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ice builds-up on crab apple branches

Something Wild: Bend But Don't Break - How Trees Survive Northern Winters

Dave Anderson, Chris Martin, Emily Quirk | February 12, 2021

When winter precipitation includes heavy wet snow or ice storms bring freezing rain, trees must endure the weather conditions. Some are better adapted than others and coping strategies vary by tree species.

Dan Szczesny in red parka poses at rime ice crusted summit sign on Mt Washington in winter

Cold is Cool Speaker Series Continues

Anna Berry | January 20, 2021

Plug in to watch and learn from expert speakers and then unplug outside.

Tags:
Wildlife,
Climate
View of the NH capitol from the Conservation Center in East Concord

2022 Legislative Session Outlook

Matt Leahy | December 9, 2020

Although the New Hampshire Legislature convenes for its 168th Session on January 5, 2022, its work actually begins in November and December of 2020.

Tags:
Advocacy,
Climate
A pink petunia is covered in an early snow in October.

Poetry After the Fall

Dave Anderson | November 5, 2020

New Hampshire’s ever-changing weather and scenery drive the NH tourism economy and collective mood swings. Beyond the recent tumult of politics and pandemic, the forest offers an antidote: a sense of place, personality and yes, poetry.

Tags:
Wildlife,
Climate
Trees stand in a forest conservation easement.

Federal Legislation Aims to Keep Working Forests as Forests

Matt Leahy | September 24, 2020

If enacted, the Forest Incentives Program Act will be one important tool forest landowners can use to sustainably manage their lands.

A thick spruce forest filters sunlight through it.

Learn More About how Forests Capture and Store Carbon

Matt Leahy | July 8, 2020

Last month, the Forest Society and our partners at the Granite State Division of the Society of American Foresters and UNH Cooperative Extension sponsored a webinar series on forest carbon dynamics and carbon markets.

Tags:
Climate
A thick forest.

Forest Society Co-Sponsoris Webinars on Forest Carbon Dynamics & Carbon Markets

Matt Leahy | May 29, 2020

The Forest Society and our partners at the Granite State Division of the Society of American Foresters and UNH Cooperative Extension are sponsoring a new webinar series.

Forest Society Permanently Conserves 117 Acres in Grafton

March 18, 2020

The Moran easement puts in place one more piece of a puzzle in efforts by the Forest Society and its Q2C partners to build a continuous system of linked conservation lands protecting large blocks of land and allowing for the movement of plants and animals responding to a changing climate.