By WAYNE D. KING, NH Secrets, Legends and Lore
Maverick, mentor, conservationist and a man who loved a good story. These are just some of the ways that people describe Howard “Crow” Dickinson who served in the NH General Court, also known as the NH House of Representatives for 38 years, and who died in 2014 at the age of 78.
First elected during the Presidency of Richard Nixon, Crow crafted landmark environmental legislation during his lifetime including New Hampshire’s Current Use Law, responsible for the conservation of open land from one end of the state to the other.
In the late 1980’s Crow was a co-sponsor with me on the New Hampshire Rivers Management and Protection Program (RMPP) – New Hampshire’s statewide version of the national Wild and Scenic Rivers act protecting critical shoreline resources for the benefit of present and future generations through a unique combination of state and local resource management and protection.
The law also declared an immediate moratorium on the approval of new dams on the following rivers: Pemigewasset, Saco, Swift, Contoocook, Merrimack and Connecticut south of the Israel River in the Town of Lancaster.
His colorful life and even his passing at 78 in 2014 have contributed to making him a modern day New Hampshire legend. I caught up with some of Crow’s friends to reminisce with them about him, including several other legendary figures from New Hampshire’s recent history.
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