New Hampshire park officials continue trying to sort out their mandate to give the state something (parks) for nothing (no money), the Concord Monitor reports today.

Wilton, NH, September 28, 2008 - Join a Society for the Protection of
New Hampshire Forests work party at the Heald Tract in Wilton, NH on
Saturday, October 17. Forest Society staff, land stewards, and other
volunteers will clear, reroute, and mark trails; build bog bridges; and
complete other trail maintenance tasks on this 400-plus-acre
reservation.
Donated to the Forest [...]

The Brookline and Milford Conservation Commissions are hoping to raise a little walking around money by staging a trail race. You can get more info on the race on this fellow’s running blog (good luck with the VT 50, whoever you are!). The Ghost Train Trail Race on Oct. 25 will be 15 miles, out [...]

Speaking as we were of water quality, a new study released Monday by the United States Geological Survey says that rivers across the United States are teeming with gender blended bass. One can’t help but wonder if there might be a link to increased occurances of amphibian deformities, such as two-headed and three-legged frogs?
The USGS press [...]

The Can-Am slalom races return to Antrim this coming weekend, check out the website for info, and check out the ‘07 Telegraph article on the growing history of one of southern New Hampshire’s premiere gravity sports events!

If you are in the habit of drinking water, you should care at least a bit about water quality, and I recommend a gander at the NY Times Toxic Waters series, which outlines how pollution violations have increased as the EPA and states have relaxed enforcement of the Clean Water Act. The NYT put together a searchable map, too, which suggests [...]

You don’t have to be a birder to appreciate the beauty of a soaring raptor, and the fall hawk migration is reputed to be a great time to see them, and the various bald-top peaks of the greater Monadnock region are a terrific place to watch. You could do it on your own, of course, or join [...]

Following in the roost from the motocross nationals in Southwick, Mass., last weekend, the fifth annual New England Regional Championship motocross races will take place this weekend in Winchester, NH, which is in the southwestern end of the state. While you’re out there, visit Pisgah state park before the state closes it!
See www.newenglandregionalchampionship.com for details [...]

I don’t usually blog about things so far afield, but this one is too cool to pass it up. The northern branch of the NH state prison is putting inmates to work trail building in Berlin. BTW, did you know that the United States incarcerates a higher percentage of its population than any other nation on [...]

I like comments, even the inane and offensive ones that most of my news stories generate. It’s about the only feedback I get. Still, I have tired of fighting off the spam-bots who drop comments with links to promote their own commercial enterprises, so I have set this blog to require registration (at least, I [...]