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In December of 2020, nine months after New Hampshire's first stay-at-home order was announced, there were about 180 fewer births than the same period in 2019 and at least 100 fewer than any year since 2015, according to data from the NH Vital Records Information Network. Kenneth Johnson, senior demographer with the Carsey School, said this the decline in births is only expected to grow. According to Johnson, “I think a lot of women who might have been thinking about having children have simply decided that this is not the time to have a baby."

Researchers from around the world are turning to the findings of scientists with the College of Life Sciences and Agriculture as they work to solve some of the most critical agricultural and environmental issues facing the planet. 

Researchers with the New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station at the University of New Hampshire have succeeded in quadrupling the length of the Granite State’s strawberry growing season as part of a multi-year, multi-state research project that aims to benefit both growers and consumers.

Just in time for the summer tourist season in New Hampshire, NH Agricultural Experiment Station (NHAES) researchers at the University of New Hampshire College of Life Sciences and Agriculture (COLSA) have put the final touches on a new hotel at the experiment station’s Woodman Farm.

The White Mountain National Forest is home to nearly 140 species of native bees, including two species of native bumble bees that are in decline in the Northeast, according to researchers with the NH Agricultural Experiment Station who recently completed the first assessment of the state’s native bee population in the national forest.

Dr. Jessica Veysey Powell, a post-doctoral fellow in wildlife ecology and human dimensions of environmental management, says landowners have many options for participating in vernal pool conservation.

Assessment and Land Management
As a first step, landowners can assess whether they have vernal pools on their own property. Landowners can ask their state department of fish and wildlife or their local conservation commission for assistance, or hire an environmental consultant.

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After 44 years at its current location at the University of New Hampshire, the New Hampshire Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (NHVDL) soon will have a new-and-improved home on campus. Construction is set to begin soon on a modern facility that will better enable the NHVDL to provide essential diagnostic services to the state’s agricultural, veterinary, wildlife, and public health communities and enrich their contributions to the academic opportunities for students in the university’s biomedical sciences and pre-veterinary medicine programs.