WEBVTT 00:00:00.001 --> 00:00:03.494 CONGRATULATIONS. "TIME" KID OF THE YEAR OF TO 00:00:03.505 --> 00:00:03.803 "TIME" KID OF THE YEAR OF TO 2025. 00:00:03.804 --> 00:00:05.228 2025. GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE ON 00:00:05.239 --> 00:00:05.529 GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE ON "DAILY." 00:00:05.540 --> 00:00:06.672 "DAILY." >>> MONDAY MARKS THE OFFICIAL 00:00:06.707 --> 00:00:09.199 >>> MONDAY MARKS THE OFFICIAL START OF FALL, WHICH FOR MANY 00:00:09.210 --> 00:00:10.801 START OF FALL, WHICH FOR MANY PEOPLE MEANS LEAF PEEPING AND 00:00:10.812 --> 00:00:12.535 PEOPLE MEANS LEAF PEEPING AND FOR MANY NEW ENGLAND TOWNS, IT 00:00:12.546 --> 00:00:13.837 FOR MANY NEW ENGLAND TOWNS, IT MEANS SOME PRETTY BIG MONEY. 00:00:13.848 --> 00:00:15.906 MEANS SOME PRETTY BIG MONEY. THE U.S. NATIONAL FOREST SERVICE 00:00:15.917 --> 00:00:16.984 THE U.S. NATIONAL FOREST SERVICE ESTIMATED JUST LAST YEAR THAT 00:00:17.018 --> 00:00:18.475 ESTIMATED JUST LAST YEAR THAT FALL VISITORS BRING IN 00:00:18.486 --> 00:00:19.309 FALL VISITORS BRING IN $8 BILLION ANNUALLY TO LOCAL 00:00:19.320 --> 00:00:19.719 $8 BILLION ANNUALLY TO LOCAL COMMUNITIES. 00:00:19.720 --> 00:00:21.688 COMMUNITIES. SO, WHEN AND WHERE IS THE BEST 00:00:21.722 --> 00:00:23.846 SO, WHEN AND WHERE IS THE BEST TIME TO SEE ALL THE COLORS 00:00:23.857 --> 00:00:24.148 TIME TO SEE ALL THE COLORS CHANGE? 00:00:24.159 --> 00:00:28.652 CHANGE? YANKEE MAGAZINE’S FALL FOLIAGE 00:00:28.663 --> 00:00:29.496 YANKEE MAGAZINE’S FALL FOLIAGE EXPERT, JIM, JOINS US NOW. 00:00:29.530 --> 00:00:30.887 EXPERT, JIM, JOINS US NOW. JUST BASED ON EVERYTHING YOU 00:00:30.898 --> 00:00:31.598 JUST BASED ON EVERYTHING YOU KNOW, WHAT IS YOUR FORECAST FOR 00:00:31.632 --> 00:00:34.357 KNOW, WHAT IS YOUR FORECAST FOR THIS YEAR? 00:00:34.368 --> 00:00:36.760 THIS YEAR? >> WELL, WE USUALLY EXPERIENCE A 00:00:36.771 --> 00:00:40.540 >> WELL, WE USUALLY EXPERIENCE A BIG WAVE OF FALL FOLIAGE MOVING 00:00:40.541 --> 00:00:41.508 BIG WAVE OF FALL FOLIAGE MOVING FROM THE NORTH TO THE SOUTH 00:00:41.542 --> 00:00:43.600 FROM THE NORTH TO THE SOUTH ACROSS NEW ENGLAND. 00:00:43.611 --> 00:00:44.268 ACROSS NEW ENGLAND. THIS YEAR, IT’S GOING TO BE A 00:00:44.279 --> 00:00:45.236 THIS YEAR, IT’S GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A PATCHWORK. 00:00:45.247 --> 00:00:47.614 LITTLE BIT MORE OF A PATCHWORK. WE HAD A LOT OF DROUGHT AND 00:00:47.649 --> 00:00:48.239 WE HAD A LOT OF DROUGHT AND FUNGUS IN THE SPRING. 00:00:48.250 --> 00:00:49.306 FUNGUS IN THE SPRING. THE COLORS ARE GOING TO BE 00:00:49.317 --> 00:00:50.684 THE COLORS ARE GOING TO BE BEAUTIFUL BUT IT’S NOT GOING TO 00:00:50.685 --> 00:00:51.919 BEAUTIFUL BUT IT’S NOT GOING TO EMERGE IN THE TYPICAL WAY THIS 00:00:51.953 --> 00:00:52.252 EMERGE IN THE TYPICAL WAY THIS YEAR. 00:00:52.253 --> 00:00:53.810 YEAR. >> YOU MENTIONED THE DROUGHT AND 00:00:53.821 --> 00:00:54.554 >> YOU MENTIONED THE DROUGHT AND THE FUNGUS. 00:00:54.556 --> 00:00:55.346 THE FUNGUS. HOW DOES THE WEATHER, EVEN 00:00:55.357 --> 00:00:56.089 HOW DOES THE WEATHER, EVEN GENERALLY, IMPACT WHAT WE SEE IN 00:00:56.090 --> 00:00:58.425 GENERALLY, IMPACT WHAT WE SEE IN THE FALL? 00:00:58.459 --> 00:01:00.283 THE FALL? >> YEAH, SO, THE BIGGEST FACTOR 00:01:00.294 --> 00:01:00.751 >> YEAH, SO, THE BIGGEST FACTOR IS DAYLIGHT. 00:01:00.762 --> 00:01:02.086 IS DAYLIGHT. IT’S STARTING TO GET DARK 00:01:02.097 --> 00:01:03.253 IT’S STARTING TO GET DARK EARLIER AND EARLIER AND THE 00:01:03.264 --> 00:01:04.431 EARLIER AND EARLIER AND THE TREES ARE RESPONDING TO THAT. 00:01:04.466 --> 00:01:05.957 TREES ARE RESPONDING TO THAT. THEN, YOU NEED WARM, SUNNY DAYS 00:01:05.968 --> 00:01:07.491 THEN, YOU NEED WARM, SUNNY DAYS AND CRISP, COOL NIGHTS. 00:01:07.502 --> 00:01:09.694 AND CRISP, COOL NIGHTS. BUT I LOOK AT THE FORECAST WHEN 00:01:09.705 --> 00:01:11.495 BUT I LOOK AT THE FORECAST WHEN I MAKE THE FORECAST A YEAR BACK. 00:01:11.506 --> 00:01:13.197 I MAKE THE FORECAST A YEAR BACK. WE LOOK AT THINGS LIKE BUGS AND 00:01:13.208 --> 00:01:16.644 WE LOOK AT THINGS LIKE BUGS AND SEEDS AND NUTS AND RAINFALL AND 00:01:16.678 --> 00:01:17.001 SEEDS AND NUTS AND RAINFALL AND DROUGHT. 00:01:17.012 --> 00:01:17.868 DROUGHT. ALL THESE FACTORS PLAY INTO IT. 00:01:17.879 --> 00:01:20.080 ALL THESE FACTORS PLAY INTO IT. >> I GOT TO SAY, JIM, I’M 00:01:20.081 --> 00:01:22.215 >> I GOT TO SAY, JIM, I’M BECOMING A FALL LEAF FOLIAGE, 00:01:22.217 --> 00:01:22.783 BECOMING A FALL LEAF FOLIAGE, LIKE, CONVERT. 00:01:22.784 --> 00:01:24.652 LIKE, CONVERT. OUR PRODUCER, MARCUS, AND HIS 00:01:24.686 --> 00:01:26.086 OUR PRODUCER, MARCUS, AND HIS WIFE, THEY GO AND THEY LOOK AT 00:01:26.087 --> 00:01:27.444 WIFE, THEY GO AND THEY LOOK AT THE LEAVES, THEY BRING OUT THE 00:01:27.455 --> 00:01:29.313 THE LEAVES, THEY BRING OUT THE DRONES, LIKE, AND THE VIDEOS ARE 00:01:29.324 --> 00:01:29.690 DRONES, LIKE, AND THE VIDEOS ARE BEAUTIFUL. 00:01:29.691 --> 00:01:30.424 BEAUTIFUL. SO, WHERE ARE THE FALL HOT SPOTS 00:01:30.425 --> 00:01:35.219 SO, WHERE ARE THE FALL HOT SPOTS THIS YEAR? 00:01:35.230 --> 00:01:35.896 THIS YEAR? >> SO, I THINK THAT WESTERN 00:01:35.897 --> 00:01:36.630 >> SO, I THINK THAT WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND NEW ENGLAND IS 00:01:36.631 --> 00:01:37.164 MASSACHUSETTS AND NEW ENGLAND IS GOING TO BE PRIME. 00:01:37.199 --> 00:01:39.357 GOING TO BE PRIME. THE DROUGHT’S A LITTLE LESS 00:01:39.368 --> 00:01:40.191 THE DROUGHT’S A LITTLE LESS THERE, AND IT’S ALWAYS BEAUTIFUL 00:01:40.202 --> 00:01:42.694 THERE, AND IT’S ALWAYS BEAUTIFUL IN THE BERKSHIRES BUT IT’S 00:01:42.705 --> 00:01:44.271 IN THE BERKSHIRES BUT IT’S STARTING UP IN THE FAR NORTH. 00:01:44.306 --> 00:01:45.606 STARTING UP IN THE FAR NORTH. NORTHERN WHITE MOUNTAINS OF NEW 00:01:45.607 --> 00:01:46.297 NORTHERN WHITE MOUNTAINS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE AND NORTHERN GREEN 00:01:46.308 --> 00:01:47.508 HAMPSHIRE AND NORTHERN GREEN MOUNTAINS OF VERMONT ARE ALREADY 00:01:47.509 --> 00:01:48.709 MOUNTAINS OF VERMONT ARE ALREADY TURNING AND TURNING QUICKLY THIS 00:01:48.710 --> 00:01:49.009 TURNING AND TURNING QUICKLY THIS YEAR. 00:01:49.010 --> 00:01:49.833 YEAR. WE THINK THE SHOW IS GOING TO BE 00:01:49.844 --> 00:01:51.478 WE THINK THE SHOW IS GOING TO BE BRIEF AND BRIGHT, GIVEN THE 00:01:51.513 --> 00:01:52.613 BRIEF AND BRIGHT, GIVEN THE DROUGHT CONDITIONS UP HERE. 00:01:52.614 --> 00:01:53.971 DROUGHT CONDITIONS UP HERE. >> YOU KNOW WHAT’S NOT BRIEF AND 00:01:53.982 --> 00:01:54.806 >> YOU KNOW WHAT’S NOT BRIEF AND SO BRIGHT, THOUGH? 00:01:54.817 --> 00:01:56.684 SO BRIGHT, THOUGH? A LOT OF INFLUENCERS WHO HAVE 00:01:56.718 --> 00:01:58.719 A LOT OF INFLUENCERS WHO HAVE MADE THESE TOURIST ATTRACTIONS A 00:01:58.720 --> 00:02:00.611 MADE THESE TOURIST ATTRACTIONS A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFICULT TO 00:02:00.622 --> 00:02:01.045 LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFICULT TO ACTUALLY SEE. 00:02:01.056 --> 00:02:02.891 ACTUALLY SEE. FOR EXAMPLE, THERE’S A SMALL 00:02:02.925 --> 00:02:04.382 FOR EXAMPLE, THERE’S A SMALL TOWN IN VERMONT, AND THEY’RE 00:02:04.393 --> 00:02:05.993 TOWN IN VERMONT, AND THEY’RE ACTUALLY BLOCKING TOURISTS, 00:02:06.028 --> 00:02:07.285 ACTUALLY BLOCKING TOURISTS, NONRESIDENTS, FROM USING SOME OF 00:02:07.296 --> 00:02:08.562 NONRESIDENTS, FROM USING SOME OF THE ROADS FOR THE THIRD TIME 00:02:08.564 --> 00:02:10.799 THE ROADS FOR THE THIRD TIME THIS YEAR AFTER A LOCAL FARM WAS 00:02:10.833 --> 00:02:12.424 THIS YEAR AFTER A LOCAL FARM WAS JUST SWARMED BY INFLUENCERS BACK 00:02:12.435 --> 00:02:13.090 JUST SWARMED BY INFLUENCERS BACK IN 2023. 00:02:13.101 --> 00:02:14.602 IN 2023. I MEAN, PRIVATE PROPERTY THERE. 00:02:14.636 --> 00:02:16.427 I MEAN, PRIVATE PROPERTY THERE. SO, WHAT SHOULD BE THE ETIQUETTE 00:02:16.438 --> 00:02:17.929 SO, WHAT SHOULD BE THE ETIQUETTE THAT WE SHOULD ALL FOLLOW IF WE 00:02:17.940 --> 00:02:18.596 THAT WE SHOULD ALL FOLLOW IF WE ARE PLANNING A LEAF-PEEPING 00:02:18.607 --> 00:02:20.365 ARE PLANNING A LEAF-PEEPING TRIP? 00:02:20.376 --> 00:02:20.965 TRIP? >> SURE. 00:02:20.976 --> 00:02:23.134 >> SURE. I MEAN, THE NATIONAL FORESTS UP 00:02:23.145 --> 00:02:24.736 I MEAN, THE NATIONAL FORESTS UP HERE ARE WIDE OPEN FOR 00:02:24.747 --> 00:02:25.113 HERE ARE WIDE OPEN FOR EVERYBODY. 00:02:25.147 --> 00:02:25.937 EVERYBODY. AND WE HAVE HUNDREDS OF 00:02:25.948 --> 00:02:31.776 AND WE HAVE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF ACRES OF WIDE OPEN 00:02:31.787 --> 00:02:32.487 THOUSANDS OF ACRES OF WIDE OPEN FOREST READY FOR PEOPLE TO HIKE 00:02:32.488 --> 00:02:32.978 FOREST READY FOR PEOPLE TO HIKE AND RECREATE IN. 00:02:32.989 --> 00:02:34.779 AND RECREATE IN. THE SMALL TOWNS NEED THE TOURISM 00:02:34.790 --> 00:02:35.623 THE SMALL TOWNS NEED THE TOURISM DOLLARS, BUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE 00:02:35.658 --> 00:02:37.415 DOLLARS, BUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE HERE IS SO MANY DIRT ROADS AND 00:02:37.426 --> 00:02:38.493 HERE IS SO MANY DIRT ROADS AND SMALL ROADS AND PRIVATE 00:02:38.494 --> 00:02:39.861 SMALL ROADS AND PRIVATE PROPERTY, AND THOSE LITTLE 00:02:39.862 --> 00:02:40.228 PROPERTY, AND THOSE LITTLE VILLAGES. 00:02:40.262 --> 00:02:40.895 VILLAGES. SO, IT’S HARD TO BALANCE IT.