Zachariah Gezon, a Ph.D. student in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Dartmouth College, studied the impact of
early snow removal on a native mustard plant as part of a study looking at climate change and phenotypic plasticity.
While accepting that the man's
snow -
removal and heavy - equipment operating business had experienced a significant downturn since the agreement was signed four years
earlier, the court found that the man was in good health and that the local construction was booming; he should be able to earn close to $ 90,000 a year if he put his mind to it.