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So True. Can't help what you don't know. Discussing with my wife, she had the point of wouldn't she need a headlamp when starting out at 5 am, but reports have said she had no lights. The light really does not gather here right now until right around 6. If she was dropped off at 5 am, then her...

My wife and I were driving through Twin yesterday morning ~10:30 and saw the blackhawk heading west over the ridge between Twin Mt(s) and Galehead, my thought was wow, looking that far out this early; a good strategy for containment of search areas. My mind led to 2 tracks, some form of...

A Black lynx has been spotted for the first time https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/black-canada-lynx-observed-in-a-first-melanistic

I thought they looked like mt. cranberry when I saw the image, didn't realize they were of another name.

I was actually planning a trip to Labonville next week to replace my steel toe rubber winter logger boots, but discovered a new choice in Kamik that is cheaper and actually made in Canada. Found them 10 bucks cheaper in Littleton at Supershoes, and got a 10 dollar coupon for my next purchase...

Campmor was the only place I could afford to buy my Dachstein wool socks and mittens from. Thinking back, it was even with the shipping and handling added in a significant savings. When I ordered replacement sets years later, they were not quite as heavy as the earlier version.

This is cool. https://vtdigger.org/2022/11/16/alpine-plant-believed-extinct-since-1908-in-vermont-rediscovered-on-mount-mansfield/ The image is very familiar, but the black crowberry is common, and the rare purple is what was found.

I remember taking a train into NYC at the age of 15 with a friend and his Mom to shop at the EMS in Manhattan, sometime in the early 80's. I think it was one of only one or 2 stores in existence at the time. How exciting to have the opportunity to actually see real hiking gear beyond what we...

Someone must have had it sitting in the bed of their truck and had a bright idea. I was having a hard time thinking someone would drive off to go get one....but maybe?

I don't think your impression is off. A lack of interest in developing and retaining staff is one of the biggest reasons I retired early. The way it was typically dealt with was to promote one of the doers into some quasi-mini director position without filling their former position, thus...

My former supervisor and I used to marvel jealously over all the lucrative consultant gigs with Parks. We would spend years hammering on an issue and get nowhere, but when a firm would be brought in to say the same things on a powerpoint and a fancy document, they would make the equivalent of...

I have always noticed how some get named to continue forth and benefit so well after separation from state service. Me, I have nothing to gain except personal entertainment, and for some frustrating reason, a need to write volumes of management plans and strategies towards management of public...

Geez Chris, I have a 9 year old son and hope the rewilding is none too soon. It will happen, that is certain, but more likely right along to when the highways we use to get to Mt. Washington for our hikes are re-wilding and growing more grass than pavement. In the meantime, humanity...

Unfortunately, it seems where you stand on this project has become of one of the many culture wars up here. I think the former manager initially saw the many positives that this project would bring, but once the local conservation community raised so much objection, his position was untenable...

The starting salary for the Director of the entire NH State Park system is about $78,000. But there is no income tax in NH, which makes it a bit more comparable on the take-home.

I thrash through the brush in my woods most every day. Picked up a tick yesterday, first one in months. Thought the same as the OP, as they were rough this spring, but I had none for the summer months.

.76 inches on my gauge so far. I cleared my ditches yesterday morning in anticipation

Rained more leaves and pine needles than precipitation here at home last night. Trees getting stripped of leaves.

I should point out that the pie-graph link posted that shows NHF&G funding sources is not very informative as to the use of the pittance from General Funds. I happen to live with someone that has worked for F&G for a couple of decades and have probably too much internal knowledge, as well as...

No, but ironically, I borrowed a pair from a former boss to attend a wedding about 25 yrs ago.