Natural Resources
The Importance of the Lowly Skunk
New research from the New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station examines factors that affect skunk abundance in the region and across the United States, underscoring the importance of collaborative databases in providing information for large geographic and broad-scale studies of understudied... Read More
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10/19/22Droughts Are a New Reality for New England. Diverse Crop Rotations Can Help.
When it comes to crop rotations, complexity is key to boosting levels of nitrogen—a soil nutrient that is critical to crop production. That's... -
08/09/22Cohabitating with New England Cottontails
New research by the NHAES researchers finds that habitat restoration efforts for the at-risk New England cottontail will also benefit a number of ... -
08/04/22Oysters as Nitrogen Bioextractors
Oysters filter particles that contain nitrogen (and carbon) from the water. Wild oysters cycle small amounts of that nitrogen back into the... -
07/27/22Download the NHAES 2022 Inspired Horticultural Research Report today!
The latest edition of the NH Agricultural Experiment Station’s Inspired magazine and research report is here! The latest edition explores station...
Recent Stories
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05/12/15 - The Dirt on Studio SoilsIn 2010, about a decade into teaching the large Introduction to Soils course, UNH soil scientist Serita Frey steered her class into uncharted territory. With inspiration from the... Read More -
04/29/15 - Grad Students Receive Prestigious NSF FellowshipsThree UNH students have received National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships, one of the nation’s premier national science, math, engineering and technology (STEM)... Read More -
02/27/15 - UNH Researcher Will Discuss Climate and Land Use at Organic Farmers ConferenceJohn Aber, professor of natural resources at the University of New Hampshire and researcher with the N.H. Agricultural Experiment Station, will discuss future climate and land use... Read More -
11/10/14 - Former UNH Prof. David Olsen Receives Patriot Award from NHESGRFormer UNH professor of natural resources David P. Olsen (center), with his former graduate student Lee Alexander (right) and NHESGR's John Pappas. Former UNH professor of natural... Read More -
08/27/14 - The Oyster Is Their WorldSteve Jones, research associate professor of natural resources and the environment and a water quality specialist, samples Great Bay with Ph.D. student Meg Hartwick. Consider the... Read More -
05/14/14 - Jolly Good FellowsNational Science Foundation winner Dan Savage. See more winners. For the second year in a row, four UNH students have been awarded highly competitive National Science Foundation... Read More -
04/10/14 - From Field to ClassroomLast summer, Stuart Grandy brought something unexpected back from Uganda: a new perspective on teaching soil chemistry. Read More -
07/11/13 - Science Education Gets Real at Sanborn RegionalStudents study a watershed model from the Dept. of Environmental Services. "Science is dirty!" "It’s too hard!" "We don't have the tools we need!" Sound familiar? These were a few... Read More -
05/30/13 - Upstream ImpactStudents from the Biotechnology Program at Dover High School visited the UNH campus to learn about graduate level research. The visit was organized by the UNH Women in Science... Read More -
05/09/13 - Graduate Students Win Prestigious FellowshipsNSF Fellowship graduate student Nancy Fernades studying epigenetics in a lab at Gregg Hall Four University of New Hampshire students received the highly competitive National... Read More