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Settlers may have abandoned Monson Center in 1770, but it's a pretty ghost town today
July 30, 2020"[T]his picturesque historic site, presided over since 1998 by the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests, is a complicated collection of things lost and found in hardscrabble ground."
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- Recreation,
- Land Conservation
Forest Journal: "Mothing" For Beginners
The moths we have here in New Hampshire range in size from the 5-7” Cecropia Moth (Hyalophora cecropia), fully as large as an adult hand, to “micromoths” so tiny that you’ll need a hand lens just to see that they are actually moths.
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- Wildlife
U.S. House approves Great American Outdoors Act
In an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote, the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday approved the Great American Outdoors Act.
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- Advocacy,
- Recreation
Something Wild: The Wheel
Naturalist Dave Anderson cites many mid-summer milestones including reduced bird songs, common ditch-weed flowers, and shooting stars which reveal the summer season passing faster than expected.
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- Wildlife,
- Something Wild
Apples, Acorns Aplenty!
Foresters, wildlife biologists and homeowners are watching a strong year for the development of the forest foods that will ripen into autumn apples, acorns and even a good pine seed crop in New Hampshire forests. Fruit trees and oak forests with acorns are THE supermarkets of the forest.
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- Stewardship,
- Wildlife
U.S. House of Representatives Plans Vote on the Great American Outdoors Act
Building on the momentum from the U.S. Senate’s approval of the Great American Outdoors Act last month, the U.S. House of Representatives plans to vote on the Act during the week of July 20.