What's New
Making New Hampshire Better for Working Families: First NH Summit on Work and Family October 29
Planning to burn wood this winter? Check out Heating with Wood
Landscaping Shoreland Property: 2-day Workshop
Plan to Burn Wood this Winter (or next)? Begin Looking for your Firewood Now!
Caring for your Forest Workshop series: Chainsaw Safety, Firewood from your Woodlot, Tree Id, Selling Timber
Storm-damage Assessment and Cleanup Information
Landowners whose woodlots and yard trees were damaged in the recent storm, as well as logging contractors, foresters and other advisers working with them, will find comprehensive information resources available on our Storm Damage Information page.
Feeling the Pinch?
Managing Money When It's Hard to Make Ends Meet
Does your emergency fund add up to less than three months of living expenses? Are you paying only the minimum amount due on your credit cards each month? Are you arguing about money in your household?
If you answer yes to any of these questions, it's time to talk about money.
Money is a common problem
Regardless of your income, age or education, money can cause hassles and arguments. Lack of open discussion about money and feelings about money often lie at the root of family financial problems.
When talking about money:
- Clearly identify the issue at hand.
- Recognize that whoever earns the money doesn't also earn the right to dictate how it should be spent.
- Let each household member freely state wants, needs and personal feelings.
- Listen carefully.
A spending plan helps you spend less than you make. Here's how:
Write down every dime, quarter and dollar you and your household members spend. Record your expenses on the Monthly Expense Chart. You may be surprised to see how you are spending your money.
Key forestry publication being revised
Project seeks public comment
New Hampshire is unique among heavily forested states in that forestry practices and standards aren't mandated by state law, but upheld by voluntary compliance with best-practices guidelines.
This voluntary process is guided by Good Forestry in the Granite State: Recommended Voluntary Forest Management Practices for the State of New Hampshire (GFGS), a publication for both public and private forest landowners, and an essential tool for resource professionals working in all sectors of the State's $3 billion forest economy.
GFGS is currently being revised to consider new scholarship in the field of natural resources and to address changes in forestry markets and professional forestry practices, changes in natural communities, and changes in state statutes and administrative rules.
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2009 NH Outside Calendar Available Now
Our beautiful 2009 NH Outside calendar is now available. The calendar contains excerpts from published NH Outside columns, illustrated with original artwork by volunteer artists and spiced with daily tips and tidbits to help increase awareness of the natural world.
Subtitled connecting you with the wisdom and wonder of the natural world, the calendar itself reflects the purpose of our collaborative writing project: to give our many natural resources volunteers who love to write another way to share the humor, insight, and wonder they've found in the world outside their doorways.
We recruit people with a passion for the natural world and offer training, professional editing, and ongoing support in exchange for their written work. Most of their essays reflect on a private experience or encounter with the world just outside their doorways.
The only aim of our project: to connect readers to nature in some concrete, meaningful way. Every week we distribute a new essay to print media statewide and publish it to our NH Outside Web page.
Last year's calendar won a first-place award from the Association for Communication Excellence (ACE), an international association of communicators and information technologists. We think you'll find this year's edition every bit as gorgeous and useful. At $8.95 each ($7.95 for bulk orders), we expect the calendars to disappear quickly.
