NHPR News

River Scientists Offer New Way to Prevent Flooding

By Amy Quinton on Monday, November 23, 2009.

A federal court recently ruled that the Army Corps of Engineers failed to maintain a navigation channel in New Orleans.

A resulting levee breach caused devastating floods during Hurricane Katrina.
That court case highlights what some engineers would call a human conceit.....the belief that we can indefinitely control something as powerful as water.

In fact, some scientists believe that all the engineering behind building levees and dams only exacerbates the problem it was meant to solve.

New Hampshire Public Radio's Amy Quinton reports on the unconventional techniques scientists are using to reduce flooding along the state's rivers.

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New Hampshire to Hold H1N1 Vaccine Clinics

By Elaine Grant on Monday, November 23, 2009.

New Hampshire public health officials are scheduling swine flu vaccination clinics around the state starting this week.

But the clinics are limited to certain groups of at-risk people.

NHPR’s Elaine Grant has more.

NH Short on H1N1 Vaccine

By Elaine Grant on Monday, November 23, 2009.

Like every other state, New Hampshire has a shortage of H1N1 vaccine.

Public health officials are trying to conserve doses for those at highest risk.

NHPR’s Elaine Grant has the details.

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Charitable Giving in Tight Times

By Dan Gorenstein on Friday, November 20, 2009.

People in philanthropy expect charitable contributions to drop this year.

If it does, it will be the first time in the past 50 years that individual giving will fall in two consecutive years.

But New Hampshire Public Radio’s Dan Gorenstein spoke with several people who are bucking the trend.

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