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Local Solutions for Global Challenges: Beneficial Bees for North Haven? – NH News
February 2025 by WEBB Member Zeb Campbell I recently I read a book called “Russian Honey Bees” by Thomas Rinderer. It provides a fascinating description of a project conducted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to try and save our nation’s honey bees from a devastating parasite, the varroa mite, which has spread here from Asia. The project focused
Better Living Through Electricity: Accelerating Our Transition to a Fossil-Fuel-Free Future – NH News
by WEBB member Phil Price, with contributions by Lisa Cunningham, Gavin Watson, and Hannah Pingree. North Haven’s sea level has risen roughly 8 inches since 1950, and will rise even more – and more rapidly – in the future. This is happening because burning fossil fuels has increased the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, causing higher temperatures. Glaciers
Water, Earth, Birds, & Bugs (WEBB) 3-Year Highlights: Finding Common Ground & Collaborative Strength Around Nature & Community – NH News
by Juliet Lamont As we move into June of 2024, Water, Earth, Birds, and Bugs (WEBB) is nearing its third-year anniversary! And as a marker of our evolution, we’ve just launched our new website, www.nhwebb.org, to make resources more comprehensive and accessible, along with listings of key events, new hands-on activities for everyone to join in on, and partner highlights. Over these
Bringing Native Plants to our Yards & Landscapes: A Path to Resilience, Habitat, & Beauty – NH News
by WEBB author Nan Lee (with editorial support from Juliet Lamont, Peggy Mayfield and Becky Bartovics) If you are a gardener or farmer on North Haven, you don’t need an expert to tell you that our winters are warmer, very windy rain storms have pretty much replaced winter blizzards, and our summer precipitation has become erratic, frequently very
Climate Resilience: Embracing Nature’s Superpowers – NH News
by Water, Earth, Birds, & Bugs (W.E.B.B.) author Juliet Lamont (with collaborators Alice Cornwell, Nan Lee, Monique Pettit, and Pam MacBrayne) Climate change is packing a punch in Maine, and on North Haven. This past January, the region experienced back-to-back blows. High winds and storm surges converging with extreme tides and progressing sea level rise, brought extensive flooding and destruction. On the island, damage
Our Island’s Ash Trees: Historical Roots, Ecological Challenges, & Future Stewardship – NH News
When English settlers first colonized North Haven in about 1762, they found an island largely covered with hardwood forest. Maples, oaks, ash, and other hardwoods were available for building homes and heating them with enough left over to build small boats and schooners. Today, the remnants of that original forest can still be found mixed in with the spruce, balsam,