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Tag Archives: conservation
The Birds and the Bees in New Hampshire: Strutting And A Whole Lot of Buzz
New Hampshire’s birds and bees form a surprisingly rich, distinctly local tapestry—one shaped by granite ridges, cold forests, and pollinator‑friendly meadows. The state’s mix of boreal and temperate habitats creates pockets of species you won’t find just anywhere, and together … Continue reading
Posted in Creatures, Current Events, New Hampshire Women
Tagged bee, bees, bird, bumblebee, conservation, decline, endangered, extinct, identity, New Hampshire, NH, rare, women
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100 Years Ago: A New Hampshire Halloween and The Hoover Pledge
Two topics–Halloween and The Hoover Pledge–seem to have nothing in common, and yet they do. 100 years ago on October 30, 1917 the Nashua Telegraph was promoting both Halloween events and the signing of the “Hoover Pledge.” A headline blares, … Continue reading
Posted in Military of New Hampshire, NH WW1 Military
Tagged 1, conservation, fat, food, Hoover, I, meat, Nashua, pledge, ration, war, wheat, world, WW1, WWI
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Newport New Hampshire Teacher, Suffragist, Civic & Club Leader, Business Woman: Mary Matilda (Putnam) Sibley (1860-1927)
There was very little that Mary Matilda (Putnam) Sibley could not do. She was the daughter of Marshall & Mary M. (Carroll) Putnam, born in 1860 in Croydon, Sullivan County New Hampshire, just before the Civil War began. She was … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, History, New Hampshire Men, New Hampshire Women
Tagged aged, American, business, club, Co., Company, conservation, county, DAR, Daughter, education, educator, forest, Hampshire, history, Homer, league, monument, new, New Hampshire, Newport, NH, philanthropy, preisdent, revolution, sailor, soldier, suffrage, suffragist, Sullivan, sythe, teacher, trustee, woman, women
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New Hampshire Tidbits: Buffalo, Elk, Fox, Deer; Baynes, Atwood, Coit, Means
A word of warning: this is a complicated story, with numerous tangents. It starts with postcards that I recently acquired of wild animals, photographed around 1906 at Corbin Park in Grantham NH, by the famous naturalist-photographer, Ernest Harold Baynes. Though … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, History, NH Tidbits, Not New Hampshire
Tagged animal, Baynes, bison, Buffalo, carrier, Co., Coit, Coite, Connecticut, conservation, Corbin, county, CT, doctor, Dr., Ernest, extinct, extinction, Hampshire, Henry, MA, Massachusetts, new, NH, park, Paul, pigeon, Rev., reverend, saint, school, St., Sullivan, Wild, wildlife, Winchester
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Lancaster NH’s John Wingate Weeks (1860-1926) — the “Weeks” behind the “Weeks Act”
In 2011 the United States Forest Service celebrated the 100th anniversary of one of the most successful land conservation efforts in the United States. The Weeks Act was signed into law in 1911, after a decade-long debate about the role … Continue reading
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Tagged alderman, appropriation, conservation, forest, John W. Weeks, Lancaster, MA, Massachusetts, mayor, New Hampshire, Newton, NH, Secretary of War, US Congress, US Senate, Weeks Act
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