Some Apple Crops Destroyed in NH from Late Frost
A hard, late frost on May 17 and 18 devasted the apple crop at some of the state's 228 orchards leaving those low-lying trees eerily without fruit. The post Some Apple Crops Destroyed in NH from Late...
View ArticleAgreement on New Landfill Moratorium Struck in Committees of Conference
New Hampshire will have a two-year moratorium on the siting of any new landfills and a $200,000 study to determine how far they should be from water if the governor signs a bipartisan agreement on two...
View ArticleOne Final Light Is Turned Off for Northern Pass
The ownership of land Eversource purchased for the ill-fated Northern Pass Transmission Project has been transferred to the previous owners of the property. The post One Final Light Is Turned Off for...
View ArticleHouse Trashes Bill to Overhaul Landfill Siting Rules and Regulations
The House killed a bill that some believe favored the solid waste industry over those impacted by those facilities. The post House Trashes Bill to Overhaul Landfill Siting Rules and Regulations...
View ArticleAs More Rain Arrives, Boaters Asked To Be Attentive On NH’s Lakes And Ponds
Marine Patrol urges all boaters to be mindful of their wake and the potential impacts on the shoreline, docks, and wildlife. The post As More Rain Arrives, Boaters Asked To Be Attentive On NH’s Lakes...
View ArticleSaint-Gobain’s Controversial Air Permit Approved by NHDES
The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services approved a new air permit on Wednesday for the manufacturing company Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics, whose facility is in Merrimack. The post...
View ArticleSaint-Gobain Closing Merrimack Plant Amid PFAS Criticism
Today, Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics announced that it will restructure its Composite Solutions business in the United States and will close its facility in Merrimack, New Hampshire. The post...
View ArticleState Rep: Saint-Gobain Leaves, But Health Impacts of PFAS Are Here to Stay
On May 19, 2022, at 10 a.m., Wendy Thomas received a phone call from her doctor. “Are you sitting down?” Thomas recalls her doctor asking. Her heart sank. She had just been diagnosed with breast...
View ArticleShaheen Urges Conn. Lakes Headwaters Tract Owners To Work with Stakeholders
U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-NH, is stepping in to help ensure the future of the big "working forest" she helped conserve more than two decades ago. The post Shaheen Urges Conn. Lakes Headwaters Tract...
View ArticleShaheen Announces New Policy On PFAS Clean-Up Transparency at Pease
U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), announced the signing of a new Department of Defense (DOD) policy. The post Shaheen Announces New Policy On PFAS Clean-Up Transparency at Pease appeared first on...
View ArticleBluesource Says It Will Cut Trees And Maximize Carbon Capture on Headwaters...
The new owners of the 146,500-acre Connecticut Headwaters Conservation tract in northern New Hampshire said they plan to continue to manage the forest in accordance with the long-term management plan...
View ArticleShaheen Visits Coos County To Discuss Watershed,Family Health Services, the...
On a quiet overlook of the magnificent Cherry Pond, framed by the rocky Northern Presidential Range, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen, D-NH, met Friday afternoon with local conservation leaders to discuss...
View ArticleCan Fishing and Offshore Wind Coexist in the Gulf of Maine? It Depends,...
Fisherman David Goethel is looking at the prospect of large scale wind production in the Gulf of Maine and what changes that may mean to fish behavior, marine environment and life as it has been known...
View ArticleAs Conn. Lakes Headwaters Advisory Meeting Nears, 2 GOP Councilors Speak Out
Executive Councilor Joe Kenney said he met recently with the new owners of the Connecticut Lakes Headwaters tract to convey his concern about their ownership objectives and impacts to logging in the...
View Article‘Lifting Our Eyes to the Future,’ Forest Society Meets in Bethlehem, Charts...
About 240 members of the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests gathered at The Rocks for the unveiling of its new North Country headquarters during its 122nd Annual Meeting at The Rocks...
View ArticleMahoosuc Highlands Project Will Protect 3,700 Spectacular North Country Acres
The North Country's rugged beauty along Route 2 from the shores of the Androscoggin River up to the ridges of the Mohoosucs will be forever preserved. The post Mahoosuc Highlands Project Will Protect...
View ArticleBurgess Power Plant Likely to Close as Lawmakers Back Governor’s Nine Vetoes
The legislature made quick work of Gov. Chris Sununu’s nine vetoes Thursday, sustaining all nine, although the House overrode one of the governor’s vetoes, but not the one for the Burgess BioPower...
View ArticleTwin State Transmission Project Through Vt., NH Picked for Federal Help
A proposed 1,200-megawatt transmission line through Vermont and New Hampshire has been included in a federal program to improve the nation’s electric grid. The post Twin State Transmission Project...
View ArticleNew Hampshire Lags New England in Renewable Energy
The chair of the House Science, Technology and Energy Committee, Rep. Michael Vose, R-Epping, will introduce a bill in the 2024 session to establish a clean energy portfolio standard that would include...
View ArticleMason Won’t Seek Another Term As Fish and Game Head; New Officers Sworn In
Change is coming to the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department as Executive Director Scott R. Mason of Stratford told InDepthNH.org he will not seek another four-year term when it expires in August...
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