UNH Today

No Old Home Days for NH Bobcats: Today’s Cats Roaming in Different Areas than Ancestors

In the last 60 years, Northern New England’s bobcats have changed how they roam about the region, with bobcats today moving from north to south as areas that once were “net exporters” of these native wild cats are now “net importers,” according to new research from the New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station at the Âé¶ąapp.

Wildflower Plantings to Support Pollinators

Creating and enhancing pollinator habitat is of growing interest to Granite State land owners, property managers, farmers, and landscapers. “The interest in helping pollinators has been astounding. There are literally hundreds of pollinator gardens and habitats that have been installed in New Hampshire alone in the last few years,” New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station researcher Cathy Neal said.

Concord Monitor: Facing the political realities of school funding

The ,Ěýin partnership with the Carsey School, found that New Hampshire heavily depends on local property taxes to pay for public schools, which isĚýinequitable to both students and taxpayers. The Commission has proposed a new formula to calculate the cost of an adequate education based on student needs and each community’s ability to raise money to pay for its schools.

Serving New Hampshire: Research, Teaching, and Outreach

As the university's original research organization, the New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station (NHAES) has remained an elemental component of New Hampshire's land-grant university heritage and mission since 1887. The initial mandate to the novel system of State Agricultural Experiment Stations was to undertake research of importance to agriculture for New Hampshire, New England, and the nation.