The 2020 Christmas Bird Count saw record-high counts for many species, including Bald Eagles and White-winged Crossbills.
In 2020, our socially-distant citizen scientists documented 8 new vernal pools in four Monadnock Region towns.
The Harris Center is working Hawk Mountain to tag Broad-winged Hawks with satellite transmitters, as part of ongoing efforts to better understand the ecology and migratory behavior of this iconic species.
The Harris Center is launching a new 50th Anniversary Fund, which will seed innovative education and conservation research projects for years to come, as well as provide for stewardship of the land and trails in our care. Four initial projects have already received funding.
Our Salamander Crossing Brigade program will be running a little differently this spring. Here’s what you need to know.
Following two successful seasons of amphibian detours at North Lincoln Street, the City of Keene will be working with the Harris Center on limited closures of the Jordan Road amphibian crossing site, as well.
The spots on spotted salamanders are like fingerprints on humans: unique to individuals. Here’s how to contribute to our database of salamander spot patterns.
In 2019, our interns and citizen scientists documented 23 new vernal pools in four Monadnock Region towns.
Keene is once again considering a proposal to close the North Lincoln Street amphibian crossing site to vehicle traffic on “Big Nights.” You can help make it happen.
Eric Masterson reflects on the 2018 Christmas Bird Count. This year’s stories: scarcity….and grosbeaks.
In 2018, our citizen scientists documented 23 new vernal pools in five Monadnock Region towns.
The Keene City Council recently voted unanimously in favor of closing a local road to vehicle traffic on amphibian migration nights, in large part because of data collected by our Salamander Brigade volunteers.
Whether you’re a veteran Salamander Crossing Brigade volunteer or a new recruit, here’s how to prepare for helping amphibians cross the road on Big Nights.
The City of Keene is considering a proposal to close the North Lincoln Street amphibian crossing site to vehicle traffic on “Big Nights.”
Join us for the 118th year of this celebrated tradition.
Brett Amy Thelen received the Cheshire County Conservation District’s Conservation Educator of the Year Award for 2017.
In 2017, our citizen scientists documented 46 new vernal pools in ten towns.
This spring, our Salamander Crossing Brigade volunteers saved 3,675 salamanders, frogs, and toads from the crush of the tire.
In 2016, our intrepid citizen scientists documented 50 new vernal pools in ten Monadnock Region towns.
Harris Center citizen scientists recently aided in the discovery of a Common Nighthawk nest in downtown Keene − complete with a healthy fledgling.
Work is nearly complete on a stream restoration project at Falls Brook in Swanzey.
In 2015, our citizen scientists documented 30 new vernal pools, bringing our project total to 190 documented pools on public and conserved lands in the Monadnock Region.
In 2014, our citizen scientists and student interns documented 33 new vernal pools in ten towns.
Spotted salamanders are one of a kind.
Salamanders can get you into a good college.
The goal of this study was to figure out how many amphibians cross the road at North Lincoln Street each spring, and what percentage of them are helped along by the Crossing Brigades.
Salamanders can stop you in your tracks.
Salamanders are everywhere.
We’re launching a new conservation research initiative focused on our Salamander Crossing Brigades.
This spring, our citizen scientists documented 50 new vernal pools in seven towns.
Two of our most prominent citizen science programs center around amphibians and their habitat. Why this focus on frogs, toads, and salamanders?
This was the Vernal Pool Project’s inaugural year in Peterborough, where 20 enthusiastic citizen scientists visited 50 potential vernal pools.
This is the first confirmation of a nighthawk nest in Keene since at least 2007.
The Harris Center was featured in regional, state and even national media this summer.
Longtime Salamander Crossing Brigade volunteer Emily Wilson won an award for her essay, “Goldenrod Spots.”
Brett Amy Thelen has received Antioch University New England’s 2012 Alumni Environmental Excellence Award.
We’re working with a team of partners to restore stream connectivity in the Ashuelot watershed.
Conservation research that’s local, personal, accessible, and collaborative.
Researchers from UNH and NHFG are teaming up on a statewide bobcat study, and they want your help.
AVEO and the Harris Center have entered a partnership to strengthen our shared work in the Monadnock Region.
This fall, Antioch University New England partnered with AVEO staff and volunteers for a third year of fall migration songbird banding in Keene.
In 2008 and 2009, our citizen scientists documented 29 occurrences of 5 different invasive plant species in Pisgah State Park.
We’ll once again be monitoring migratory birds as they make their way through the Ashuelot Valley this fall.
This is the only documented successful breeding by nighthawks in the entire state this year.
We’re thrilled to partner on the first-ever Northern Saw-whet Owl banding project in southwest New Hampshire.
AVEO is the proud recipient of the 2008 Maria Pirie Environmental Program Award.
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