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A Season Of Feasting, Jennifer Saunders

UNH Today Archive

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Despite Buffers, Experimental Forest Clearcuts Impact Amphibian Body Size And Biomass, Jessica S. Veysey Powell, Kimberly J. Babbitt

New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station Publications

Forest buffers are a primary tool used to protect wetland-dependent wildlife. Though implemented widely, buffer efficacy is untested for most amphibian species. Consequently, it remains unclear whether buffers are sufficient for maintaining amphibian populations and if so, how wide buffers should be. We present evidence from a six-year, landscape-scale experiment testing the impacts of clearcutting, buffer width, and hydroperiod on body size and condition and biomass of breeding adults for two amphibian species at 11 vernal pools in the northeastern United States. We randomly assigned treatments (i.e., reference, 100m buffer, 30m buffer) across pools, clearcut to create buffers, and captured …

What's Cooking?, Jennifer Saunders

UNH Today Archive

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The New Hampshire, Vol. 105 [106], No. 18 (Nov. 5, 2015), The New Hampshire

The New Hampshire Print Edition

An independent student produced newspaper from the University of New Hampshire. This volume was printed as 105, but it is the 106th volume in the series.

The New Hampshire, Vol. 105 [106], No. 17 (Nov. 2, 2015), The New Hampshire

The New Hampshire Print Edition

An independent student produced newspaper from the University of New Hampshire. This volume was printed as 105, but it is the 106th volume in the series.

Book Review: "Archaeology Matters: Action Archaeology In The Modern World," By Jeremy Sabloff, Gabriella Pezzelli

Spectrum

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Unh To Conduct Market Feasibility Study For Kiwiberries, Lori Tyler Gula

UNH Today Archive

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The New Hampshire, Vol. 105 [106], No. 15 (Oct. 26, 2015), The New Hampshire

The New Hampshire Print Edition

An independent student produced newspaper from the University of New Hampshire. This volume was printed as 105, but it is the 106th volume in the series.

Omnivore’S Delight, Beth Potier

UNH Today Archive

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The New Hampshire, Vol. 105 [106], No. 09 (Oct. 5, 2015), The New Hampshire

The New Hampshire Print Edition

An independent student produced newspaper from the University of New Hampshire. This volume was printed as 105, but it is the 106th volume in the series.

The New Hampshire, Vol. 105 [106], No. 08 (Oct. 1, 2015), The New Hampshire

The New Hampshire Print Edition

An independent student produced newspaper from the University of New Hampshire. This volume was printed as 105, but it is the 106th volume in the series.

Simmer, Stir, Lower Tailgate And Serve, Tracey Bentley

UNH Today Archive

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Although Child Poverty Declined In 2014, Persistent Racial And Ethnic Disadvantages Remain, Marybeth J. Mattingly, Andrew P. Schaefer, Jess Carson

Carsey Publications

Poverty data from the American Community Survey were released on September 17, 2015, allowing a detailed examination of poverty in 2014 across the United States. In this brief, authors Beth Mattingly, Andrew Schaefer, and Jessica Carson discuss changes in child poverty between 2013 and 2014 and since 2009, just after the Great Recession ended. They report that in 2014, 21.7 percent of children were poor, representing a modest, but statistically significant decline since 2013 (by 0.6 percentage point), but still 1.7 percentage points higher than in 2009. Though cities and rural places remain home to the highest rates of child …

Unh Experts Available To Discuss U.S. Poverty Trends, Erika Mantz

Media Relations

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Official Poverty Statistics Mask The Economic Vulnerability Of Seniors A Comparison Of Maine To The Nation An, Andrew P. Schaefer, Marybeth J. Mattingly

Carsey Publications

In this brief, authors Andrew Schaefer and Beth Mattingly compare Maine, one of the oldest states in the nation, to the United States as a whole. Historically, both children and the elderly were regarded as vulnerable groups in need of support from government programs. Traditional poverty estimates suggest that at least since the late 1960s, senior poverty has been on the decline, whereas poverty among children has increased.

Declines among seniors are largely attributable to the advent of programs such as Social Security. Similar to the nation, about half of Maine seniors (51.0 percent) would be poor without Social Security …

Soil Nitrogen Affects Phosphorus Recycling: Foliar Resorption And Plant–Soil Feedbacks In A Northern Hardwood Forest, Craig R. See, Ruth D. Yanai, Melany C. Fisk, Matthew A. Vadeboncoeur, Braulio A. Quintero, Timothy J. Fahey

All Materials

Previous studies have attempted to link foliar resorption of nitrogen and phosphorus to their respective availabilities in soil, with mixed results. Based on resource optimization theory, we hypothesized that the foliar resorption of one element could be driven by the availability of another element. We tested various measures of soil N and P as predictors of N and P resorption in six tree species in 18 plots across six stands at the Bartlett Experimental Forest, New Hampshire, USA. Phosphorus resorption efficiency (P , 0.01) and proficiency (P ¼ 0.01) increased with soil N content to 30 cm depth, suggesting that …

Collaborating To Create Elder Friendly Communities In New Hampshire: A Scan Of The Current Landscape, Susan Fox, Laura Davie, Alison Rataj, Leah Burke, Shikara Thody, Melissa Mandrell

All Materials

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Collaborating To Create Elder Friendly Communities In New Hampshire: A Scan Of The Current Landscape, Susan Fox, Laura K. Davie, Alison C. Rataj

Institute on Disability

The fact that the population of the United States is aging is no surprise; the demographic projections are well documented. There have never been as many older adults living as there are today, and this number will only increase. Northern New England is aging more rapidly than the rest of the country, with Vermont, Maine, and New Hampshire having the oldest populations in term of median age (U.S. Census, 2014). New Hampshire is expected to be the fastest aging state in New England through 2030, with nearly one-third of its population being over the age of 65 (Norton, 2011). This …

Unh Research Finds Many Hispanic Infants Born Into Poverty, Erika Mantz

Media Relations

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Behind At The Starting Line: Poverty Among Hispanic Infants, Daniel T. Lichter, Scott R. Sanders, Kenneth M. Johnson

Carsey Publications

In this brief, authors Daniel Lichter, Scott Sanders, and Kenneth Johnson examine the economic circumstances of Hispanic infants using the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey annual microdata files from 2006 through 2010. They report that a disproportionate share of Hispanic infants start life’s race behind the starting line, poor and disadvantaged—an important finding because the proportion of all U.S. births that are Hispanic is growing rapidly. The poverty risk is especially high among rural Hispanic infants and those in new destinations. Despite higher poverty risks, Hispanic infants receive less governmental assistance. High Hispanic infant poverty has immediate and long-term consequences …

Long-Term Trends Of Changes In Pine And Oak Foliar Nitrogen Metabolism In Response To Chronic Nitrogen Amendments At Harvard Forest, Ma, Rakesh Minocha, Swathi A. Turlapati, Stephanie Long, William H. Mcdowell, Subhash C. Minocha

New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station Publications

We evaluated the long-term (1995–2008) trends in foliar and sapwood metabolism, soil solution chemistry and tree mortality rates in response to chronic nitrogen (N) additions to pine and hardwood stands at the Harvard Forest Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) site. Common stress-related metabolites like polyamines (PAs), free amino acids (AAs) and inorganic elements were analyzed for control, low N (LN, 50 kg NH4NO3 ha−1 year−1) and high N (HN, 150 kg NH4NO3 ha−1 year−1) treatments. In the pine stands, partitioning of excess N into foliar PAs and AAs increased with both N treatments until 2002. By 2005, several of these …

Rates Of Snap Receipt Stabilize Or Drop In All Regions For First Time Since Great Recession, Jess Carson, Paul Anskat

Carsey Publications

This brief uses data from the American Community Survey to document rates of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) receipt in 2013, to track changes since the onset of the recession in 2007, and to monitor receipt by region and across rural places, suburbs, and cities. In addition, it examines levels of SNAP receipt among potentially vulnerable populations to determine how receipt has changed among these groups since the recession began. Authors Jessica A. Carson and Paul Anskat report that the share of households receiving SNAP benefits declined slightly between 2012 and 2013 from 13.6 to 13.5 percent, the first decrease …

Unh Research Finds Decrease In Use Of Federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Decreased For First Time Since Great Recession, Erika Mantz

Media Relations

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Unh Research Finds Participation In School Nutrition Programs Falls Below Expectations, Erika Mantz

Media Relations

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Many Eligible Children Don’T Participate In School Nutrition Programs; Reauthorization Offers Opportunities To Improve, Jess Carson

Carsey Publications

This brief uses data from the 2013 Current Population Survey’s Food Security Supplement to document levels of participation in two of the largest programs authorized by the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010—the National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast Program—by region and place type (rural, suburban, and city), to identify areas where expanding participation may be especially important. Author Jessica Carson reports that only 64 percent of eligible households participate in the National School Lunch Program, and 52 percent participate in the School Breakfast Program. Fifty-nine percent of eligible suburban households and 63 percent of rural households participate …

Eating Locally One Class At A Time, Jody Record

UNH Today Archive

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Reaching The Unreachable, Virginia Stuart

UNH Today Archive

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Inquiring Minds, Beth Potier

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.

Yes, You Can Grow (Hardy) Kiwis In New England, Unh Communications And Public Affairs

UNH Today Archive

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Town Of Chester, New Hampshire Annual Reports Of The Town Officers, Boards, Comissions, Committees, And Other Agencies For The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2015, Chester Town Representatives

Chester, NH Annual Reports

This is an annual report containing vital statistics for a town/city in the state of New Hampshire.