As we near the end of the first full week of Spring 2015–I still have at least a foot of snow in my yard–I thought it would be nice to take a stroll down memory hole lane…
“In New Hampshire, we are already seeing the effects of climate change. Winters are warmer; snowfall is declining (although I know it doesn’t seem that way after this winter); and spring is arriving on average a week earlier than at the turn of the 20th century. As a result, our forests are changing and our wildlife habitats have been affected.
“This isn’t just an environmental issue for our state, it’s an economic imperative. For a state where tourism is our second largest industry, we simply can’t afford to lose our ability to offer snowmobiling, hunting and fishing, or our first-rate skiing – a $650 million annual industry alone.
Did you notice? It didn’t seem that way in 2009. It didn’t seem that way last year, or this year either. It doesn’t seem that way more winters than not. But why should Senator Shaheen care? She doesn’t have to shovel snow. She just has to shovel…
