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.
For the last few summers, loon nests on Harris Center land along Spoonwood Pond have failed due to predation. This year, the Spoonwood loons may fare better, thanks to the installation of a new nest raft.
In January, the Harris Center permanently protected 41 forested acres in East Harrisville.
In December, George and Michelle Caughey donated a conservation easement on a 58-acre parcel in Antrim, protecting 2,000 feet of undeveloped shoreline on Gregg Lake.
In 2019, our interns and citizen scientists documented 23 new vernal pools in four Monadnock Region towns.
The Harris Center honored our founder and several extraordinary partners at our 49th Annual Meeting on Sunday, October 20.
The Harris Center has been given an opportunity to protect a 41-acre parcel in East Harrisville.
In late June, we wrapped up our seventh successful season of the Harris Center-Keene State College conservation internship program, a two-month summer internship experience for undergraduates in environmental studies, biology, and related fields.
In June, the Harris Center purchased the 515-acre Granite Lake Headwaters property in Stoddard, ensuring its permanent protection.
With support from many Friends of the SuperSanctuary, the Harris Center has just purchased the last remaining unprotected parcel along the popular Eastview Rail Trail in Harrisville.
Thanks to support from NHDES, Q2C, and many individual donors, the 515-acre Granite Lake Headwaters property in Stoddard will be permanently protected.
The Harris Center is now working to conserve the last remaining unprotected parcel along the popular Eastview Rail Trail in Harrisville.
80% of the Silver Lake watershed in Harrisville and Nelson – including 2.9 miles of shoreline – is now protected.
We are now just $20,000 away from permanently protecting the 515-acre Granite Lake Headwaters property in Stoddard.
The Harris Center recognized several extraordinary partners at our 48th Annual Meeting on Sunday, October 28.
In 2018, our citizen scientists documented 23 new vernal pools in five Monadnock Region towns.
2018 was the sixth year of the Harris Center-Keene State College conservation internship program, a two-month summer internship experience for undergraduates in Environmental Studies.
The Harris Center is working to protect the Granite Lake Headwaters property, a 515-acre parcel located in the Stoddard highlands.
The Manchester & Keene Railroad line debuted in 1878, but fell into disrepair after the Great Flood of 1936. Now, with the help of many extraordinary partners, a 1.5-mile segment of the old rail line in Hancock and Harrisville, NH has been reopened for non-motorized recreation.
We’re working with several partners to conserve the largest remaining undeveloped, unprotected property on Silver Lake.
The Harris Center has just protected a small, but significant parcel of land on Forest Road (Route 123) in Hancock.
This project ensures the full protection of the Robb Reservoir shoreline and includes a half-mile of river frontage along the North Branch.
The Harris Center and Nelson Conservation Commission have just completed the first phase of the Osgood and Hurd Hill land protection project.
The Harris Center recognized many extraordinary partners at our 45th Annual Meeting on October 18.
The Harris Center has just purchased 109 acres on Brush Brook Road (Route 137), much of which is ranked by the New Hampshire Wildlife Action Plan as highest value wildlife habitat.
In September, the Nelson Trails Committee put the finishing touches on a new footbridge across Bailey Brook.
The Harris Center recently installed a fishing line recycling bin at Robb Reservoir.
Four KSC students collected ecological data on Harris Center lands this summer as part of a new partnership with the KSC Environmental Studies Department.
The Meade Cadot Land Conservation Fund will honor Meade by permanently enhancing the Harris Center’s ability to protect and steward land.
Friends, family members, former students, and colleagues gathered to celebrate Meade Cadot as he retires from his role as Land Director and Senior Naturalist for the Harris Center.
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