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Durham To Host One Of Seven 'Climate Hubs'

The White House has announced that New Hampshire will host one of seven regional “climate hubs”. The Forest Service’s Northern Research Center in Durham will provide technical support to farmers and land managers working to adapt to climate change.

In a statementthe Forest Service says it will help the Northeast adapt to higher temperatures, bigger rain storms, and intensifying weed, pest and disease outbreaks. The climate hub will also produce additional forecasts and assessments of climate change impacts for the region.

The USDA has plans for create six other climate hubs in Iowa, North Carolina, Colorado, Oklahoma, Oregon, and New Mexico. 

The program is part of a push by President Barack Obama to use his executive authority to address concerns raised by the changing climate.

Sam Evans-Brown has been working for New Hampshire Public Radio since 2010, when he began as a freelancer. He shifted gears in 2016 and began producing Outside/In, a podcast and radio show about “the natural world and how we use it.” His work has won him several awards, including two regional Edward R. Murrow awards, one national Murrow, and the Overseas Press Club of America's award for best environmental reporting in any medium. He studied Politics and Spanish at Bates College, and before reporting was variously employed as a Spanish teacher, farmer, bicycle mechanic, ski coach, research assistant, a wilderness trip leader and a technical supporter.
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