COVID-19 UPDATE: The Harris Center is canceling or postponing all in-person programs and events through May 4. The Harris Center building will also be closed to visitors until May 4. Our trails and grounds remain open.
Calendar of Events
April 2020
Environmental Studies Institute: 50 Years Since Earth Day
April 22 marks the 50th Anniversary of the first Earth Day. How is our planet is doing since that landmark 1970 protest? Join a series of experts to explore a different ecosystem each week, including what’s changed in the last five decades, as well as thoughts on the future.
Learn more »“Ask a Naturalist” Virtual Happy Hour
We've had to postpone our popular Nature on Tap series for the spring, but we're excited to bring you a different kind of naturalist happy hour -- via Zoom!
Learn more »Easygoing Hike to Royalston Falls
Join Rich and Linda Taylor for an easygoing, 3-mile roundtrip hike to scenic Royalston Falls, just south of the Masschusetts border.
Learn more »Citizen Science Opportunity: Broad-winged Hawk Tracking Project
We're partnering with Hawk Mountain Sanctuary to tag one or more Broad-winged Hawks with satellite transmitters that will track their migration in detail. The first step is finding their nests, and we need your help to make it happen!
Learn more »Art Opening: Craig Altobello
Join Peterborough marquetry artist Craig Altobello for an art show celebrating forest life in the Monadnock Region and the astonishing beauty we can discover every day in the woods.
Learn more »Harris Center Big Year of Birding: Nightjars, Owls, and Woodcocks
Join Eric Masterson for this next installment in our “Big Year” series of birding outings to Harris Center protected lands – a search for avian creatures of the night!
Learn more »Grand Opening: Elmwood Junction Interpretive Trail
Join us for a 0.5-mile guided walk around the former Elmwood Junction Railroad Station on a new interpretive trail created by Eagle Scout Sigmund Winiecki.
Learn more »Environmental Studies Institute: Forest Dynamics
Join Harris Center Director and forest ecologist Jeremy Wilson for an online course exploring the dramatic and complex changes our forests experience over time.
Learn more »Environmental Studies Institute: 50 Years Since Earth Day
April 22 marks the 50th Anniversary of the first Earth Day. How is our planet is doing since that landmark 1970 protest? Join a series of experts to explore a different ecosystem each week, including what’s changed in the last five decades, as well as thoughts on the future.
Learn more »Environmental Studies Institute: Forest Dynamics
Join Harris Center Director and forest ecologist Jeremy Wilson for an online course exploring the dramatic and complex changes our forests experience over time.
Learn more »Environmental Studies Institute: 50 Years Since Earth Day
April 22 marks the 50th Anniversary of the first Earth Day. How is our planet is doing since that landmark 1970 protest? Join a series of experts to explore a different ecosystem each week, including what’s changed in the last five decades, as well as thoughts on the future.
Learn more »Online Book Group for Middle Schoolers: Hatchet
Join Harris Center naturalists to read and discuss Gary Paulsen's classic award-winning novel "Hatchet," which tells the story of one teenager's survival in the harsh beauty of the Canadian wilderness.
Learn more »Conserving Grassland Birds in New England
Join renowned ornithologist Jon Atwood to learn about regional conservation initiatives focused on grassland birds, including the Bobolink Project and the status of Eastern Meadowlarks.
Learn more »Art in Wood: A Discussion and Demonstration
Join marquetry artist Craig Altobello and forest ecologist Jeremy Wilson for an evening at the intersection of art and ecology.
Learn more »Chainsaw Safety Workshop
Join Geoff Jones, forester and certified chainsaw safety instructor, for a chainsaw safety workshop with a focus on trail work.
Learn more »Tree Identification Walk
Join Mike Gagnon of the UNH Cooperative Extension for an early spring tree identification walk. We’ll focus on branching, buds, and bark while the leaves are off the trees.
Learn more »Vernal Pool Hike at the Horatio Colony Preserve
Join Brett Amy Thelen for a moderately strenuous, 1.2-mile roundtrip climb to a hilltop vernal pool at the Horatio Colony Nature Preserve, where we’ll explore the fascinating world of spring-breeding amphibians.
Learn more »Environmental Studies Institute: Forest Dynamics
Join Harris Center Director and forest ecologist Jeremy Wilson for an online course exploring the dramatic and complex changes our forests experience over time.
Learn more »Nature on Tap: A Rapture for Raptors
Celebrate Earth Day with stories of birds of prey in the Monadnock Region, gleaned from raptor biologist Chris Martin’s 30 years of work with NH Audubon.
Learn more »Babies in Backpacks and Toddlers in Tow
Join naturalist Susie Spikol for a gentle ramble around the Harris Center’s grounds, specially geared towards babies, toddlers, and their caregivers.
Learn more »Online Book Group for Middle Schoolers: Hatchet
Join Harris Center naturalists to read and discuss Gary Paulsen's classic award-winning novel "Hatchet," which tells the story of one teenager's survival in the harsh beauty of the Canadian wilderness.
Learn more »Emerald Ash Borer and What It Means to You
Join UNH Cooperative Extension forestry field specialists Mike Gagnon and Dode Gladders to learn more about the current status of Emerald Ash Borer in New Hampshire.
Learn more »Wildflower Talk and Walk
Join botanist and author Ted Elliman for a morning focused on spring wildflowers. We'll being indoors with an illustrated lecture, then head outside to search for these gems in the Harris Center woods.
Learn more »Opossums and Their Marsupial Ways
Join teacher-naturalist Susie Spikol for a talk on North America’s only marsupial. Discover how the oddball opossum survives and thrives, and leave with a new understanding of this oft-misunderstood mammal!
Learn more »Vernal Pools 101
Dig into the exquisite, ephemeral world of vernal pool ecology in this illustrated lecture by Brett Amy Thelen.
Learn more »North of the Notches: The Great North Woods of New Hampshire
Join Phil Brown for scenes and stories of the wildlife and wild places in the spectacular Great North Woods – and to learn how to join a trip he's leading there in June.
Learn more »Online Book Group for Middle Schoolers: Hatchet
Join Harris Center naturalists to read and discuss Gary Paulsen's classic award-winning novel "Hatchet," which tells the story of one teenager's survival in the harsh beauty of the Canadian wilderness.
Learn more »May 2020
Easygoing Hike at Pisgah State Park
Join Rich Taylor and Iva Wood for a moderately strenuous, 3-mile roundtrip hike through New Hampshire’s largest state park.
Learn more »Elmwood Junction Birding Brunch
Join Meade Cadot and Francie Von Mertens for a birding brunch hosted by Don and Lillian Stokes. We’ll scout for returning migrants, then visit with the Stokes for brunch nearby.
Learn more »Following in the Footsteps of John Kulish Along the North Branch
Join Stan Smith and Vic Starzynski for a moderately strenuous hike along the North Branch River, following one of John Kulish's favorite hunting routes.
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