Citizen scientists: Volunteers pitch in to measure, count, trap, and seed to...
Just off of Route 16 in Portsmouth, across from the softball fields at Pease, there is a shallow, cold stream, nearly hidden by thorny bushes. Green grass has sprung up all around after a week of...
View ArticleSeacoast brooks get restoration funding
The Hodgson Brook Restoration Project in Portsmouth and the Berry Brook Restoration project in Dover recently learned $20,000 in grant funds will assist with ongoing restoration efforts in both...
View ArticleRustlewood Farm reaches conservation goal
The same week that Kittery voters approved the town’s first open-space bond on June 11, providing $150,000 toward the conservation easement for Rustlewood Farm, the Kittery Land Trust learned that it...
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Teaching nature: Two new programs put young kids on farms and in forests
At Community Roots in Lee, children search for spots to hibernate. Photo by Shannon Reville On a recent Wednesday morning, a 3-year-old boy named Oskar chased free-roaming chickens through the dewy...
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Capturing waves, capturing community: N.H. surf films share a love for the coast
Surfing at The Wall at Hampton Beach (photo by Ralph Fatello) The first light of the day projects across the frozen New England ground. Along the shore stand shadowy figures whose misty breath mixes...
View ArticleDover resident asks city to dump chemical fertilizers
Dover resident Diana Carpinone is asking the city to switch its chemical fertilizer and pesticide treatments to organic methods. She’s started a petition and has been lobbying city councilors and city...
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One horse, two coasts, and 38,000 miles
Alex McNeil and Pepper at the Continental Divide When Alex McNeil and his horse, a five-year-old Tennessee Walker mare named Pepper, dipped their toes in the Atlantic Ocean at Hampton Beach on...
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The Fish Nerds: Ice-fishing wisdom from a founding father
Ben catches a laker. We are often asked for ice fishing tips and tricks. Now we could refer folks to a number of books, magazines and web sites, but actually one of the best teachers we know for the...
View ArticleLearn to ski and snowboard for free, Jan. 11-17
Taking inspiration from their slogan “Humans were never meant to hibernate,” a consortium of national ski industry organizations and media outlets are celebrating January as “Learn to Ski and Snowboard...
View ArticleGet with the group: Running programs suit many on the Seacoast
It’s easy to tell when the running group at the University of New Hampshire is meeting for their speed workout. The indoor running track at the Field House is suddenly awash in brightly colored shorts,...
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