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Babies in Backpacks and Toddlers in Tow
Join naturalist Susie Spikol Faber for gentle morning hikes around the Harris Center grounds and trails with your babies and toddlers. As we walk, we’ll look for signs of the season and share ideas for getting outside with young children all year long.
Learn more »Summer Solstice Concert with Steve Schuch
Join us for a free concert in celebration of the summer solstice! Performer Steve Schuch fuses Celtic/Folk roots with a storyteller’s heart and humor. Haunting violin and loon calls, tales of mud season and black flies in all their glory, irrepressible singing and audience harmonies are all part of his wide-ranging repertoire.
Learn more »Where Do All the Wood Chips Go?
You’re probably familiar with the 18-wheeler trucks that haul wood chips down our highways and byways every winter, but you may not know that many of them make a journey to Schiller Station in Portsmouth, NH, where they're transformed into electricity. Join us for a field trip to Schiller, where we’ll take a walking tour through the operation.
Learn more »Railroads and Rail Trails of Hancock and Harrisville
This three-week Environmental Studies Institute course explores our local railroad history. On June 8, Alan Rumrill will give an illustrated talk on the railroad's influential role in the Monadnock Region. On June 15 and 22, we’ll carpool to various sites to see the remnants of this history firsthand and to explore the new ways these old byways are now being enjoyed.
Learn more »Landscaping at the Water’s Edge
Join Cathy Neal and Jason Aube for an introduction to landscaping on shorefront properties. You’ll learn best practices for enhancing your yard while also protecting water quality in our lakes, streams, and rivers.
Learn more »The Life and Times of Fishers
To learn more about New Hampshire’s most misunderstood mustelid, join Harris Center naturalist and fisher aficionado Susie Spikol Faber for this lively talk.
Learn more »Nocturnal Nature: Moths by Moonlight
Join us for this very special glimpse into the world of New England’s nocturnal insects, led by knowledgeable naturalists from The Caterpillar Lab.
Learn more »Easygoing Hike up Rose Mountain
Join Rich Taylor and Lee Baker for a moderately strenuous, 3-mile hike up Rose Mountain in Lyndeborough. We’ll enjoy a panoramic lunch at the summit and feast on wild blueberries for dessert.
Learn more »Bicycling the SuperSanctuary in Hancock and Harrisville
Join Russ Cobb for a challenging, but easy-paced 22-mile bike ride around Hancock and Harrisville. The route includes dirt, gravel, and Class VI roads, so a gravel, mountain, or fat tire bike is recommended.
Learn more »Babies in Backpacks and Families in Tow
Join teacher-naturalist Susie Spikol Faber for a pint-sized hike and exploration of summer’s beauty, specially designed for babies, toddlers, and their caregivers.
Learn more »Tick Talk
Join us for an afternoon talk on ticks and the impact of tick-borne diseases in New Hampshire, including best practices for preventing tick bites and transmission of tick-borne diseases. Come get informed!
Learn more »State of the Loon
Have you ever wondered what loons are saying with those eerie calls in the night, or why loon chicks ride on their parents’ backs? Join biologist Harry Vogel for an illustrated lecture on the natural history of loons in New Hampshire.
Learn more »Our World Up Close
Using a variety of lenses – from hand magnifiers to jeweler’s loupes to microscopes and stereoscopes – we’ll get an up-close look at some of nature’s treasures in this hands-on hour with Harris Center naturalist Susie Spikol Faber.
Learn more »Fire & Ice: Connecticut River Geology Cruise
Enjoy a relaxing cruise on the Connecticut River, filled with tales of drifting continents, earthquakes, dinosaurs, glaciers, Lake Hitchcock, and the strange origin of deep riverbed holes – all part of the creation of the Connecticut River Valley.
Learn more »Hiking Beech Hill and Robin Hood Park
Join Denny Wheeler and Brian Bishoff for a moderately easy, 4-mile hike through Robin Hood Park in Keene, including visits to the famed Table Rock, Sunset Rock, and Blarney Stone.
Learn more »Nocturnal Nature: Full Moon Hike
Join us as we slip outside under July’s Buck Moon and quietly ramble to Juggernaut Pond. Along the way, we’ll listen for owls, ponder porcupines, and see the moonlight glisten on this beautiful, undisturbed pond.
Learn more »Bird Banding Demonstration
Dig into the science of songbirds during this bird banding demonstration. You’ll learn how biologists use delicate nets and lightweight metal bands to monitor migratory bird populations, and enjoy up-close looks at some of the songbirds that nest in our neck of the woods.
Learn more »Easygoing Hike to Historic Greystone Lodge
Join Rich Taylor and Lee Baker for a moderately strenuous, 4-mile hike through Monadnock Paper Mills land to Nabor Hill, where historic Greystone Lodge once stood.
Learn more »Blueberries and Fire: A Winning Combination
Join Andy Fast, Field Specialist with UNH Cooperative Extension, for a field trip to Hubbard Hill, where a prescribed burn occurred in 1998. Andy will explain why fire is an integral part of managing for blueberries, and detail the operation and challenges of conducting a prescribed burn.
Learn more »Babies in Backpacks and Families in Tow
Join teacher-naturalist Susie Spikol Faber for a pint-sized hike and exploration of summer’s beauty, specially designed for babies, toddlers, and their caregivers.
Learn more »Nocturnal Nature: Perseids Meteor Shower and Greek Star Tales
Join naturalist, writer, and classics scholar Henry Walters for a late-night stargazing adventure at the Harris Center. We’ll look at summer constellations, hear some of the mythology surrounding these stellar characters, and scan the night sky for shooting stars...
Learn more »Celebrating Our Trip Leaders and Trail Stewards
Calling all volunteer trip leaders and trail stewards! Join Harris Center staff for a scenic lunch at a cabin above Island Pond, as a thank you for your incredible and much-appreciated work.
Learn more »Raptor Volunteer Educator Training
Calling all hawk fans – we’re in need of volunteer educators to help out at the Pack Monadnock Raptor Observatory this fall! In this volunteer training, we'll teach you the tricks of the trade, so you’ll be well prepared for sharing your love of hawks with kids who are hawkwatching for the first time.
Learn more »Easygoing Hike to White Ledges in Temple
Join Lee Baker and Rich Taylor for a moderately strenuous, 4-mile hike to White Ledges, with views toward Nashua and Manchester.
Learn more »Pollinate New England
Pollinators need plants, and plants need pollinators. Without both, our entire food system is at risk. Join us for a talk on the plight of pollinators and how you can help – including recommendations for garden plants that best support local pollinators.
Learn more »Tracking Ospreys from New Hampshire to South America
Join Iain MacLeod for an introduction to Project OspreyTrack, a multi-year project that uses GPS trackers to follow Ospreys from their nests in New Hampshire to their wintering grounds in South America and back.
Learn more »Bat Conservation in New Hampshire
Join Sandra Houghton (NHFG) and Jesse Mohr (Native Geographic) to learn about the ecology of New Hampshire bats, bat-friendly forestry, and what you can do to help local bats.
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