By Steve Courchesne, Hooksett
Concord Monitor

New Hampshire's climate change is affecting more than the environment. It's affecting me.

Along with the big meltdown in Alaska caused by climate change, I am all too familiar with the financial meltdown it is causing small businesses like mine in Hooksett. I am the owner of Steve's Sportsmen's Den, a family-owned business, in business over three decades.

The climate change New Hampshire has seen the last several years has had a significant impact. The winters of 2006 and 2007 were practically ice-free, well into mid-winter. The dozens of ice fishermen that traditionally frequented my store for live bait and supplies were in short supply, along with ice. The erratic weather conditions this winter, a record 7 inches of rain in February, kept many sportsmen indoors despite the best ice conditions in years.

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