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Color, Color Everywhere: Mother Nature Shares a Mosaic of Bright Colors This Fall

Cool, crisp weather can trigger the urge to get out and go leaf peeping and this year could be a particularly good year to hit the road and admire New England’s spectacular foliage season. According to Steve Roberge, Extension forestry specialist and professor of natural resources at the University... Read More

Recent Stories

  • Researcher with Kelp
    - Kelp Is On the Way
    Seaweed has been on the menu for thousands of years, beloved particularly in Asia for packing a nutritional punch with the complex flavor of umami. Now, UNH researchers are hoping... Read More
  • University of New Hampshire
    - A New Leader at UNH Extension
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    - Bringing the U. to You
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    - Extension Enlists Allies to Battle Ash Tree Pest
    Emerald ash borer larvae eat away new wood that supports tree growth. The shiny green, half-inch-long bugs on display one recent evening at Canterbury Shaker Village don’t sting... Read More
  • tick
    - The Ick of the Tick
    New Hampshire’s long, snowy winter was great for black-legged ticks, which transmit Lyme disease. Cooperative Extension entomologist Alan Eaton gives tips on staying safe. Alan... Read More
  • cooperative extention celebration
    - Governor, UNH President Commemorate 100 years of UNH Cooperative Extension
    Photo (l to r): State Rep. Robert Haefner, Celina Walker, UNH President Mark Huddleston, Governor Maggie Hassan, UNH Cooperative Extension Dean and Director John Pike, and State... Read More
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    - Spring Arrives at the UNH Greenhouse
    The annual open house at the University of New Hampshire’s Macfarlane greenhouses, a popular rite of spring, is March 28-29, 2014 Usher in spring with a visit to the University of... Read More
  • Becky Sideman of UNH Cooperative Extension
    - Winter Greens
    Now that the purple and blue shades of the polar vortex have eased off the weather maps, we can loosen our scarves and maybe go hatless. We’ve made it through the once-every-few-... Read More
  • hedrick smith
    - Two-Time Pulitzer Prize Winner Hedrick Smith Speaks at UNH Oct. 23
    Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and best-selling author Hedrick Smith will visit the University of New Hampshire Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2013, to discuss how America has moved from an... Read More
  • students at farm internship
    - On-Farm Experience is Keystone to Capstone Course
    Three Cooperative Extension food and agriculture specialists and a local farm teamed with a UNH professor this spring to bring to life a capstone course for the new Sustainable... Read More