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Forest Advocate Legislative Update: Current Use bill

Matt Leahy | January 30, 2024

The Ways and Means Committee will be meeting in early February to vote on the bill. 

View of Mount Washington from the Maple Villa Glade on Bartlett Mountain

Something Wild: The Fir Wave Phenomenon and Other Challenges in NH's White Mountains

Chris Martin, Dave Anderson, Jessica Hunt | January 26, 2024

Forests growing at New Hampshire’s highest elevations in the White Mountains experience the most extreme conditions in the Northeast. 

The group gathers for a photo outdoors.

Forest Notes: The Mahoosuc Highlands: A Collective Journey of Conservation

Sally Manikian | January 18, 2024

What was once a big white space on a map has slowly turned green, nearly 75,000 acres...

A group of skiers make their way over an ungroomed snowy trial

Forest Journal: An Uphill Battle to Make Snow For XC Skiing

Sophie Oehler | January 17, 2024

Now, skiing in New England is starting to look a little different.  

A green grapple skidder parked on log landing at active winter timber  harvest

Timber Harvesting on the Forest Society's Peirce Forest Reservation

Dave Anderson, Wendy Weisiger | January 12, 2024

The harvest is taking place in a portion of less than 500 acres located on the southern portion of the larger protected forest.

Fall colors as seen from Moose Mountains.

NH to Undertake Update of the State Climate Action Plan

Matt Leahy | November 27, 2023

The State aims to develop a plan with three broad goals.

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Advocacy,
Climate
Frozen waters on the floodplain.

Forest Advocate: U.S. Releases Fifth National Climate Assessment

Matt Leahy | November 27, 2023

The report says precipitation events have increased by about 60% in the Northeast.

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Advocacy,
Climate