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Speaking of Words: Chipmunks, Skunks, Woodchucks, and Moose
But more interesting, at least to word-collectors like me, is that their names all come from Native American languages. They don’t look like it.
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Shaheen Tours Storm Damage at Coast Guard Station Portsmouth Harbor
A peninsula in the north east corner of New Castle, at the mouth of the Piscataqua River into the Atlantic Ocean, which is home to the U.S. Coast Guard, the historic Revolutionary War ruins of Fort...
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Just as White Oak Pond Applies for a Watershed Management Plan, It Gets...
Just days after the White Oak Pond Watershed Association filed a $100,000 grant application with the state to create a watershed management plan for the 298-acre water body, the red warning sign went...
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Request Denied To Extend ORHV Season on Headwaters Tract; Councilor Kenney...
A request to extend the OHRV riding season for the next two weeks, during upland bird hunting season on the Connecticut Lakes Headwaters tract here was rejected Monday.
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Sununu Veto of Cyanobacteria-Related Bill Overridden; Most Sustained on Veto Day
Gov. Chris Sununu's veto of a bill related to reducing cyanobacteria in the state was overridden by the House and Senate which met for the last time this session Thursday to go over 15 vetoes.
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The Legacy of ‘Trout Bum’ John Gierach
As I was reading a John Gierach article from my latest edition of Trout Unlimited’s Trout magazine, my phone started blowing up with messages about John’s passing.
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Record Cyanobacteria Season Ends with $500,000 ARPA Funds for Towns
State officials saw records broken for the number of months of posted warnings for cyanobacteria on lakes and ponds and while awareness has increased, funding to address the problem has not kept up.
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NH Counties Upset Over Aurora Sustainable’s North Country Timber Cutting...
The New Hampshire Association of Counties is expressing concerns about a proposed 10-year agreement with the state that would significantly reduce the amount of timber cut from the 145,000-acre...
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NHACC Hosts ‘Something Wild’ 54th Annual Meeting and Conference: Come Network
This conference is open to the public and offers a great day of learning, networking, and fun with fellow conservation commission members and offers dozens of workshops on natural resource...
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Citing Overwhelming Public Comment, Panel Objects to Landfill Rule Changes...
After receiving hundreds of pages of documents and concerns about future landfill siting, a state committee has temporarily rejected proposed solid waste rules and asked the Department of Environmental...
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Everyone’s Trash: One Man Against 1.6 Billion Pounds
Duncan Watson explains the big lie from the plastics industry “is by default, that something should be recyclable because it's got the chasing arrows on it.”
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Old Growth Forest in Stewartstown, Historic Buildings in Hebron, Atkinson...
An old growth maple forest in Stewartstown, Hebron's Town Library and the Center School in Atkinson are among more than two dozen treasured community assets that will be preserved by a grant match from...
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Forever Chemicals Commission Gets Update on Saint-Gobain Demolition, Future...
The Commission on the Environmental and Public Health Impacts of PFAS Compounds met Friday to discuss progress on the clean-up around Merrimack's closed Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics plant at 710...
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Distant Dome: State Revenue Shortfall Bodes Ill for State Budget
The early turmoil in the Republican House caucus over the Majority Leader’s position does not bode well for what lies ahead for the GOP majority in the upcoming session.
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Op-Ed: NH Leaders Must Pull Together To Fight Climate Change
Planning and designing a bridge for climate change is a good thing; the question for our elected officials is, Why Stop There? Sea level rise won’t stop at the bridge.
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About 98,000 People Lived in Poverty in New Hampshire During 2023, NHFPI Says
Coos County residents in northern New Hampshire have a median income that is about half as much as someone living in Rockingham County in the south and they face higher costs of living than their...
View ArticleLegislative Committee Approves New Landfill Siting Rules Amidst Objections
By PAULA TRACY, InDepthNH.orgCONCORD – After temporarily rejecting proposed solid waste siting rules last month, a legislative committee voted 9-1 Thursday to approve them, despite public objections...
View ArticleMe and My President The Klugers Meet Joe Biden
Samuel Kluger on the right and Lee Ann Kluger, his mother, speak with President Biden at WMUR in 2020. Editor’s note: As the country prepares to inaugurate its 47th president Donald Trump Monday,...
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‘Acres of Clams,’ New Documentary Tells Story of the Clamshell Alliance
Arnie Alpert spent decades as a community organizer/educator in NH movements for social justice and peace. Officially retired since 2020, he keeps his hands (and feet) in the activist world while...
View ArticleNH Mulls Loon License Plates To Address Cyanobacteria, Part of 4 ‘Lake...
By PAULA TRACY, InDepthNH.org CONCORD – New Hampshire could get a new loon license plate if House Bill 105 is passed. It is part of a suite of four “Lake Friendly” bills which are being advanced this...
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