New Cyanobacteria and Fecal Bacteria Listings Issued in NH After Recent Storms
Recent storms may have churned up some unwanted water problems on the state's water bodies this week with 15 posted for either cyanobacteria or fecal bacteria as of Friday afternoon.
View ArticleWith Coal Plant Slated for Closure, Climate Activists Set Sights on ‘Peakers’
On Saturday, five years after it launched a campaign using nonviolent civil disobedience to shut down a coal-fired power plant in Bow, New Hampshire, No Coal No Gas held a celebration in Pembroke’s...
View ArticleState Gets $65M for Groundwater from PFAS Manufacturers; Private Well Cleanup...
Water quality in New Hampshire scored tens of millions of dollars Monday in a lawsuit settlement with the manufacturers of PFAS and aqueous film-forming foam.
View ArticlePerson With Infectious Tuberculosis Spent Time in Unidentified Manchester...
An adult who was recently diagnosed with tuberculosis spent time in a childcare center in Manchester while infectious, according to a statement from the state Department of Health and Human Services.
View ArticlePossible Cyanobacteria Legislation Contemplated by ‘Lake Champion’
MOULTONBOROUGH - While all is calm and crystal clear on Lake Kanasatka Monday, one of its summer lake residents is a lawmaker who is busy planning for new bills to take on toxic cyanobacteria blooms...
View ArticleTransmission Projects Costing Billions Flow Directly to Ratepayers’ Bills
Federal, regional and local electric industry officials and regulators failed to do their duties to ensure fair and reasonable electric rates, a lawsuit filed Friday in U.S. District Court claims.
View ArticleNewfound Lake To Get $2.2M Conservation Center To Focus on Lake Health
Newfound Lake Region Association is about to break ground on a $2.2 million Conservation Center here at the Grey Rocks Conservation Area which will promote lake health education and environmental...
View ArticleCyanobacteria Is Back in Three Lake Winnipesaukee Locations
There are three new cyanobacteria warnings or watches up for Lake Winnipesaukee this week in Tuftonboro, Alton and Wolfeboro.
View ArticleOne Unidentified Adult Died from Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus: NH DHHS
The last reported human EEEV infection in New Hampshire was in 2014, when DHHS identified three human infections, including two fatalities.
View ArticleLake Host Saves Conway Lake from Invasive Zebra Mussels
A $300,000 state contract to protect New Hampshire lakes from the spread of invasive species this summer has resulted in a "save" of Conway Lake from an invasive species.
View ArticleState Reports Progress on Trails in Pittsburg After Torrential Summer Storms
Ravaged by summer's torrential rains, progress is coming to the state's valued trails in the Great North Woods which are crucial to tourism here.
View ArticleForm of Cyanobacteria, Gloeotrichia Causes Multiple Lake Winnipesaukee Warnings
The state Department of Environmental Services reports a form of cyanobacteria known as gloeotrichia which presents as blobs floating up and down in the water column, are the primary concern on the Big...
View ArticleCarbon Credit Co. Offers To Expand Headwaters’ Logging; Group Seeks More Time...
A carbon credit company that owns the tip of the state has increased its plans for logging the 146,872-acre Connecticut Lakes Headwaters tract for the next 10 years, but an advisory committee who claim...
View ArticleAfter $800,000 Treatment in Spring, Cyanobacteria Back on Lake Kanasatka, and...
Lake Kanasatka now has its first cyanobacteria watch issued for 2024 after the lake association has taken efforts to fight the problem.
View ArticleSPNHF Purchases 730 Acres in Berlin
The Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests (Forest Society) recently purchased and permanently protected a 730-acre parcel in Berlin, New Hampshire, now to be called the Cascade Hill Forest.
View ArticleLake Winnipesaukee Cyanobacteria Update Sept. 5; Statewide Lakes Added
The cyanobacteria warnings have been decreased to watches for Governor's Island, The Broads, and Wolfeboro areas of Lake Winnipesaukee. The watches remain for the Alton and Tuftonboro areas.
View ArticleGoodlander, Van Ostern Debate on WMUR for CD2 Democratic Primary
What is believed to likely be a close primary race between Colin Van Ostern of Concord and Maggie Goodlander of Nashua for the Democratic nomination for the Second Congressional District turned into a...
View ArticleImmigration, Abortion, Housing Debated By 4 GOP Candidates Hoping To Unseat...
Four of the seven candidates on the ballot next Tuesday for the Republican Congressional District 1 primary race debated the issues Friday night at the last of the week-long live events on WMUR.
View ArticleElectric vehicle policy drives up federal lobbying spending in first half of...
Intense debate around electric vehicles, commonly known as EVs, has spurred a flood of lobbying spending.
View ArticleEnvironmental Safety and Sustainability and Fun Celebrated at Mount Major
It was a two-fer of sorts on Mount Major Thursday as the Forest Society and state and local officials celebrated the opening of the first half mile of a new Main Trail, 1.8 mile trail, here.
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