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Lake Health

By Laura Knoy on Wednesday, July 25, 2001.

According to some measures, New Hampshire lakes rate pretty well compared to other states. Even so, threats to that are growing. Invasive plants are a big problem, and more people than ever use the resource placing demands on the ecology. We'll get an update on how our lakes are doing and what it takes to manage them. Laura's guests are Jody Connor, director of the NH Department of Environmental Services Limnology Center www.des.state.nh.us and Nancy Christie, executive director of the NH Lakes Association www.nhlakes.org.

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Off the Beaten Path: A Traveler�s Guide to NH

By John Walters on Wednesday, July 25, 2001.

Steve Lantos is a high school chemistry teacher in the Boston area, and a part-time resident of New Hampshire's Lakes region. He's also a travel writer who's journeyed all over the world - to Korea, Cuba, and Eastern Europe, just to name a few. The second edition of "New Hampshire," a travel guide to the Granite State in the Moon Handbook series, has just been published by Avalon Travel.

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The Songweavers at Ten

By Nathan Irwin on Wednesday, July 25, 2001.

Carolyn Parrott is the founder and director of Songweavers, a chorus of 200 women in the Concord area. The Songweavers celebrated their tenth anniversary in the spring. Carolyn talked with Nathan Irwin about how the group was born, how its grown from an initial membership of 12, and about its place in New Hampshire's cultural community.

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2002 Fundraising Picks Up Steam

By Josh Rogers on Wednesday, July 25, 2001.

The 2002 elections may be 500 days away, but some candidates are already in full campaign mode ? at least in terms of fundraising. Since January, First district congressional hopeful Martha Fuller Clark, has amassed more than $320,000. And as NHPR?s Josh Rogers reports, what it means depends a lot on whom you talk to.

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