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  1. Waumbek

    Mt. Prospect, Holderness, NH 01/31/08

    Coming to the party a little late, I realize, but I'll add that there's a detailed description of Mt Prospect and its former panoramic views in Moses Sweetser's "White Mountains: A Handbook for Travelers" (1879; first ed. 1876). (I haven't checked to see if Sweetser lifted it from Thos. Starr...
  2. Waumbek

    FYI: Northern Pass High Voltage Transmission Project

    New petition to NH Governor Hassan to stop or bury the Northern Pass transmission line, to be presented to her on the occasion of the 38th annual New England Governors/Eastern Canadian Premiers economic/energy conference at Bretton Woods in July 2014. The goal is 6,000 signatures; nearly 2,000...
  3. Waumbek

    FYI: Northern Pass High Voltage Transmission Project

    SUP v. ROW For the 10-mile route through the WMNF that Northern Pass is proposing, it wants to co-locate in the corridor that PSNH uses for its 115kV line (X-178). PSNH has no right-of-way, that is, no land rights or underlying easement, for seven of the ten miles in that corridor. It exists...
  4. Waumbek

    FYI: Northern Pass High Voltage Transmission Project

    The PNGTS ROW in NH is 50' wide, with the current pipeline buried on a 15' centerline, leaving room for a second pipeline on the rest of the easement. So, two questions/observations on this scenario follow. First, there isn't enough room for DC transmission towers on the PNGTS ROW; second, PNGTS...
  5. Waumbek

    Irene Storm Track

    On the western upslope side of Cannon/Kinsman, we are getting hammered with rain; winds gusts are still down around 20 mph. Power is on but flickering. The soggy ground will more likely drop trees than the wind. Yesterday you could easily have rock-hopped across our local stream that feeds into...
  6. Waumbek

    Farm & Forest Expo, Feb. 4-5

    This is called New Hampshire's "greatest winter fair," with lots of interesting things for outdoors folks to do and see. Manchester NH, Feb. 4-5. Info here: http://www.nhfarmandforestexpo.org/index.html
  7. Waumbek

    FYI: Northern Pass High Voltage Transmission Project

    PB--NIMC has spread into NH. See proposed HB 302. Hearing in Concord on Feb 8. How's that for fast?
  8. Waumbek

    FYI: Northern Pass High Voltage Transmission Project

    I hope you are right. Hydro-Quebec, which is financing this project, made a profit of $2-3B (US) last year. A couple of "expensive" properties in Concord NH aren't going to stop them. Public opposition is important but only if it galvanizes politicians into action. That takes writing lots of...
  9. Waumbek

    FYI: Northern Pass High Voltage Transmission Project

    So....? What is your implication?
  10. Waumbek

    Some unusual activity in the Ossipees

    Girdling is a technique used in "release" programs such as apple tree release in old, overgrown orchards being restored. The smaller competing growth is removed outright, usually with loppers, but larger competing trees are girdled with a chainsaw incision around the base. This interrupts the...
  11. Waumbek

    FYI: Northern Pass High Voltage Transmission Project

    Interesting. I am unfamiliar with the term "brown hydro." Does it generally mean "not green," or is there a more specific meaning?
  12. Waumbek

    FYI: Northern Pass High Voltage Transmission Project

    I think you are referring to the Champlain Hudson Power Express, a Hydro-Quebec HVDC project to send power to Yonkers, I believe. The lines will be underground, I also understand. The Northern Pass project will ship power predominantly south of the NH border. Only about 20% of it will go to...
  13. Waumbek

    FYI: Northern Pass High Voltage Transmission Project

    There's a greenie coming your way on this one. Thank you. From what I have been reading since I first posted, this proposed powerline, using a 150' cleared ROW now in the Reel Brook area, will continually be subjected to "upgrades"--more lines and consequent widening of the ROW down the road as...
  14. Waumbek

    FYI: Northern Pass High Voltage Transmission Project

    So how does the argument in this link relate to the discussion at hand about the prohibitive expense of burying the Northern Pass HVDC line? http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/03/invisible-underground-hvdc-power-costs-no-more-than-ugly-towers
  15. Waumbek

    FYI: Northern Pass High Voltage Transmission Project

    I am just getting wind of this project and do not find mention of it in a forum search. Nor do I know much about it yet other than the fact that the HV lines aim to transmit power from Quebec to NH/New England. There's a first public meeting on Monday in Sugar Hill and Franconia; presumably the...
  16. Waumbek

    Sabbaday Falls-Swift River fatality 10/1/2010

    A sad story. Condolences to friends and family. No information about where he slipped and fell into the river on Friday. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/N/NH_HIKER_DEATH_NHOL-?SITE=NHMAL&SECTION=STATE&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT More info here...
  17. Waumbek

    Heavy Rain Forecast

    The Tunnel Brook Road should be fine; I've never seen it flood. The Tunnel Brook itself is another story. That will be a tough to impossible crossing.
  18. Waumbek

    Sounds you love in the woods

    The calls of the hermit thrush and white-throated sparrow.
  19. Waumbek

    110' fire tower planned for Milan Hill, NH

    This sounds like a win-win multi-use situation. Would that all mountain and ridgeline development in the North Country followed suit. My town is drafting a ridgeline ordinance to curb the building of glaring "eyesore" MacMansions above a certain elevation through natural color house exteriors...
  20. Waumbek

    Court decision about National Forest parking fees

    Perhaps the "substantial federal investments" requirement, which goes above and beyond the required six amenities, is involved: "a. Provide significant recreation opportunities for outdoor recreation. b. Have substantial Federal investments. It is important to note that provision of the six...
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