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In the News: Bluefin tuna protection pushed
This week, at a meeting in Brazil, U.S. negotiators hope to use the threat of an endangered species listing for Atlantic bluefin tuna to help rein in a rogue Atlantic bluefin tuna fishery in the Mediterranean that European scientists believe is driving the stock toward collapse. Story >>>
Author Mollie Katzen Named Advisor To UNH EcoGastronomy Program
Mollie Katzen, the New York Times best-selling cookbook author who is credited with moving healthful vegetarian food from the fringe to the center of the American dinner plate, has been named to the University of New Hampshire EcoGastronomy advisory board. Story >>>
In the News: Be on beetle lookout
New Hampshire officials hope homeowners will check to see if the destructive Asian longhorned beetle has crossed state lines from Massachusetts and set up residence in their trees. Story >>>
In the News: UNH professor to discuss need for sustainable food economy in NH
How can New Hampshire re-establish a secure food supply that reduces energy use and benefits the local economy? What is the future of grass-based agriculture in the state? John Carroll, Professor of Environmental Conservation at the University of New Hampshire, will discuss these topics and others from his new book: "Pastures of Plenty: The Future of Food, Agriculture and Environmental Conservation in New England."Story >>>
In the News: EcoGastronomy Program Highlighted in Online Campus Ecology Publication
From restaurant table to the law courts to hospital rooms, students at the University of New Hampshire (UNH), the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), and Georgetown Law are all checking up on the health implications of climate change. Story >>>
UNH Receives $400,000 for Ongoing Acid Rain Research
Researchers at the University of New Hampshire have received $400,000 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to continue monitoring lake acidity in the Northeast. The funding is the final installment of a five-year, $1.1 million grant to assess the effectiveness of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990. Story >>>
UNH Woodsmen Team on Discovery Channel Oct. 28
The century-old techniques of timber sports get a high-tech treatment when the University of New Hampshire’s woodsmen team appears on the Discovery Channel program “Time Warp” Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009, at 10 p.m.Story >>>
In the News: Growing Wild Kelp in Maine
Ocean aquaculture - growing sea creatures in cages rather than hunter/gathering them from ships - has long seemed a logical move, a way to get protein with relatively little ecological side effect. That’s why UNH has an Open-Ocean Aquaculture research program, and Maine has an industry association. But the reality has been difficult: salt-water aquaculture that’s commercially successful has bad ecological effects (shrimp farming), while open-ocean stuff has proved very difficult. Story >>>
Management Lessons Learned from an Organic Vegetable Garden
"Over the past 30 years, I have pursued two passions: growing vegetables and herbs in my organic garden and studying the complexities of working with others. With the former, I try to plant enough vegetables to feed my family for much of the year. With the latter, I have worked with hundreds of people within all kinds of organizations to improve how they supervise and manage their work and the work of others, including both volunteers and paid employees. Until the other day, I viewed these passions as two different areas of my life. Now I’m not so sure," says CoLead Faculty Kate Hanson. Story >>>
In the News: Cape Cod fishermen delight in tuna bite
The past several days have been reminiscent of the early 1990s, when the waters off Chatham looked like a small city with hundreds of boats pulling in the lucrative and exciting giant tuna. In response to some who believe the tuna heydays will return, scientist Molly Lutcavage, from the University of New Hampshire’s Large Pelagic Research Laboratory, has this to say: “Hopes and dreams.” Story >>>
