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Who owns the water?

By Laura Knoy on Tuesday, March 5, 2002.

Who owns the water, and who controls it? Those questions are on many people’s minds now - especially as the regional drought squeezes water reserves. We’ll talk about water regulation in New Hampshire and whether it should change. Laura’s guests are Greg Smith, an attorney with McLane, Graf, Raulerson & Middleton, P.A. www.mclane.com and Harry Stewart, Water Division Director, NH Department of Environmental Services www.des.state.nh.us.

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Counting the Animals...and Plants...and Fungi

By John Walters on Tuesday, March 5, 2002.

Rick Van de Poll makes his living conducting bio-inventories, taking a piece of land and finding out what lives on it. He works for conservation groups, local governments, land owners, and developers. He may not have counted every living thing in New Hampshire, but he's come a lot closer than the rest of us.

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Cautious Optimism in Berlin

By Trish Anderton on Tuesday, March 5, 2002.

The economic situation in Berlin suddenly looks brighter. Multiple bidders have emerged for the city's paper mill complex, which has been closed since August. City officials are enthusiastic about the lead contender, Fraser Papers. NHPR's Trish Anderton spoke with diners at the Northland Dairy Bar and Restaurant yesterday to gauge the mood in the city, and to ask whether a revitalized mill complex will solve Berlin's economic woes.

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A New UNH Study: Alcohol and Rape

By Mark Bevis on Tuesday, March 5, 2002.

A new study out of the University of New Hampshire makes the connection between alcohol use and incidence of rape.

What's more, it predicts acquittal rates for men accused of rape when alcohol is involved.

Dr. Douglas Koski is the UNH researcher who did the work.

He described his findings to NHPR's Mark Bevis.

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