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North European Oil Royalty: Fiscal Q2 Earnings Snapshot
KEENE, N.H. (AP) — KEENE, N.H. (AP) — North European Oil Royalty Trust (NRT) on Friday reported net income of $2.3 million in its fiscal second quarter. On a per-share basis, the Keene, New Hampshire-based company said it had profit of 20 cents. The oil and gas royalty company posted revenue of $2.5 million in the period. _____ This story was generated by Automated Insights ( using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on NRT at Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
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North European Oil Royalty: Fiscal Q2 Earnings Snapshot
KEENE, N.H. (AP) — KEENE, N.H. (AP) — North European Oil Royalty Trust (NRT) on Friday reported net income of $2.3 million in its fiscal second quarter. On a per-share basis, the Keene, New Hampshire-based company said it had profit of 20 cents. The oil and gas royalty company posted revenue of $2.5 million in the period. _____ This story was generated by Automated Insights ( using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on NRT at Error while retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error while retrieving data Error while retrieving data Error while retrieving data Error while retrieving data
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‘Zombie moose': As climate change shortens winters, ticks ravage New England's moose population
A bull moose grazes in New Hampshire during the spring. (Photo by) Every fall, winter ticks in New England sit on shrubs or other plants waiting for a large animal to pass by so they can latch on and begin sucking out blood. This has a huge impact on the area's moose, wildlife biologists say. 'They basically become zombies and die,' Eric Orff, a New Hampshire-based wildlife biologist, said. 'We have zombie moose.' According to estimates from New Hampshire Fish and Game, the Granite State's moose population peaked in the late 1990s at around 7,000 to 8,000 moose. It has since declined to roughly 3,000 to 4,000. Most tick species move from host to host frequently, but winter ticks find a moose, deer, or other animal around November and extract their blood for the entirety of winter. And it's not just one or a couple ticks on each host. Rather, hundreds or thousands of ticks often latch onto a host. This is a process called questing and it has a huge effect on moose, particularly calves. 'April is the month of death for calves,' Orff, who works as a field biologist at the National Wildlife Federation and serves as vice president of the New Hampshire Wildlife Federation, said. 'The adult ticks are feeding one more time before they fall off and they basically drain the moose's supply of blood.' Around April, the female ticks fall off their hosts to lay their eggs. If they land on snow as opposed to dry land, the eggs are less fruitful. However, as climate change represses winter weather, tick populations have boomed. 'Over the last 20 years, instead of one winter out of six or eight or 10 being truncated, now, a majority of them are,' Orff said. 'So what has been found in more recent moose studies, including those done in New Hampshire and in Maine and Vermont the last two decades, is that it really significantly impacts the moose calves born that previous spring.' While adult moose are better able to fend off the tick infestations, he said, 70% of calves don't make it to 1 year old. And this also affects adult female moose. Orff, who has been studying moose and other wildlife for decades, said that when he and his colleagues began this research in the 1980s, nearly all older female moose gave birth to two calves. Now, he said, less than half the females even become pregnant. He said this is a result of being underweight from the ticks, but also because climate change is making summers warmer, which results in them eating less. Underweight moose are less likely to give birth. 'It's really a double whammy,' he said. A third factor, he said, is that south of the White Mountains brain worms have proliferated. While moose populations have plummeted, white-tail deer populations have nearly tripled from about 40,000 in the early 1980s to around 100,000 to 120,000 in the southern half of the state due to milder winters, he said. Brain worms are common in deer, and while those brain worms don't harm the deer, they can be fatal to moose. Orff noted the economic costs of lower moose populations. He said people used to travel to the North Country specifically to see the moose. 'Moose viewing in New Hampshire for a period of years was a $10-million-a-year industry,' he said. 'I don't know if there's any companies that still do it. I think there are. But you used to be able to go out and, in a night, see a dozen or a half dozen moose at least. Now they may go several hours and see no moose.' These die-offs also cause ecological issues. Henry Jones, moose project leader for Fish and Game, said moose carcasses serve as a food source for scavengers, which are seeing rising numbers in the wake of this population collapse. Jones said the past two years have been particularly severe for tick infestations. To address this, the state is issuing more hunting permits. Jones said tick populations rise when the moose population has high density. By killing off moose, the survivors fare better, he said. The state is also working with the University of New Hampshire to study the conditions in which ticks proliferate best. Jones said this is all about 'keeping them from getting really high density and causing this kind of cyclic relationship of lots of tick mortality.' However, the hunting strategy still results in dead moose and low populations. Orff noted the conundrum. 'I guess that's the debate,' Orff said. 'Is it better to have far fewer moose and less sickly moose? … Baby moose who drop dead from no blood in April or taking some of them out that will be utilized by hunters eating them?' Jones said the state is acting based on the wishes of citizens. 'We did a public survey to understand what the residents want with the moose population in 2024,' Jones said. 'People want there to be the same or more moose, but they don't want there to be more moose if they're unhealthy.' Still, Orff said none of these are a true solution to the overall problem. Moose will continue dying, he said, until we put an end to humans' warming of the planet. This story was originally published by New Hampshire Bulletin. Like Maine Morning Star, New Hampshire Bulletin is part of States Newsroom, a nonprofit news network supported by grants and a coalition of donors as a 501c(3) public charity. New Hampshire Bulletin maintains editorial independence. Contact Editor Dana Wormald for questions: info@ SUPPORT: YOU MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE
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Maine public safety dog dies in state vehicle that 'unexpectedly' stopped running
May 29—The state's "first official comfort dog" died Wednesday while inside a vehicle that "unexpectedly" stopped running. Baxter, a 3-year-old chocolate Labrador retriever, was found dead inside a state vehicle at the Bangor Regional Communications Center around 2 p.m. The vehicle, which he was regularly transported in, stopped running and the air conditioning turned off, the Department of Public Safety said in a statement Thursday. The agency is conducting an inspection to determine why and how the vehicle malfunctioned. A spokesperson did not respond Thursday to questions about how long the dog was left inside the vehicle and what type of vehicle he was in. Baxter was brought on to the Maine Bureau of Emergency Communications in 2022 to "help improve the mood and well-being of first-line responders in Maine's three emergency communication centers" in Augusta, Bangor and Houlton, the Department of Public Safety said. He was trained through the New Hampshire-based nonprofit Hero Pups, which pairs dogs with first responders and veterans. Since then, he has appeared at several conferences and spent time with dispatchers at the communications center, the Department of Public Safety said in social media posts. Copy the Story Link We believe it's important to offer commenting on certain stories as a benefit to our readers. At its best, our comments sections can be a productive platform for readers to engage with our journalism, offer thoughts on coverage and issues, and drive conversation in a respectful, solutions-based way. It's a form of open discourse that can be useful to our community, public officials, journalists and others. We do not enable comments on everything — exceptions include most crime stories, and coverage involving personal tragedy or sensitive issues that invite personal attacks instead of thoughtful discussion. You can read more here about our commenting policy and terms of use. More information is also found on our FAQs. Show less
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Renewable energy plant in St. Albans celebrates grand opening
ST. ALBANS, Vt. (ABC22/FOX44) – A partnership between a New England energy company and Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream will lead to more electricity for Vermonters – and less food going to the landfill. PurposeEnergy and Ben & Jerry's announced the grand opening of the St. Albans Renewable Energy Facility on Thursday. The New Hampshire-based company has already built several facilities in Vermont, such as in Middlebury last year. The first major step towards building this one, which is located in the St. Albans Industrial Park south-west of downtown, was in 2021 when the company signed an agreement with Ben & Jerry's to receive organic and food waste. A dedicated pipeline will carry waste from Ben & Jerry's, which has a nearby warehouse, directly to the plant, which will then be turned into electricity and clean water. Governor signs 'Vermonters Feeding Vermonters' grant program Jenna Evans, the Global Sustainability Manager at Ben & Jerry's, said, 'This project strengthens B&J's commitment to environmental sustainability by providing a long-term solution for organic waste. It will reduce Vermont's road traffic, lower greenhouse gas emissions, and decrease phosphorus pollution.' Construction of the plant began in May 2023, and within just over a year and a half it was already producing energy for the Vermont power grid. It is expected to generate 8.75 gigawatt-hours of electricity each year, enough for an average electric car to circle the earth over 1,000 times. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
