Changes and growth in academic programs have occurred as well, with a new option under construction in conservation biology to comple-ment wildlife ecology, a new M.S. degree option (TIDES), and reaccreditation of our forestry program by the Society of American Foresters. New “J-Term” courses will introduce opportuni-ties in winter ecology and collaboration with the University of the Virgin Islands. The depart-ment now boasts over 500 undergraduates in our seven majors, along with about 100 graduate students in our various graduate programs. Our faculty continues to provide excellent instruction both in and out of the classroom.

Our success is not primarily measured by James’ water conservation systems or faculty grants, but by the success of our students. The following pages provide just a few examples of faculty and graduate activities and careers. If you’re ever back in James, come visit our “Wall of Fame.” Dedicated this past year, it contains the pictures of those faculty members who have played piv-otal roles in getting this fine department to where it is today.

Think where man’s glory most begins and endsAnd say my glory was I had such friends. -W.B. Yeats

We hope you all had a great year and are looking forward to an even better one.

Chair’s Message

TALLY

NATURAL RESOURCES & THE ENVIRONMENT ALUMNI NEWSLETTER

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FALL 2010 DURHAM, NH 03824

Dear NREN friends and alumni,Greetings, current and past members of the Department of Natural Resources and the En-vironment, Department of Natural Resources, Department of Forest Resources, Department of Resource Economics and Development, Depart-ment of Resource Economics and Community Development, Institute of Natural and Environ-mental Resources…yes, quite a lineage which has evolved into the current NREN. We are now settled into our “new” James Hall, and taking full advantage of its LEED Gold Certified fea-tures. But much more has changed over the past year than just our physical surroundings.

Our biggest news is that we will be adding faculty for the first time in a long time. Dr. Rich Smith (agroecology) has already joined us, while Dr. Wil Wollheim (aquatic biogeochemistry) has been lured away from the Earth, Oceans, and Space Institute to join our department. Dr. Stu-art Grandy (soil fertility and biogeochemistry) and Dr. Heidi Asbjornsen (forest ecology) will be arriving in January of 2011. We hope to add a landscape ecologist to this mix as well. While we have lost Dr. George Hurtt to the University of Maryland (and we wish him well), it is an exciting time with this infusion of new talent and energy to the department. Of course, perhaps our most interesting addition doesn’t even have a PhD—visitors to the “garden level” of James will be greeted by a handsome black bear, courtesy of Dr. Pekins. While Pete obstinately refuses to name the fellow, we may change that in time!

John Halstead

Natural Resources & the Environment

Good Forestry in the Granite State: Recommend-ed Voluntary Forest Management Practices for New Hampshire will be published soonKaren P. Bennett, Extension Forester

After a two-year process led by a 24-member steering committee, the second edition of Good Forestry in the Granite State, originally published in 1997, is being readied for publication. Look for news about how to order Good Forestry at www.goodforestry.org. We are in the final phases of publishing Good Forestry as a book, cd, and on the web and it will “hit the streets” well before the end of the year.

As with the first edition, the purpose of the guide is to provide landowners, and the professionals who work with them, practical recommendations on sustainable management practices for individual forest owner-ships.

This version will be longer than the original. We know more about some of the topics and we added new topics including setting objectives, management plans, estate planning and land protection, staying safe in the woods, choosing the right harvesting system, stream crossings, invasive plants, temporary openings created by forest management, wildlife species of greatest conservation need, pine barrens, steep slopes, forest products, maple sugaring and ecosystem services. We also expanded some chap-ters, notably those related to silviculture (the art and science of growing trees). Knowledge gained from the N.H. Wildlife Action Plan was incorporated into the wildlife-related chapters.

Many members of the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment and Cooperative Extension contributed to the project including Karen Bennett, Kim Babbitt, Emma Carcagno, Andy Fast, Kristina Ferrare, Chuck Hersey, Don Quigley, Steve Roberge, Sarah Smith, Matt Tarr, Jessica Veasey, and Dick Weyrick.

Good Forestry in the Granite State is an expression of multiple use, sustainability, stewardship- call it what you like. It is based on the notion that managing land should be based on sound science, grounded in land-owner objectives, responsive to the site conditions, and based on voluntary and informed decision-mak-ing. The book provides background, considerations and recommendations in nearly 50 chapters to aide

landowners and the professionals who work with them.

Visit www.goodforestry.org or contact me at karen.bennett@unh.edu or 862-4861 to learn more.

Dave Burdick, Research Associate Professor, Marine Wetland Ecology and Restoration, and Ann Smith, President of the Advocates for the North Mill Pond spent June 2 & 3 showing New Franklin 5th grade students how to help restore North Mill Pond. Students planted seaside golden rod and salt marsh grasses and buried ribbed mussels in the first of a two-day project dedicated to helping repair the dam-aged ecosystem in a salt marsh that borders North Mill Pond on Mill Pond Way.

This is the second year New Franklin fifth-graders have joined the restoration effort, a project facilitated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, under the direction of restoration specialist Greg Mannesto. Burdick said the berm of highway fill in which noth-ing could grow was deposited along the marsh in an undeveloped lot belonging to the city to create an artificial embankment against flooding. With funds from Mannesto’s project, Partners for Fish and Wild-life, and help from city environmental planner Peter Britz and Dave Allen, of the city’s Department of Public Works, the berm was removed in a single day leaving a shadow of rocky soil. Mannesto estimates at least three to four tons of berm was removed. “It was like a pathway of junk, basically,” he said. “You’d walk and there was this platform of old wood, concrete and rusty drain covers. It’s nice to know I’m helping to make it cleaner.”

After planting rows of marsh grass, students buried ribbed mussels in the mud. Burdick and two of his research assistants, graduate student Jordan Mora, and UNH research associate Chris Peter, explained how ribbed mussels attach to cord grass and eat the dead shoots, demonstrating a “symbiotic relationship” in which plant and mussel benefit. Burdick added mussels help filter water, calling them “critical” to the pond’s restoration.

John Carroll, Professor of Environmental Conser-vation Studies, now in his 37th year in the depart-ment, just completed the third book in a trilogy on sustainable agriculture and local food and farming in New England. It’s called The Real Dirt: Toward

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Faculty Update

Ted Howard, Professor of Forestry Economics, made two trips to Asia last year for research confer-ences and one trip to France to examine forestry practices. In August, he gave a paper, Managing Forest Stands for Biodiversity in the Northeast United States: An Ecological Economics Analysis, at the First Global Forum of Ecological Economics in Forestry, organized by the Interna-

tional Union of Forestry Research Organizations and Nanjing Forestry University (China). In November, he was an invited speaker at the Workshop on Social Valuation in Forestry,

organized by the Forestry and Forest products Research Insti-tute in Tsukuba, Japan. The title of his paper was “Biodiversity in New England’s Private For-ests: A Case Study of Managing Stands for Sustainable Provi-sion of Ecosystem Services.” That conference included three days of field study of natural forests in the mountains north of Tokyo. In the spring, Dr. Howard visited the forests of south-western France to examine the management of conifer and hard-wood plantations, natural stands, and coppice forests. An im-portant conifer is the aptly named parasol pine. In Montpellier, he happened upon the home of the 18th century bota-nist, Magnol, whose name is associated with the tree, magnolia.

George Hurtt, Associate Professor/Chair, NRESS Ph.D. Program accepted a new posi-tion as Professor and Research Director in the Department of Geography at the University of Maryland to begin Fall 2010.

Food Sufficiency and Farm Sustainability in New England. Among other things, it takes a close look at the university farms of New England’s land grant universities, and provides observations as well on all our own UNH university farms. This August John traveled to New Brunswick and Downeast Maine continuing his research on New England’s local food security.

Mark Ducey, Professor of Forest Biometrics and Management, spent April and May, 2010 in Oslo, as

a Visiting Scientist at the Norsk Institutt for Skog og Landskap (Norwegian Forest and Landscape Institute) on a fellowship funded by the Norwegian National Research Council. While there, he collaborated with scientists in

the Norwegian National Forest Inventory on issues related to carbon and bioenergy in the forestry sector.

Charlie French, Extension Associate Professor of Community-Economic Development, worked with Dr. Bruce Mallory (Education), Michele Holt-Shannon (UNH Discovery Program), Martha Parker

(Education), and Mica Stark (UNH President’s Office) to conduct delib-erative discussions in eleven cities and towns across the state. The objective of the discussions, conducted on be-half of the Governor’s Study Commis-

sion on Legal Gaming, was to gather public input on the potential risks and benefits of expanding legalized gaming in New Hampshire. Their final report, which summarizes the outcomes of the deliberative sessions, continues to inform policy-making on this conten-tious issue. Charlie also continues to publish journal articles on the socio-economic impacts of urban-community gardening in Boston, Massachusetts and Havana, Cuba in collaboration with Dr. Mimi Becker and Dr. Bruce Lindsay.

John Halstead, Professor of Environmental and Resource Economics and Chair, NREN participated in the 2010 Northeastern Agricul-tural and Resource Economics As-sociation Meetings, Atlantic City, NJ this summer. John served as Moderator for Rural and Regional Development and presented “Mea-suring the Effects of Social Capital and Land Use on Quality of Life: Two Case Studies”, co-authored by Patricia Jarema and Shannon Rogers, NREN.

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Paul Johnson, Associate Professor of Natural Re-sources attended the Southern Forest Insect Work Conference in Wilming-ton, NC in July and combined the trip with a vacation.

Doug Morris, Associate Professor of Environmental and Resource Economics par-ticipated in the 2010 Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association Meetings, Atlantic

City, NJ this summer. He presented “New England Firms’ Willingness to Hire Retirees” co-authored by Lyndon Goodridge, and Alberto Manalo, NREN. Doug was active in the Board meeting and the Annual Business Meeting as the long-time

Secretary/Treasurer and was an active participant as a mentor in the first Young Scholars Program sponsored by NAREA that preceded the meetings. From the 2010 Western Regional Science Association Meetings, Sedona, Arizona, Doug chaired the session, Agricultural Analysis and Policy. He also was the discussant for the paper, Gender Mediation and Out-reach Issues for National, Regional, and Local Gov-ernments in the Western Region. From Sint Maarten, NA 2010, Doug received a new course development grant from the UNH Discovery Program. He used it for data gathering in Sint Maarten and Saint Martin in March. The new Inquiry course is titled, The New Pirates of the Caribbean and is being offered this fall semester as an Honors course.

Rob Robertson, Associate Professor of Tour-ism Planning and Development presented “The Art of Zen Travel” August 23, 2010 at the Balsams Resort, New Hampshire. The presenta-tion was focused on travel and learning. Not so much learning about where to travel but rather how to travel and how to learn through travel. Alain de Bottom in his book The Art of Travel captured this idea by explain-ing: “If our lives are dominated by a search for happiness, then perhaps few activities reveal as much about the dynamics of this quest--in all its ardour and paradoxes--than our travels. They express, however inarticulately, an understanding of what life might be about, outside the constraints of work and struggle for survival. Yet rarely are they considered to pres-ent philosophical problems--that is, issues requiring

thoughts beyond the practical. We are inundated with advice on where to travel to, but we hear little of why and how we should go, even though the art of travel seems naturally to sustain a number of ques-tions neither so simple nor so trivial, and whose study might in modest ways contribute to an understanding of what the Greek Philosophers beautifully termed eudaimonia, or ‘human flourishing’.” It will provide the opportunity for the audience to comprehend the central role of travel in national/international cross-cultural understanding, and to help people understand how travel can serve as a mechanism for cultural understanding and personal transformation. The goal is to help those in attendance see the vitality in themselves and to respect the power of reflection. What we learn together can affect eternity; there is no telling where the influence of our shared learning begins or ends.

Professor Andy Rosenberg of the Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space (EOS) and NREN was asked to serve as an advisor for the remainder of Fall 2009 to the President’s Coun-cil on Environmental Quality (CEQ) on ocean policy and marine spatial planning. Over the next 90 days the CEQ, working with an interagency ocean policy task force, was directed by President Obama to develop a framework for effective coastal and marine spatial planning using a comprehen-sive ecosystem-based approach. Prior to coming to UNH in 2000, Rosenberg was a senior official at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and from 2001-2004 served on the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy.

Mike Sciabarrasi, Extension Professor/Specialist, Agricultural Business Management won the Guy L. Paris Marketing award at the New England Vegetable and Fruit Con-ference in Manchester in Fall 2009. The Guy L. Paris Marketing award was established by NEV&BGA in name of Guy L. Paris who was a marketing specialist in the Mass. Department of Agriculture and worked constantly to promote local agricultural products. The purpose of the award is to recognize and honor those who promote local agricul-ture and work with growers to improve their market-ing programs. Mike was recognized because of his long record of helping growers with their marketing as well as financial planning and management and

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his willingness to “go the extra mile”. The recipient is chosen by the Executive Committee of the New England Vegetable and Berry Growers’ Association.

Feature ArticlesFebruary 10, 2010 Article from the Campus JournalReady for the 21st Century, UNH Forestry Pro-gram is Re-Accredited

UNH’s Bachelor of Science in Forestry degree pro-gram has received a 10-year renewal of its accredita-tion from the Society of American Foresters (SAF), making the undergraduate program one of just three in New England and only about 50 in the nation to carry such an accreditation. Forestry is a profes-sional degree, and accreditation ensures that forestry students are licensed upon graduation.

“The power of earning an accredited degree is the credibility students have when they graduate,” says Theodore Howard, Professor of Forestry and Program Coordinator. UNH’s forestry program has been ac-credited since 1959; the program and its curriculum undergo external review at regular intervals as part of the process.

UNH’s forestry program embraces interdisciplinary issues like climate change, biodiversity and sustain-ability and is strongly connected to other natural re-sources degree programs at UNH, an approach which, says Howard, was not well understood by accreditors in earlier reviews. With this recent round of accredi-tation, completed late fall of 2009, the program’s holistic view of forestry stood out as an advantage.

In addition to praising the interdisciplinary structure of the program, the SAF noted that “the forestry fac-ulty is considered a premiere unit at UNH based on their reputation and achievements in all areas (teach-ing, research, and service).”

“With our campus’s emphasis on sustainability, our forestry program is critical for educating profession-als to manage the extensive forest resources of New Hampshire, New England, and the nation, provid-ing society with important ecological and economic values,” says President Mark Huddleston.

“Today’s forestry industry is different, but it hasn’t gone away,” says Professor of Forest Biometrics and Management Mark Ducey, noting that the chainsaws-and-flannel shirt stereotype is outdated. The past decades have seen a shift away from production for-

estry - “it used to be all about board-feet, board-feet, board-feet,” Ducey says, -- but it has shifted towards applications like production of biomass for energy, urban forestry, and the sustainable management of forests for biodiversity, environmental protection and recreation.

“We expect forests to do it all, and that’s why we expect foresters to do it all,” says Ducey.

In addition to understanding trees and how and why they grow, students in UNH’s forestry program study soil, water and wildlife; biometrics, economics and policy; and remote sensing and geographic informa-tion systems (GIS). Nearly 70 percent of forestry courses have field components, and students take advantage of the 250-acre College Woods adjacent to campus as well as the university’s 600-plus acres of additional woodland holdings in Durham.

The Forestry program’s new curriculum allows for scheduling flexibility to let students participate in study abroad, particularly in EcoQuest, UNH’s mul-tidisciplinary, research-oriented field study program in New Zealand. Ducey notes that forestry is an ideal career for those with a travel bug: “There are forests most everywhere in the world, and you get to work in places where other people take their vacations,” says Ducey.

Kids’ Inquiry Conference - March 2010

Sarah Andrews, Natural Resources and the Envi-ronment, NRESS Ph.D. Program, has been work-

ing with a 5th grade teacher at Little Harbour School in Portsmouth as part of her Transforming Earth System Science Education (TESSE) Fellowship this year. They

organized a Kid’s Inquiry Conference (KIC) where her students presented posters of the work they had done. The students had about two weeks, start to finish, to come up with an “I wonder...,” turn it into a testable question, run at least three trials of their

experiment, and put together a poster to present. UNH faculty, staff, and students were invited to check out the work the kids had done at the: Kid’s Inquiry Conference held

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Thursday, May 27, 2010 from 9:45 - 11:45 a.m. in the UNH Memorial Union Building.

What is KIC?The Kid’s Inquiry Conference (KIC) is one alternative to the standard science fair and is patterned after professional science conferences. The main goals of the student conference are to provide children with opportunities to share the excitement of their discoveries with others, to critically consider the credibility of their own research, and to draw upon the discoveries of other student-scientists. We hope that this concept - children sharing authentic science in a non-competitive and supportive atmosphere - will be an inspiration to them in their future years in education.

“A review of Pastures of Plenty: The Future of Food, Agriculture and Environmental Conservation in New England”

by John E. CarrollNew Hampshire Agriculture Experiment Station Publication #2340 (2008)Illustrations and book design by Karen Busch Holman

Reviewed by Larry LackJohn Carroll’s lively, optimistic, wide ranging and comprehensive look at the future of agriculture in northern New England (Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont) makes a convincing case that this region, now largely dependent on food shipped in from far away, can--and soon will--pro-duce much more of the food that is consumed here.

This colorful and attractive publication differs sig-nificantly in format from that of most USDA research reports. Clearly a labor of love, Pastures of Plenty draws its inspiration from a host of alternative food, agriculture and conservation writers and visionaries, perhaps most of all from Aldo Leopold, whose under-standing of the importance of land and exposition of a “land ethic” helped launch what eventually evolved into the modern conservation and environmental movements.

Carroll’s homage to Leopold, though, is just the start-ing point for this eclectic compendium.

The central focus of Pastures of Plenty is on the po-tential for a revival of grazing (specifically, intensive,

rotational grazing on pasture) as the cornerstone of a new, more efficient, sustainable and productive agriculture for our region. But Carroll’s book makes its case by presenting the ideas and actions of alterna-tive food and agriculture advocates and reinterpret-ing them in the context of present day northern New England. Included among those whose writings and programs Carroll cites and discusses are Joel Sala-tin, Fred Kirschenmann, Masanobo Fukuoka, Andre Voisin, Sir Albert Howard, Wes Jackson, Borealis Bread’s Jim Amaral, New Hampshire’s Trauger Groh (one of the founders of Community Supported Agri-culture), Vermont’s Bill Murphy (“It’s a lot better to just let the live-stock go to the feed and spread their manure themselves”) and a score of other food and ag luminaries whose thoughts are skillfully blended in support of Carroll’s thesis that northern New England is ideally situated, ripe and ready for the emergence of a new agriculture that is diverse, ethical, environ-mentally sound, local, mainly organic and marketed directly to a savvy new generation of eaters who increasingly care about how their food affects both them and their communities.

Pastures of Plenty includes useful background on the history of New England agriculture--how mixed farms and livestock grazing were replaced by in-dustrial mono-cropping and confinement production of livestock--and includes chapters on grazing and grasses, the soils of northern New England, the key role Carroll sees for dairying in this part of the world, breeds of cattle and other animals suited to northern New England, direct marketing and “relationship agriculture”, and the role land grant universities hope-fully will play in encouraging the reorganization of agriculture and the revival of family farming in our region.

Strikingly illustrated with Karen Busch Holman’s evocative and lively watercolors of farm scenes and animals, Carroll’s text has the feeling of a heartfelt celebration of farming that, while obviously drawing much from conservation biology and the agri-scienc-es, is also fed by insights gleaned from literary and even musical sources including Wordsworth, Wendell Berry, Garrison Keillor, Beethoven (specifically his “Pastorale” Symphony) and Alan Jay Lerner’s lyrics for a song by Kurt Weill. In addition to the threads of alternative agriculture and food philosophy that Carroll weaves together from his wildly inclusive kaleidoscope of sources, Pastures of Plenty assembles and presents important new information about our region’s soils. It includes five pages of detailed maps based on the soil studies of New Hampshire soil

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scientist Sidney Pilgrim and his colleagues in the Natural Resource Conservation Service. These maps, one of each of the four states of northern New Eng-land and one of the entire four state region, indicate by green shading which soils have “High Potential for Grassland Agriculture”.

Nearly a quarter of New Hampshire’s area is shaded green, indicating soils that have this potential, as is roughly half of Maine and, surprisingly, roughly half of Massachusetts as well. Vermont, where pastures and dairying still anchor a viable statewide family farm based economy, leads the region for soils that are suitable for pasture grass production: green shad-ing covers fully 90 per cent of that state’s area.

These impressive maps are supplemented by Sidney Pilgrim’s notes on the identity and characteristics of the various grazing-appropriate soils found in various parts of the four northern New England states, after which Carroll points out that Pastures of Plenty pres-ents “what is likely the first effort, at least in modern times, to map the (soils) of central and northern New England for the purpose of identifying...the best and highest potential grazing soils in the region.

Carroll shares some relevant information about him-self, mentioning his New York City upbringing as the son of an accountant for the International Harvester Company. “It is truly ironic”, he says, “that my own career and work is critical of the large scale industrial model of agriculture”--that system that the Farmall tractor (and the other products of his father’s employ-er) made possible.

In his prologue Carroll mentions how a “prescient” 1979 New Hampshire study of food security, “Who Will Feed New Hampshire’s Residents Five, Ten, Fifteen Years From Now?” gathered dust on univer-sity shelves through nearly thirty years of American consumer and academic apathy, a result, he says, of “cheap food, fueled by cheap energy (and) full supermarket shelves at the lowest food prices in the world.”

There are some weaknesses, I think, in Dr. Carroll’s thesis about the imminent renaissance of a pasture-based eco-agriculture. His approach in Pastures of Plenty is so inclusive and enthusiastic that sometimes he seems intent on including almost too many streams of evidence and support. A bit of editorial tweaking and a solid index of his varied sources might be able to corral his wide-ranging vision without reducing the impact of this book’s important message.

Professor Carroll’s optimism about the future of food and agriculture in our region is infectious and well justified in this unique report, and he can’t be blamed if his most likely readers are likely to be those who already agree, or are predisposed to agree, with what he has to say. He may, however, want to consider a few questions. For one, it may be useful to ask whether his predictions about a future for farms and food that’s focused on grazing and dairying may be challenged by current diet trends and a younger generation who are eating less meat and dairy and turning in substantial numbers to vegetarian and vegan fare.

And, perhaps more important, if, as Carroll believes, more young people will be drawn to more holistic, ethical and sustainable ways of farming, how will they get access to the land they’ll need? As Carroll is no doubt aware, secure access to productive land can be a serious barrier to farm entry for young people who aren’t lucky enough to inherit farmland from their folks.

Perhaps this question needs more answers before the prediction from urban planning critic James How-ard Kunstler that appears at the close of Pastures of Plenty (and is repeated in large letters on its back cover) can come to full fruition. “Agriculture”, Kun-stler tells us, “is going to come back to the center of American life in a way that we couldn’t imagine.”

This caveat aside, Pastures of Plenty certainly gives readers many reasons for imagining the dimensions and encouraging the emergence of a new New Eng-land agriculture, one that can and--as this book helps us understand--must be planted on the sure founda-tions of our region’s fertile soils and the productive farms and pastures these soils, if they are cared for carefully, can sustain.

College Woods: The Intangiblesby James Barrett, Professor EmeritusForest Biometrics and Management

The sweetest thing in all my life has been the longing to find the place where all the beauty came from. C.S. Lewis

Much has been written about the value of College Woods for education, recreation, and vital ecosystem services (especially watershed protection and carbon storage). Recently, Tom Lee (with advice from oth-ers) captured these values in the excellent, scholarly document, “Conserving the College Woods.”

Our somewhat rural and woodland environment at-tracts students and teachers. Moreover, we are in a University where art and music are important. Daniel Janzen, a tropical biologist, points out that the forms and sounds of nature are the source of art and music. John Fowles, a British writer fears that the source recedes from us. In 1994 he wrote, “The threat in the coming millennium lies in our growing emotional and intellectural detach-ment from nature...”

Fortunately, the nearby College Woods is a place to contemplate the beauty of nature on many days and in all seasons. It’s a delight-ful place to stroll on a sunny day in dappled green light, on a light rainy day with the patter of raindrops on the leaves, and on a snowy day when the world turns white.

The College Woods is a sanctuary where students can relax and escape from the noise and busyness of the campus. As one student put it, “It’s a serene place to quiet my mind and restore my energy.” Many teachers, artists, and scientists share the stu-dent’s perception. Ludwig von Beethoven exclaimed, “Who can ever express the ecstasy of the woods?” Albert Einstein said, “Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.”

When sauntering down a trail one senses that just around the bend is the place where all the beauty came from.

Natural Resources & the Environment 2010Banquet Awards CeremonyThe following scholarships were awarded to grad and undergrad students at the 6 May 2010 Department Banquet Awards CeremonyClark Stevens: Megan BakerFuth E. Farrington: James Airey, Chris Dorich, Janet Gorman, Henry Jones, (TSAS) Audrey Perkins, Kevin Robbitts, (TSAS) Brianna WatsonLloyd W. Hawkensen: Emily Bowers, Chris DorichCass Adams: Jill Bartolotta 8

Richard B. Johnston Award: Kaitlyn AllenClass of 1974: Emily CooperAlumni Scholarship Award: Emily Hepding, Henry Jones, Amanda Close, Jacqueline AmanteGeorge “Curly” Frick Fellowship: Patricia Jarema, Matthew Smith, Jeremy TomkiewiczCollege Woods Scholarship: Emily Bowers, Amanda Close, Audrey Perkins, Laura Storch, Jessica VeyseyRichard A. Andrews Memorial Award: Brendan Callahan

Outstanding Student Awards went to the following undergrads:Environmental Science: Valerie SchoepferEnvironmental Conservation Studies: Emily Bow-ers, Andrew Middleton, Kerry WhiteForestry: Brett ClarkWildlife: Wesley SmithTourism: Brinnan Chartier CEP: Lucy Corwin

Nancy Coutu Scholarship: Taylor Phillips

Paul Bruns Award: Michael Simmons

Faculty and Alumna Awards:Teacher of the Year Award: Dr. Doug MorrisDistinguished Alumni Award: Shanna Saunders

Students in the NewsDerek Broman (M.S. Wildlife) received a scholar-ship from the New England Outdoor Writers Associa-tion.

Granite State Division Society of American Foresters Student of the Year - Amy Keith

Alexandra Contosta (NRESS PhD Program) won a Graduate School Summer TA Fellowship and a Graduate School TA Award.

Jordan Mora (M.S. WARM) received a TA Summer Fellowship from the Grad School

Sarah Andrews (NRESS PhD Program) was awarded a NH Federation of Garden Clubs Scholar-ship.

Meghan MacLean (NRESS PhD Program) received a TA Summer Fellowship from the Grad School.

Graduate Research Evaluating the Sustainability of Whole-tree Har-vesting in the Northern ForestGabe RoxbyM.S. Natural Resources ForestryAdvisor: Dr. Ted Howard

The burning of wood chips for energy at biomass plants has become more important as we move toward a self-sufficient, sustainable energy economy. Whole tree harvesting (WTH) is increasingly used to meet the demand for these chips. In a typical whole tree harvesting opera-tion, the trunk of the tree is used for traditional prod-ucts (lumber, construction materials, etc.) while the branches and fine twigs are sold to a biomass energy plant. Conventional harvesting (CH), in contrast, leaves the branches and twigs on site to decompose. Thus, the landowner can earn more money from harvesting the same area of land while at the same time helping generate power from renewable sources. However, there is concern that the additional removal of the nutrient-rich plant biomass might impair forest productivity, leaving a forest that regenerates trees

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Joyce Massicotte (RAM) received a TA Summer Fellowship from the Grad School.

Gabe Roxby (M.S. FOR) received a TA Summer Fellowship from the Grad School.

Henry Jones (Wild Junior) traveled to Norway this summer on an IROP to work with capercaillie - the largest grouse in the world.

Adrienne Miller (Wild Senior) and her student col-leagues wom “best poster” and a $500 award at the URC Conference.

Wes Smith and Ian Hanley, graduating seniors, completed their Honors-in-Major in Wildlife Ecology.

Kit Block (Wild Sr. - SURF 2009), Sophie Ellis (Wild Sr. - Round River Research), and Henry Jones (SURF 2009) presented research posters at URC and/or the COLSA Undergraduate Research Conference.

Commencement Breakfast ~ 2010Natural Resources and the Environment Seniors and their parents and families enjoyed “Commencement Breakfast” Sponsored by Xi Sigma Pi and NREN on a sunny Saturday morning, May 22 from 6:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. in the Courtyard of James Hall. There was hot coffee, tea, hot chocolate, juice, bagels, muffins, donuts, cheese and fresh grapes and strawberries for everyone.

Dr. Mimi Becker and Dr. Arthur Powers

Dr. John Carroll

Dr. Kim Babbitt and Friend

Commencement Breakfast Spread

Tourism Seniors

Marshall Dr. John Halstead

Dr. Mary Friedman &Dr. Kelly Cullen

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slower and which are shorter or of lesser quality. This would clearly be undesirable, as the short-term gains from the sale of extra biomass may be offset by long-term financial reductions due to lowered productivity. Therefore, there is a need to evaluate the effects, if any, whole-tree harvesting has on future site productivity, and how universal these effects are.

My study aims to compare stand productivity (height, diameter and biomass) resulting from WTH to that of CH in naturally regenerating Northern Hardwood forests. Stand composition and productivity of four ten-year old patch cuts (two of each harvest method) in the Bartlett Experimental Forest were measured in the summer of 2010. Height, diameter, and species of each tree >2m tall were recorded within 2m radius plots in each patch cut. In addition, understory herb and saplings were measured in order to give a more complete picture about the ecological effects of the two harvest treatments. Additional sites in the North-ern Forest will be selected based on their similarity to the Bartlett sites, and will give an idea of how universal any initial findings are.

Whole tree harvesting has the potential to supply the Northeast with renewable energy, but is no longer practiced in the White Mountain National Forest due to concerns about future site productivity. Other studies have looked at changes in nutrient concen-trations, linking any losses to potential productivity decline. This is an indirect method of measuring productivity, and has yielded discrepant results. My research focuses on directly measuring any productiv-ity differences that may arise and will hopefully give a clearer picture of the effects of WTH on naturally regenerated Northern Hardwood sites.

An Evaluation of Habitat Models for the Common Loon (Gavia immer)Alexis RudkoM.S. Natural ResourcesAdvisor: Dr. Russ Congalton

The common loon (Gavia immer) is a large water bird that lives throughout northern North America. These birds are important to monitor because they are con-sidered a bio-indicator species for the environment. A bio-indicator species is an animal that is sensitive to environmental changes or pressures and we can mea-sure their success in breeding as a measure of health for an ecosystem. Loons are a special case of bio-in-dicator species because they are particularly sensitive to the presence of mercury and lead in freshwater lakes. Both lead and mercury are toxic to humans and

can cause psychological and physiological defects. Blood and feather samples are taken every year from loons on various lakes through-out New Hampshire (NH) to monitor the levels of mercury in the water. Loons are also important to monitor for public relations. In general, people like loons and want to see them on the lake at their summer cottage. The public interest is good not only for the loon, but all other organisms in their environment.

In the state of NH, common loons have been moni-tored by the Loon Preservation Committee (LPC), part of the National Audubon Society, located in Moultonborough, NH for over thirty years. This long-term monitoring program provides for the analysis of loon distribution in the state of NH. LPC recruits field

biologists every year for the sum-mer season of May to August. With the help of an extensive and dedicated volunteer

network, these field biologists track loons on various lakes in NH throughout the summer. The data that they collected over thirty years makes up the long-term dataset for LPC. This dataset has been used by various people in order to create habitat suitability models to track loon distribution in NH.

Dr. Mark Brennan, who conducted his dissertation research on loon distribution, converted the long-term dataset from LPC into digital format. This conversion allowed him to create a habitat suitability model to predict where future loon occupancy may occur based on parameters determined to be statistically signifi-cant. The model was then applied to lakes throughout NH to indicate where to monitor future loon activity on lakes not yet occupied by loons.

The project described here uses the data from Brennan’s model and adds in new field data that were collected after the completion of Brennan’s disserta-tion. It also re-evaluates the parameters of his original model to see if significant factors have changed. A series of error matrices were generated to evalu-ate Brennan’s model and retest it for accuracy by

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comparing more current loon occupancy data to lakes predicted to be occupied.

New field data were collected after Brennan complet-ed his model. These data were used to create and test two new models. The results were applied to lakes throughout NH to give a rating of how likely a loon was to occupy a lake. This duel index of Brennan’s model, plus the new model, will help the Loon Pres-ervation Committee determine which lakes to monitor more and which to monitor less to make the most efficient use of field biologists’ time.

Assessing Relationships Among Moose Popula-tions, Winter Ticks, and Forest Regeneration in Northern New HampshireDan BergeronM.S. Natural ResourcesWildlifeAdvisor: Dr. Peter Pekins

Winter ticks (Dermacen-tor albipictus) have been associated with large moose (Alces alces) die-offs and may substantially affect moose population dynamics in northern New Hampshire. Recently, substantial calf mortality occurred in New Hampshire in 2002 that was attributed to the impact of winter ticks (Scar-pitti et al. 2005, Musante et al. 2007). Winter ticks can have dramatic impacts on moose populations be-cause they can occur in high density, and develop all

life-stages on a single host moose. Moose can harbor large quantities of ticks; in Alberta the average number of

ticks on a single moose was approximately 32,000 with a maximum of about 150,000. These massive tick loads can cause anemia (blood loss), restlessness, increased time spent grooming, decreased time spent feeding, hair-loss, hypothermia, and even death. There is also a direct relationship between commer-cial forest management and the health and density of New Hampshire’s moose herd. Moose numbers increased rapidly in the 1970-1990s, in part, to an increase in timber harvesting due to an outbreak of spruce budworm (Choristoneura fumiferana) that pro-

duced preferred early regeneration habitat in much of northern New Hampshire that is principally commer-cial forest. However, moose can negatively impact both hardwood and softwood regeneration at high population density. Repeated browsing of buds and branches by moose can kill or suppress growth of tree saplings. As both moose and commercial forestry are important economic and cultural resources in northern New Hampshire, a challenging management situation exists.

My research is designed to evaluate 3 dif-ferent methods for use as a possible index of winter tick abundance, which the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department can use to estimate the impacts of winter ticks on its northern moose popula-tion, and to assess temporally the impacts of moose browsing on regeneration of northern forests.

We used clear-cuts to sample for winter tick larvae in the fall when ticks are questing (looking for a host). Transects were dragged with white flannel sheets to collect larvae. Ticks were then counted in the lab. Winter ticks were also counted on harvested moose brought to check stations in northern New

Hampshire. Ticks were counted on transects in 4 areas of the moose’s hide. Hide samples of these areas were also taken and

digested in the lab to obtain full counts to compare with transect counts. Hair-loss surveys were con-ducted in the spring along roadside saltlicks to track hair-loss caused by grooming against winter ticks. Moose were categorized into 1 of 5 hair-loss catego-ries (none-worst case) then a hair-loss severity index number was calculated. Regeneration surveys were conducted in 4 differ-ent age classes (0-5, 6-10, 11-15, 16-20 years) of clear-cuts in northern New Hampshire. Stocking of

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commercial and non-commercial trees was measured along with a qualitative assessment of browse dam-age. This data was used to assess the relative impact of moose browsing on the long-term regeneration of commercial tree species in northern New Hampshire.Preliminary results suggest that all 3 methods are effective in identifying large-scale fluctuations in winter tick abundance from year to year. All 3 methods detected a decrease in winter tick numbers from 2008-2009. However, further analysis is needed to distinguish differences in tick numbers between moose management regions.

Regeneration surveys indicated that moose brows-ing has a small impact on forest regeneration at the landscape scale. However, there did appear to be significant damage at a more localized scale. Stock-ing levels of undamaged commercial trees were high and increased with cut age class. Only 2.6% of all clear-cuts sampled were considered severely browsed. This intense browsing may be a function of distance of the cuts to possible moose wintering areas. Two of the heavily browsed cuts were within 1 mile of high-elevation spruce-fir forests, while the most heavily browsed cut was adjacent to this forest type. This heavy browsing may have the ability to shift local species composition in favor of softwood species. There was a slight positive correlation be-tween moose density and browse damage, however, browse damage was low in each region at all moose densities.

Additional analyses are still taking place. Results from this study will be used by the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department to more effectively man-age the state’s northern moose population.

Bobcats Increasing in New Hampshire; UNH Re-searchers Probe Whystory by UNH Media Relations

DURHAM, N.H. -- Although their tufted ears and charming spots belie their ferocity, bobcats put the “wild” into wildcat.

Now, as sightings of these elusive creatures become more common in New Hampshire, researchers at the University of New Hampshire - home of the Wild-cats - are working to understand them better. UNH professor of wildlife ecology John Litvaitis leads a team of UNH scientists that has partnered with New Hampshire Fish & Game Department on a four-year study to learn how many bobcats the state has and where they’re roaming.

Derek Broman (M.S. WL) with the first collared bobcat of the study, a 30-pound male captured November 22, 2009 in Gilsum. Credit: Greg Elizondo

For the full story see:http://www.unh.edu/news/cj_nr/2010/apr/bp14bob-cats.cfm

To view the NH Bobcat Project visit “Understanding Bobcats in the Granite State: A Coopera-tive Project Led by the University of New Hampshire and the New Hampshire Fish & Game Departmenthttp://www.nre.unh.edu/faculty/litvaitis/Re-

search/BobcatWeb/bobcats.htm

Alumni News1973

Tom Neff (M.S. FOR) and Pat Neff, COLSA (1967-2004) recently placed a conservation easement on their 37 acre Peterborough, NH woodlot. The Neff’s managed woodlot borders some 700 feet of a high priority stream and abuts a block of more than 4,000 other permanently protected woodlands and fields. The 37-acre woodlot was, from 1954 – 2002, part of the homestead property of Walter Peterson who was an advocate of Current Use while serving as New Hampshire’s governor, 1968-1972, as well as an interim president of UNH during the 1990s… Pat is now enjoying full-time retirement and quality time with her chocolate lab, Lydia, while Tom is restoring a 1955 Chevrolet and enjoying the car cruise circuit.

1975Richard Calnan (BS FOR and a minor in Plant Science) upon graduating from UNH, served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Nepal, building nurseries and planting trees. There he ran into Tom Hammett (FOR 74), who was also a PCV in Nepal. Rich’s career has been primarily international since then, including 21 years with the USDA Forest Service and 10 years with the US Geological Survey. His current job is to manage the Secretariat for an international Science NGO called the International Union for Geological Sciences (IUGS), which falls under the umbrella of a larger global science organization called ICSU, based in Paris (International Consortium of Scientific Unions). Rich has evolved into an international science bureaucrat and it has taken him to interesting places, like Kabul and Kathmandu. He had the pleasure of meeting Prof. Barry Rock last Spring in Walpole, NH and he occasionally sees both Tom Hammett and Jon Beekman (FOR ’74). Tom is at Virginia Tech and Jon has recently moved to Maine. Rich resides in Rockport, MA with his wife, Rita.

Deborah Rudis (BS WL) for the past few years has been working on assessing contaminant issues on some of the Aleutian Islands for the Alaska Maritime NWR. Travel to these remote islands is via the USFWS vessel the M/V Tiglax- a great way to experience the Aleutian summers. Other recent work involves contaminants in storm-petrels. Deb reports that Kim Titus (BS WL ) is Chief Wildlife Scientist for the Alaska Department of Fish & Game – Wildlife Conservation Division.

1982David Lindbo (BS EC, MS SOIL ’84) went on for a PhD in pedology at UMass. He is now Associate Professor at North Carolina State University and has just been

named as one of this year’s recipients of Soil Science Society of America Fellow. 1985

Karen Dudley (BS SOIL) writes: In July, the Society of Soil Scientists of Northern New England members got a first-hand look at the James Hall renovations thanks to Serita Frey and the Natural Resources and the Environ-ment Department. Many of the SSSNNE members had graduated from or attended classes at UNH in years’

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Deb Rudis on Kiska Island with a Japanese WWII gun.

Rich Calnan and his wife riding in the Pan Mass Challenge

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past. Most members had specifically attended classes in James Hall (one member had mentioned taking an organic chemistry class in 1954) and all were happily impressed with the new look.

UNH Alumni attendees were: Sandra Sears (BS SOIL ‘03), Ray Lobdell (MS SOIL’75), David Allain (BS SOIL ‘70), Gary Flaherty (Geology ‘79, ‘83), James Mc-Mahon III (Civil Engineering ’07), Joseph Noel (MS SOIL ‘87), Karen Dudley (BS Soil ’85, MS SOIL ’01), and Marc Jacobs (BS SOIL ’84).

Notable quotes from the alumni about the “new” James Hall are: “the renovations look great!”; “rather swank”; “a great facelift for the UNH community”; “glad to see that they did not get too politically correct and kept the moose mount”; “I applaud the upgrades over the uncomfortable wood stadium seats and musty chalk smell”; “it’s a great facility for students – an upbeat atmosphere and environment in contrast to the old”; and “James Hall – much improved!”. The SSSNNE Workshop focused on human disturbed soils. The group toured three sand and gravel sites in Lee – one siteis where the town of Lee is reclaiming for recreation use, anothersite has been used to restore wetlands and wetland habitats and the last is an active sand pit.

1989John Jastrzembski (M.S. FOR) Professor of Forestry at Allegany College of Maryland (ACM), has been elected to the board of governors of the Maryland Forests Association (MFA). At ACM he teaches nine unique courses annually on forestry subjects ranging from migratory bird protection to timber tax investment, as well as planning strategies, logging, and land development planning. His colleagues have elected him to the Faculty Status Committee and the Faculty Senate, and he currently serves on ACM’s Academic Standards Committee and has been named outstanding faculty member twice during his 14-year ACM career. He is the recipient of several academic grants, including a National Science Foundation Geographic Information Laboratory Award, a US Department of Agriculture student mentoring grant, and a Sustainable Ecosystem Curriculum grant. Before he became a forestry educator, John held natural resources stewardship positions in Maryland, New York City, New Hampshire, and Arizona. He joined the SAF in 1986.

John Campbell (BS EC, MS NR ’96) began working for the US Forest Service in 1986 as an undergraduate work study student at UNH. After completing a B.S. degree in Environmental Conservation, he worked several years for an environmental consulting firm in New Jersey and Texas. He returned to the Forest Service in 1993 and earned a M.S. degree in Natural Resources at UNH. He completed his Ph.D. in 2006 at the State Univer-sity of New York – College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse. He now works for the Forest Service in a research group that manages the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest. His research focuses on biogeochemical cycles with an emphasis on linkages between terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

1996Kirsten Martin (BS WL) recently completed a doctoral degree in environmental studies from Antioch Uni-versity New England. Her research focused on the impact of riverbanks on emergent dragonfly nymphs. She currently teaches environmental and life science courses at a small college in southern Massachusetts, and also serves as the aquatic biologist for a local conservation group.

1999Jon Martin (BS FOR), Patrick Kenney (BS FOR) and Sarah Smith (BS FOR ‘78) are featured in the fol-lowing article, “Save the Forest, Cut the Trees: How Logging and Conservation Intersect in New Hampshire” by Jeff Mucciarone, Hippo Press, July 8 – 14, 2010, pg 12. The article begins, “What is strikingly visible in a recently harvested section of Jon Martin’s wood lot in New Hampton is the trees, lots of them. Sure, there are stumps strewn about as well, but the harvested area looks substantially like a forest. That’s the idea.

SSSNE Summer Workshop (July 23, 2010) - “Men at Work”. The group examines a reclaimed portion of a sand pit in Lee, NH while Karen Dudley digs.

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“It’s all about the big picture of the forest,” said Martin, a forester with the company Foreco. “What’s best in the short and long terms.”

About 84 percent of New Hampshire is forested, with 80 percent of the forested lands privately owned and 20 percent government-owned. The state didn’t always have the forests it has today….. See complete storyhttp://www.hippopress.com/index_july8_2010.html

2001John Tierney (M.S. EC) writes that 2010 is going mighty fine for him and his family in the great Pacific Northwest. In November John will celebrate five years working with Ducks Unlimited (DU). His position as Regional Director for Western Washington State has proven very rewarding. With forty-five DU Chapters in his area, their mission of wetlands conservation continues in earnest. One of the chapters (Seattle DU) ranked #1 in the country in 2010, raising over $250,000 for critical habitat work. Since 1937, Ducks Unlimited has proven itself as a world leader in conservation and John is proud to be part of that legacy.

2002Mike Speltz (MS EC) is a land agent at the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests (SPNHF) executing conservation transactions which covers the gamut from deed preparation to property inspection and assessment, as well as grant seeking and negotiating with land owners. In his eight years at the For-est Society, Mike has completed about 35 projects with many “in Process.” His largest project was 2,000+ acres in the Moose Mountains in Middleton and New Durham. He has helped protect about six miles of frontage on the Merrimack and two miles on the Salmon Falls rivers.

2005Andrew Fast (MS FOR) is the Extension Educator, Forest Resources (county forester) in Belknap County with UNH Cooperative Extension. As such he works with landowners, towns, natural resource professionals, and community groups to help them make informed decisions related to forestry, wildlife management and conser-vation.

2010Will Bailey (EREC) started law school at Hofstra University in Fall 2010.

Celis Brisbin (TOUR/CEP) writes from the Honduras:

“Peace Corps has placed me in a medium sized municipality in Honduras called Santa Ana de Yusquare. It is a humble community of 16,000 people, with a myriad of needs. This past week the Municipality and I have been working on plans to pave the 5km road to the 5th largest city in the country, Choluteca, working with Plan International (NGO) with family planning, nutritional education and AIDS prevention. (Honduras has the second highest AIDS population in the Western Hemisphere) and working to obtain the GIS maps made by the USGS a couple of years back.

Earlier this summer large rains hit Honduras (rains this year are more that 45’’ over annual averages). There were a few landslides. One landslide took out a house with a family of 5. I worked with the community on local food drives and worked with the father of the house to fix his bicycle so he could get to work (30 km away) the next day.

An NGO will have a house built for him in the upcoming weeks. Until then the mayor is renting a house for him and his family. I talk to him every once in a while for support and guidance.

I have also been working on Improved Stove projects in our community. These stoves are on average 70% more

Mike Speltz leading a hike on a property recently protected in New Durham, NH

efficient when compared to traditional stoves. This lowers the environmental stress namely deforestation which is a very big issue in Honduras. These stoves are healthier because they do not leak as much smoke as the traditional stoves.

I also have been working with the community to grow trees to create natural buffer zones for water supplies. In doing so I am also teaching local busi-ness practice to children at a local school. We are growing tree nurseries which the students will sell as a fundraiser for school supplies.

In the upcoming months I hope to work with NGO’s to help our impoverished rural communities, train the land use department to retire hand drawn maps for a GIS mapping program,

work with the local Eco-Park on Tourism Development, develop an after school kids soccer league and to be prepared for the pav-ing of the road to Choluteca.

There is just so much work to be done here.

There are two other UNH Alumni in Peace Corps Honduras, Lisa Lavasso 10’ and Erica Brien 10’, they are both great people and I feel great whenever any aspect of UNH comes to mind. AND to all of my CEP/ TPD friends in the world, keep up the great work

and feel free to say hi - celisbrisbin@gmail.com.”

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Predictionsby James Barrett, Forestry Professor Emeritus

People have a tendency to stretch things: controlling acid rain will cause a depression and loss of jobs, requir-ing air bags might price a car out of the reach of the average consumer, and we could have run out of oil by the past turn of the past century. Still, we ought not ignore or even scoff at all predictions, especially those based on careful scientific studies. Rather, we need to give them critical appraisals.

In 1970 Gaylord Nelsen, the founder of Earth Day, predicted that, unless we change our ways, we would seri-ously degrade the quality of life on the earth. Since many predictions Nelson made did not come true, a recent commentator on ABC news (fair and balanced?) took the opportunity to ridicule Nelson’s predictions.

The 1970’s, however, proved to be an age of enlightenment when it came to protecting the environment. Among the many laws passed included the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, and the Endangered Species Act. In addition, we established the Environmental Protection Agency. Many of us might believe that we did not do enough, but at least, we took steps in the right direction. At least (perhaps unfortunately) the commentator did not choke on air pollution, and we all can enjoy the flight of the national bird of the United States, the Bald Eagle.

No one knows the future, but we ought to take carefully thought out predictions -- and the loss that will occur if the prediction comes true. Suppose, for example, a fire inspector points out that stuff in your basement poses a fire hazard. If you ignore the inspector, you might get lucky and not have the house burn down. Still, it would be prudent to clean up the basement.

The threat of global warming is equivalent to having paper and oily rages stacked together in the basement with perhaps frayed electrical wires strung nearby. Do we want to risk scorching the earth, the home for all known life?

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