Listener Malcolm Taylor emailed: For Earth Day, eyes are upon Livermore Falls. Efforts are underway to return Livermore Falls on the Pemigewasset River between Holderness & Campton to something near nature s original intent. Through the years it has evolved from a native fishing ground to saw and grist mills, to a small Hollow village, to a pulp mill, to the site of an 1886 wrought iron cross-gorge bridge, to railroad stop. Now local groups, Friends of the Pemi - Plymouth Rotary Club - local conservation commissions, and other volunteers have been successful in getting the NH State Parks Division to take over management. But much needs to be done, especially on the west side. There are 400 million years of bedrock geology displayed at Livermore Falls. The river rushes through a narrow channel, and there are spectacular views up and downriver.
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Ember and Azalea Morgan of Andover remember where they were when they first realized what climate change was doing and would do to their planet. We were at a friend s house for a party, dinner, thing, blah blah blah, says Azalea, age 9. And we were watching TV, National Geographic, I think, and I saw this video about, like, polar bears and global warming and how the ice is melting and they don t have a lot of ice left. And I got really sad.
Scientists and the United Nations say the world has about until 2030 to prevent the worst effects of climate change. That s about when Azalea and her sister Ember, 10, will be in college.
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Monday, April 19 – NHPR’s climate, energy and environment reporter Annie Ropeik takes a look at the role of youth activists in the environmental movement in New Hampshire.