by David Brooks | Oct 4, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
Giant ant mounds are a fact of life in hotter climates but we don’t see them much in New England. So when somebody found a number mounds from a single colony in a forest in the town of Temple, NH, they called in an expert. You can read the resulting story from...
by David Brooks | Oct 4, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
More bike lanes? Horses allowed on I-93? Passenger rail up to Concord? Electric buses? Wider roads? People-carrying drones? Hydrogen-powered tuk-tuks? New Hampshire wants your transportation ideas. New Hampshire Department of Transportation is seeking 5,000 state...
by David Brooks | Oct 3, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
From Dartmouth News Service: A Dartmouth-led study examining carbon stocks in an actively managed mixed wood forest in New Hampshire finds that places with more trees have more carbon stored in both the trees and the soil. The findings, published in Forest Ecology and...
by David Brooks | Oct 3, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
From UNH News Service: Researchers at the University of New Hampshire have found clear signs of a decline in frost days, snow-covered days and other indicators of winter that could have lasting impacts on ecosystems, water supplies, the economy, tourism and human...
by David Brooks | Oct 3, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
I have two “lazy” compost piles, one for food waste and one for leaves. I throw stuff in a pile and leave it to rot in the open – no mixing, no watering, no balancing carbon/nitrogen. I’ve been doing this for decades, and it surprises me how...
by David Brooks | Oct 2, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
White-nose syndrome obliterating entire species of bats. Chytridiomycosis devastating frogs and salamanders worldwide. Snake fungal disease, a devastating ailment that has just shown up in New England. The fungus carried by emerald ash borers that are wiping out all...
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