When it comes to forest health, the white pine weevil is a pest native to New Hampshire.

The Forest Society opposed the bill.

With the warm wet weather and the onset of spring, this is one of the best times of the year to plan and lay out a timber harvest.

While we don't get a winter February vacation like school kids anymore, we did manage to get outside and enjoy all that New Hampshire has to offer in the colder months.

Students and UNH staff hiked the main trail to the river through the white pine plantation to the riverbank to learn about land conservation and the Merrimack River Conservation Partnership Program.

As the calendar page flipped to March, news from natural world includes early bird harbingers of Spring.

In the early 1700s more and more people were leaving England and coming to the American Colonies for a new life and hoping for less control from King George III. Forestry was an important industry in the new colonies and continues to be in NH today.