addition to lost revenu  more

VICTORIA, British Columbia, April 8 -- The University of Victoria issued the following news release: Fish air movement sounds--farts, burps and coughs--are music to fish ecologists' ears when it comes to discovering biological sounds in freshwater habitats, giving scientists a better understanding of aquatic ecosystems and potential threats from human-caused noises. In one of the largest surveys of its kind published in open-access journal PLOS ONE, University of Victoria marine biologist Fra  more