Drought raises the stakes of New Hampshire’s relationship to fire

By: Molly Rains

Outlets: NH Bulletin

Published: May 4, 2026

Words: 1,638

Last Updated: 2 months, 3 weeks ago

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This spring has been a busy one for New Hampshire’s wildland firefighters.

The drought that made last summer the driest in 130 years has kept soils and forests parched into this spring, the conditions contributing to wildfires that have burned dozens of acres in central New Hampshire to the North Country in recent weeks.

The drought is emblematic of the effects of climate change on weather patterns in the Northeast, experts say. …

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