by David Brooks | Mar 17, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
Bangor Daily News has a story about how erratic winters and shrinking forestry workforce is threatening the state’s industry of cutting cedar for log homes and fence posts. Cedar is rot-resistant and has long been favored for these jobs. Northern white cedar...
by David Brooks | Mar 16, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
From NH Audubon: Early returns from NH Audubon’s annual Backyard Winter Brid Survey point to fewer birds at feeders this winter. Why? It turns out the answer is not that simple. According to Dr. Pamela Hunt of NH Audubon, “there are many factors that influence the...
by David Brooks | Mar 15, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
The idea of “forest carbon” is pretty straightforward – trees store carbon so it doesn’t help heat up the world! woo-hoo! – but has a lot of complicated elements. Northern Woodlands, a terrific magazine about forestry and forests...
by David Brooks | Mar 15, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
Last year, at the behest of the American Chemistry Council trade association, New Hampshire became the only state in New England to classify so-called “advanced recycling” facilities for plastics as manufacturing operations, rather than as more tightly regulated solid...
by David Brooks | Mar 14, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
You’ve probably heard the saying popular in home-insulation circles that the cheapest energy is the energy you don’t use. The same goes for water. Leaky toilets and dripping faucets can waste an awful lot of water over the course of days and weeks. Concord wants...
by David Brooks | Mar 13, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
The towns of Ashland, Winchester, Londonderry and Milford will test new ballot-counting devices at this year’s elections – which should happen Tuesday, March 14, although many towns are delaying voting because of the Nor’Easter. The Ballot Law...