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“Drought, plus beech bark disease, plus beech leaf disease can really be a bad combination,” says Jeff Garnas, an associate professor of forest ecosystem health at the University of New Hampshire.

2025 swung from a wet spring to a dry summer. Some scientists say this will make it hard for trees to produce vivid colors.

Cottonwoods, along with related big-toothed and trembling aspens, are poplars — some of New England’s fastest-growing tree pioneers.

The weather in New Hampshire’s White Mountains has, over millennia, created forests that are specifically suited to extreme weather conditions.

We visit the unique ecosystem of the Manchester Cedar Swamp Preserve in our series celebrating access for all to our state's natural beauty.

The trees aren’t dying, according to forest experts. But they are experiencing a particularly bad bout of white pine needle damage.

When we go fishing, we rarely think about trees contributing anything beyond shade. But the more wood in a stream, the more trout there are and the bigger those trout become.

The weather in New Hampshire’s White Mountains has, over millennia, created forests that are specifically suited to extreme weather conditions.

Many species in New Hampshire have made adaptations to flourish in the cold. It’s also why you see more trees with light-colored bark the farther north you go.

Permits are available online or at White Mountain National Forest offices.