Environment

The bill proposes that wildlife data must be collected with documented landowner permission to be usable. Conservationists say that could negate previous records or complicate future data collection.

The Emergency Drought Assistance Program is available to help lower-income households manage the expenses associated with dry wells.

The end of the holiday season has an unlikely beneficiary: goats.

A recent college graduate from the town that was once home to the Saint-Gobain plastics facility is working with the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services on an experimental trial in myco-remediation, or the use of fungi to clean up pollutants from a contaminated region — a relatively new area of study.

The plan is the first large-scale coordinated effort to address climate-warming emissions in New Hampshire since 2009. It includes strategies like supporting small-scale public transportation, protecting forest land, and improving energy efficiency.

My editors are trying to make “Hot-oberfest” happen. I won’t let them.

The regional branch of the EPA has lost more than 150 employees since the start of the Trump administration's efforts to reduce the agency’s workforce, according to union leaders.

The governor announced Monday she would not re-nominate the current chair, Daniel Goldner.

Lawyer colleagues and other GOP lawmakers spoke fondly of Gould at Friday’s hearing. But environmental advocates opposed his nomination because of his long history of work for Casella Waste Systems, a company proposing a new landfill in Dalton.

Some parts of the state need as much as a foot of rain to restore soil health ahead of this winter. But experts say not all precipitation events are created equal.