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Falls Colors are a Little Drab This Year

By Mark Bevis on Wednesday, October 16, 2002.

We may want to keep this a secret from southern leaf peepers, but if you've been traveling across New Hampshire this fall, you may have noticed that autumn's colors are not quite as vivid as past years.

The reason?

The drought.

Just as it affects living trees, it affects them as they go dormant.

Tufts University biology professor George Ellmore explained the process to NHPR's Mark Bevis.

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