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A recent walk in the woods found me hunting for the snowshoehare. Looking with the hopes of seeing some sign of a good pop-ulation of hares, and the possibility of obtaining some free rangemeat for the stew pot. I was hunting by myself without the use of beagles, so I had to move quietly and look carefully.

In order to find a hare, I needed to be in the right place, in theright type of habitat. I searched along the edge of alder swalesand regenerating hardwoods, where hares like to feed on alder,willow, aspen, and birch. They need to be able to reach the budsand twigs, and hares prefer small twigs of ⅛” diameter or less, sothe trees need to be in the seedling or sapling stage. Preferablythe feeding area is along dense young spruce and fir thickets,where the hares can hide from their predators. Many predatorsfeed on snowshoe hares- I’ve heard them called the “bread of thenorth woods”. These predators include bobcat, coyote, fox, fish-er, great-horned owls, goshawks, and on this day, a two-leggedhunter. Since there’s not much snow this year, I didn’t need myown snowshoes to keep up with the hare. As the name implies,the snowshoe hare has its own pair of “snowshoes” in its largehind feet. At five to seven inches long and several inches wide,the characteristic feet allow the hare to travel on top of deep snow.When the hare hops, it leaves tracks that seem backwards - thehind feet are first, and the front feet follow.

Unlike us, snowshoe hares can’t put their snowshoes away in thespring. But one item the hare does change with the seasons is itscoat- hence the other common name, the varying hare. The coatturns white in mid-December and starts to change back to brown

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trolled by the length of day.

The area I was hunting has anold abandoned beaver flowagewhere regenerating alders andhardwood sprouts can be found.But the dense young softwoodwas harder to find, since theadjacent forest had grown up

past the sapling stage and intothe poletimber stage (poletim-

ber consists of trees in the 5”-9”diameter range- too big to besaplings, but too small to besawtimber). When softwoodsreach this stage they lose their value to hares and many other species that use dense thickets

for cover and food. The under-story becomes shaded out andthere is less vegetation to hidein and the buds and twigs aretoo high to reach.

I didn’t have much luck findinghares or their signs that day,most likely because the habitathad grown too mature for them.And with fewer hares, therewill be fewer of the predatorsthat depend on them for food.Fortunately for me, I havemany other sources of food.Wild predators can also switchto other food sources, but onehare can provide more proteinthan a smaller mammal such asa red squirrel or meadow vole.

Another factor at play in deter-mining the number of hare inthe woods is their populationcycle. The snowshoe hare fol-lows a boom and bust popula-tion cycle, where the number of hares peaks every ten years. Itis a complex relationship

between predator, prey, andfood supply that is not fullyunderstood. But without suit-able habitat, hare numbers aresure to be consistently lower than with quality habitat.

The land I was hunting on belongs to a friend, so I will beable to have some direct influ-ence on the habitat qualitythere. I have permission to har-vest trees on the property, so Ican focus on creating somegood habitat conditions for hares when choosing trees tocut. In order to produce standsof spruce/fir, one needs to startwith seedlings established inthe understory, known asadvance regeneration. Spruceand fir are shade tolerantspecies- in other words, theywill germinate and persist in theshade, and can outcompete

hardwoods under shady condi-tions. Advanced spruce/fir regeneration can be establishedthrough silvicultural techniquessuch as shelterwood cutting or group selection. Once spruce/fir regeneration becomes estab-lished, the overstory trees can

be removed. During harvest-ing, care needs to be taken to

protect the seedlings andsaplings as much as possible. Astand doesn’t have to be treated

uniformly; it is benefmany species of wildlifeate a patchy forest, witof seedlings and saplingof pole timber, and othwith mature sawtimbtrees. A consulting forehelp design a harvest tomultiple age classes andwildlife on your land.

If you are interested in ttionships between forewildlife habitat, and actican be taken to promotefor different species oland, there are a numthings you can do. Ycontact your county’Cooperative Extension and/or contact the ExWildlife Specialist for awalk of your land to assest and wildlife improvement opportuni

For an in-depth learningence about forests and wthe New Hampshire Project may be what ylooking for. The Project trains volunteersmote wildlife habitat cotion and forest stewaThis is a four day t

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Applications are being auntil March 21, 2016. information is availawww.NHCoverts.org

After harvesting the larger overstory trees, this adspruce and fir regeneration will grow into a great habthe snowshoe hare. - Photo by – Jim Frohn


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I am no fan of the President, butI am a fan of the Truth, so if yousend me something that is anoutright lie, I will either justignore it or say something

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I am beginning to think that partof my meeting with and talkingwith couples planning marriageshould be to try to talk them outof getting married in the first

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I can sometimes tell how aworkday is going by my coffee.Every morning I work I get alarge coffee to take in with me.Most of the time, I can nurse italong until about 10:30. Somedays, however, it’s gone an

hour earlier. I am not sure whatthis all means, but it can’t begood.

The good looking bad guy... or from inmate to actor? It seemsanything is possible for the“dreamy mugshot guy” with

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News that he’d be interested in joining the cast of “a showlike Sons of Anarchy.” Meekswill spend the next few weeksin transitional housing “beforehe is completely free to start hisnew journey.” ( NEWSER) Atleast I don’t have the looks tohave to struggle with turningdown job offers or havingwomen throwing themselves atme....

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process, I had made an offer tosettle for just over half theamount, which I thought would

be fair to both of us. He ignoredit. I ended up getting back almost $800. That brings thenumber to one person left withwhom I have on-going prob-lems.

The Power of One: the CityCouncil of Columbia, Missouri,rigged a specially drawn“Community ImprovementDistrict” to pass a sales taxincrease (politics as usual).Under the law, if the District

had no “residents” to vote, the“election” would be decided bythe tax-friendly business own-ers. However, the Councilsomehow missed that collegestudent Jen Henderson, 23,actually lived there and had reg-istered to vote, meaning the

business owners could not voteand that the tax increase would

be decided by ... Henderson.(The Council ended up “post-

poning” the election and was ina quandary because Hendersonsaid she’s against higher taxes.)[Columbia Tribune]

There is a new soldier memeshowing up in reference toWorld War II: “420,000 of usdied stopping someone who

spoke like Trump. You betrayus by voting for him.” While Ido like some of what he says,

it’s how he says it – his charac-ter, which is the overlooked ele-

phant in the room.

“It’s a deep and all but certaintruth about bullying, narcissis-tic personalities that to meetthem is to love them, but toknow them well is to find themunbearable. Confidence quicklycurdles into arrogance; smartsturn to smugness, charm turnsto smarm.” Jeffrey Kluger.Sound familiar? Yeah. Soundsalso like Trump!

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So there’s this “funny” video of a guy dressed as an Arab walk-ing past people, dropping a

backpack, and then running. Asall the people see it beingdropped, they all run in panic.Could someone explain to mehow that ‘prank’ in any way,shape, or form is funny? Or ran-domly sucker punching some-one? Or randomly hitting some-

one with a pie? Theremantra in the late 60s authority of my fist sto

before the tip of your

still believe and live ican’t others?

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Unclear on the Concept(a classic, meaning it’s aBit): A Singaporeandraftee caused a publifew years ago when

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(As Tom continues the constant work on his next book, and takes care of his friend Atticus,here’s an earlier column wepulled from April of 2010.Enjoy!)

The other day I woke up to

Atticus curled up next to me,his head snuggled between myarm and chest. He was stillasleep and I watched the slowrise and fall of his body. Sweetcontentment. I treasure suchmoments for whenever I seehim like that it draws me back to an innocence I must haveknown at one time before Igrew up and lost the ability tohave the same kind of carefree,blissful moments. But just likethat, just by watching him, theybegin to come back. For Atticus, in so many ways, is mymirror. I see myself reflected inhis eyes and his actions – atleast I see the way I used to be.In him I see virtue, purity,

wholesomeness. And in that

moment, as soon as thosevisions appear I feel them againand once again they are real.

Some think it strange that I useAtticus as my barometer, but as

I recently told a friend, so longas I take care of him and makesure he has the life he wants, Ifind myself leading the samekind of wonderful life. In hisinnocence, in his carefree man-ner, I find my own.

We lay there, him sleeping, mewatching him sleep. It waswarm and a lazy haze hungaround the mountains making itfeel more like August thanApril. A breeze stirred the air and cooled us and sent a butter-fly looping happily through theair. Mozart played on my iPodand I was filled with tranquility.

When Atticus finally awakenedhe sat up and stretched out hisneck as a coyote does when he

points his snout to heaven andhowls at the moon. He then gotto all fours, dropped down intothe yoga position known as the“downward dog” with his fannyup in the air and his front pawsstretched out far in front of him,his chest nearly touching theground. Eventually he sat upagain while leaning against me.He didn’t look at me, but off into the distance. Sleeping timehad become sitting time. ThePresidential Range looked likea dream in this August/Aprilhaze. As is his custom Atticusthen sighed and just sat andlooked – the perfect little

Buddha – and he didn’t movefor the longest time.

You see, we weren’t in a bed, but napping on top of the baldledges of South Moat. That’sthe kind of day last Saturdaywas. There was little snow to

be found on the trail and thesummit was mostly free of peo-

ple. After reaching the top wedrank and ate and then satagainst a rock. Eventually Iturned on my music and the twoof us drifted off.

It was a remarkable day atopone of the most astonishingsummits in the WhiteMountains. There are fewviews that are better than thoseyou receive as a gift for climb-ing the Moats. And yet I knowmany friends who have never climbed them and perhaps

never will even though they’veclimbed hundreds of moun-tains. In the all too common

predilection of many hikers inthe Whites, the Moats just don’tcut it. Not when it comes tosplendor, because the viewsfrom on top are stunning. Andnot when it comes to their own

beauty, for some of the bestartists in the world came to

New Hampshire to paint themin the 1800s. Unfortunately, tomany modern day peakbaggersthe Moats just don’t cut it. Butthe three Moats shouldn’t takeit personally because neither dosuch treasured places asChocorua, Welch-Dickey,

Pemigewasset, the

Doubleheads or the Baldfaces -to name a few. None of them isa 4,000-footer and thereforemany don’t bother with them. Ifeel sorry for those who forsakethese beautiful peaks as they dotheir best to keep up with eachother, playing a game of followthe leader.

Several years ago GeneDaniels, once the co-editor of the Appalachian MountainGuide and an AMC trip leader,had been hiking for so long thateventually he became the firstknown person to hike each of the 48 4,000-footers in each of the 12 months. After Gene didit, another fellow did it. Thenanother. Then a couple of woman. Now there’s a herd of hikers playing follow theleader. They call it the “grid”and it consists of 576 peaks, or

just doing the same 48 12 times – once in each month.

I knew a fellow who on a pic-ture perfect day crossed thePemigewasset Wildernesswhile climbing Zealand and thethree Bonds, a hike known as

perhaps the most breathtakingin the Whites. He explainedthat he only did it because he“needed it for this month”.

“I’d done them last month, too,so it was kind of boring but atleast I get to check them off thelist for this month.”

I asked the same fellow why he

came to the mountains to hike

every weekend. He saidmy way to get away fromrat race. Here I can feel fr

Not to knock him, but I poout that he had simply lerat race to join another. own way he was still trykeep up with the Joneseswas simply doing some

because so many othersdone it and by the time hished his ‘grid’ even morhave finished in front of h

The ‘grid’ is a curious tion. Its symptoms are mony, a lack of imagination, desire to do what everyonis doing. But then who am

poke fun of these peoplefollow each other over the

peaks again and again, typin the company of othefend off the boredom osound of silence?

I’m no better, I suppose. follower myself. The onlference is that instead olowing the masses I followfloppy-eared little moudog up and down various pBut at least we don’t

parade of people on those since many of them aren’ter than 4,000-feet.

As is often the case,reminded of what Ralph WEmerson said: "Whoso be a man must be a no

formist”

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asking for help, theWoodsville/Wells River Fourthof July Committee is saddenedto announce their decision todiscontinue the communityfield activities. They will con-tinue to focus their efforts onthe parade and the beautifulfireworks at the end of the day.

The parade will kick off asusual from the WoodsvilleElementary School at promptly11am on the Fourth and will

proceed down Central Street,crossing into Vermont and fin-ishing by the Fire Station inWells River. This year's win-ning theme of "Great AmericanLandmarks" was submitted by

Nancy Williams of Bath, NH.Please incorporate this theme inyour float design to be eligiblefor one of the many prizesawarded.The committee will continue toset up the parking lot by thecommunity field to help with

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My friend Gordon Russell sentme a letter recently describing awildlife encounter. He had beenfollowing deer tracks along astone wall when a movementcaught his attention. “Almostbefore its image could travel tomy brain,” he wrote, “the whitehead of a weasel vanished inbetween the stones.” The ani-mal popped up again, disap-peared, and then revealed itself a third time, next to whereGordon was standing.

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Gordon squeaked. And then:“my day exploded.”

“From the wall, to the ground,to my pant leg, to my shoulder,that tiny animal gauged precise-ly the location of that squeak. If I had been prey, I’d have beendead. I literally yelped…theweasel disappeared, some-where. I was left in total disbe-lief of what had just happened.”

There are two kinds of weaselsnative to our region, the long-tailed and short-tailed. Goodluck telling them apart. Their coats are almost identical (atour latitude, both are typicallybrown in summer, white in win-

ter), and although long-tailedweasels are bigger on average,the two species overlap in size.As for tail length, this distinc-tion is not as obvious as thenames suggest, and I’ve yet tomeet a weasel who was willingto wait around while I took measurements. Most sightingsare one-blink blurs.

Weasels are elusive, and shy of people – except when they’re

not. These tiny carnivores havea reputation for audacious behavior. At times, their anticssuggest a total indifference toself-preservation.

Gordon’s encounter is oneexample. Another account Iheard last winter involved agame of tug-of-war between aman and a weasel over a deadmouse. Or consider last year’sinternet meme of a Britishweasel riding a flying wood-

pecker. Later reports suggestedthat the image was authentic,and indeed, it turns out there areother documented cases of weasels pouncing on birds andrefusing to let go, even when

they became airborne.How to explain such weaselEvel Knievel behavior?

According to biologist CarolynKing, in her book, The NaturalHistory of Weasels and Stoats,understanding these animals’ice age origins is the key tounderstanding everything aboutthem. Weasels evolved to chase

burrowing rodents deep beneath the snow. This special-ization produced a body typethat was perfect for hunting intight spaces. They’re small – even an adult male long-tailedweasel has a skull that measuresat most a little over an inch atits widest point – and anywherethe head can go, the rest of the

body can go, too. Weasels’ hipsand shoulders are narrow. Theyhave thin coats and little in theway of fat. Their spines areexceptionally flexible, and their legs are stubby, which meansthat they don’t require muchroom to push their bodies for-ward. Their long necks – I oncemistook one for a bird, at a dis-tance – permit them to carry

prey out in front of their chests,instead of dragging the carcassin between their front legs.

What all this adds up to is the body of master contortionist,and death-on-four-paws for small rodents. Weasels alsohave excellent low frequencyhearing and whiskers on thesnout and elbows – useful for navigating in the dark. They

have strong jaws, and a scissor bite. Basically, they’re amouse’s worse nightmare.

But this expertise comes at acost. A long, small body meansrapid heat loss and a high fuel

bill. Long-tai led and short-tailed weasels need to consume,give-or-take, about a quarter of their body weight every twenty-four hours simply to stay alive.

Now consider our cold winters,the energy requirements of hunting, and the fact that rodent

populations are boom and bust.Weasel populations tend to riseand fall along with their pre-ferred prey, and even in a goodyear, starvation is a commoncause of death.

In this context, it’s easy tounderstand why weasels, unlikemost predators, may put them-selves in hunting scenarios thatinvolve high odds of injury.When a twelve ounce weaselattacks a four pound snowshoehare and risks a lethal kick, or ricochets off a man’s pants in

pursuit of a squeak, this may be

the rational choice betwee possibility of harm, and thcost of missing dinner. apologies to FraRoosevelt, sometimes, weasel, the greatest risk iaversion itself.

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Franconia Town Meeting 2016: The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly

The Good: John Lachapelle was elected to the Select Board fol-lowing a successful write-in campaign. I believe that John will help bring transparency, fairness, and fiscal responsibility back to the Town’s governing body.

The Bad: A motion to reduce the bloated Budget proposed by theSelect Board was defeated by less than 10 votes. I believe that, at least in part, this happened because certain Town employees, whohad large salary increases contained in this Budget, rallied their

friends and supporters to come to Town Meeting and vote against any reduction in spending.

It was reported to me that, prior to Town Meeting, a rumor wascirculating that the Franconia residents who were advocating for a reduced Budget, wanted to close the Abbie Greenleaf Library.

It was also reported to me that an employee, who was proposed for a large salary increase was seen at Cannon Mountain, during a Lafayette School event, going from table to table and telling the

parents of students that this same group of Town residents wanted to “gut” the Recreation Program and urging them to go to Town

Meeting and vote against any spending reduction. Both of theserumors were completely untrue and this kind of tactic should becondemned by all fair-minded residents of Franconia.

The Ugly: My petitioned Warrant Article, which would haverequired organizations seeking charitable contributions from theTown to demonstrate whether or not they had provided services to

residents of Franconia for which they did not receive full compen- sation, was killed when one of the Selectmen made a motion totable it while the merits of the article were being discussed.

Russell T. Cumbee Franconia, NH

Replacing a Supreme Court Justice

Republicans are always crow-ing about how about standing

for the Constitution. Yet in thecase of nominating a replace-ment for the recently deceased

Justice Antonin Scalia, they

have conveniently decided that the Constitution can be put onhold until after the upcoming

Presidential election is over.

They continue to mindlesslyrepeat that “no Supreme Court

judges have been confirmed during a presidential election

period”. This is patentlyuntrue. There are at least 10

justices who have been confirmed during the last year of an election period: Kennedy in1987, Fortas and Thornberryduring the Johnson administra-tion, Murphy during FDR’s sec-ond term, Cardozo during

Hoover’s presidency, Brandeisunder Wilson, Pitney under

Taft, Fuller under Cleveland,Taney and Barbour under

Andrew Jackson, and several more.

The Republican argumentsagainst having confirmationhearings don’t hold historical water and smack of the same

obstructionism that President Obama has been subjected to since his election in 2008. And in every case, every nomineehas had a confirmation votewithin 125 days of being recom-mended by the sitting president regardless of whether it was at the beginning, the middle, or the end of his administration.

One of our own senators, Kelley Ayotte, has very publiclydeclared her intention to work with the rest of her Republicancolleagues in the Senate toblock any attempt president Obama makes to name areplacement for Justice Scalia,even asking New Hampshire

voters to swallow her ming statements that “t

ple” should be allowed the next Supreme Court

– presumably in the hopthe next president wi

Republican and will n Justice more to their lik

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select the person whwanted to name the nex

for them – President BObama. Let him do the ready to do. As for

Ayotte and the rest Republicans in the Senon the Senate JuCommittee – you do

Now. Every day you whave a weaker, more inSupreme Court waiting important cases thateveryone in this country

Rachael Booth Landaff, NH

White Mountain NationalForest Announces Youth

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The Youth Conservation Corp(YCC) is a summer employ-ment program for area youthsages 15-18 who will work,learn, and learn together in thegreat outdoors. The purpose of the YCC program is to accom-

plish needed conservation work on public Lands, while provid-ing an educational experience.

The program is sponsored bythe Pemigewasset Ranger District of the White Mountain

National Forest, headquarteredin Campton NH.

The randomly selected crewwill consist of 6 students; 50%

boys and 50% girls. Enrolleeswill work a 40 hour week earn-ing minimum wage, and willinvolve the following activities:trail maintenance, clean-up andmaintenance of recreation sites,wildlife habitat improvementwork, and other projects sup-

porting Timber and Firagement. The YCC cralso spend one day eaclearning about natural rconservation and manaduring dedicated eddays.

This 8 week program wfrom June 20th through12th. Applications mmailed, emailed or faxePemigewassest Ranger D71 White Mountain Campton NH, 03223application deadline is A

For more information oran applhttp://www.fs.usda.govmountain, or contacProgram Manager Twomey at rtwomey@f603-536-6103.

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This event is your chance toexplore new ways to get out-doors and be active. Tie a flywith members of TroutUnlimited. Learn to call turkeyswith the N.H. Chapter of theWild Turkey Federation.Explore new trends in recyclingand environmental protectionwith N.H. Department of

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Manny is seen celebrating his 29th birthday on March 11th. Manny lives in Bath, NH aloved by Jacqui and Karl Shallberg. Happy Birthday from all of us Manny!!!

Not Just Another HauntedHotel- The Balsams ResortHotelDixville Notch, NewHampshire

(Due to word count restrictions,I had to cut this article in half You can find the full version onthe Scared Sheetless website.Just search "Scared SheetlessBalsams Hotel" on Google and there you go!)

The Balsams was opened short-ly after the Civil War by aColonel Timothy Dix and at thetime was known as The DixHouse, which only had 25rooms. After a few owners, thegrand hotel would find a newowner that would take it newlengths. That man was Henry S.Hale from Philadelphia, whowas an inventor as well as anindustrialist. By 1918, Hale’svision for the hotel steadily

expanded until what is today.He doubled the room capacityto 400 guests by adding theHampshire House.

You'd think the hotel staff would be sworn to secrecy tonot tell the guests of the haunt-ings in fear their businesswould be tarnished. TheBalsams actually embraces itsghostly guests of the dead.According to the book, WeirdHauntings: True Tales of Ghostly Places: Stephen P.Barba, the president of thehotel, has been documentingghostly encounters since 1959.He doesn't discourage staff members to talk about the spir-its, but some workers would

rather not work with these spir-its. There was a bellhop whowould not, under any circum-stances, go up to the third floor,

because of spiritual happenings.

According to Mr. Barba, thespiritual activity came to anuprising when they did renova-tions at the Balsams and sincethen, paranormal activity has

been a regular occurrence.

Here are some guests that never checked out:

The Vanishing Beauty - Thelegend of the Vanishing Beautyat the Balsams starts with how adoorman was heading up to aroom. Upon getting halfway upthe last set of stairs, he lookedup and saw a beautiful womansitting in a chair just beyond thelanding. At first he thought itwas just a guest, but taking inconsideration to the hour, whichwas late, and her clothing, hewasn’t seeing just a former guest, he was seeing a ghost.Let’s just say, the doormanshowed himself out after seeingthis, but looking back, the beau-tiful woman had vanished. Shehas been spotted more thanonce since then.

Another guest is known as The Naked Man. Yep, The NakedMan - The legend of the NakedMan, according to Mr. Citro’schapter in the aforementionedWeird Hauntings book, is thatone night a couple were stayingin room 120. The wife waswoken to a man standing rightat the foot of her bed. Thinkingit was her husband, she asked if he was okay. The response was

not what she was expecting as itwas not her husband standing atthe end of the bed, it was anaked man. She was also aston-ished to find out that the manwas translucent. Before the fig-ure disappeared, t

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