Calendar of Events
Homeschool Program: At Home in Nature
Harris Center & local field sites 83 King's Highway, HancockCalling all animal allies, nature noticers, and outdoor explorers! Join Harris Center naturalists Karen Rent and Susie Spikol to let your wild side out this fall.
Field Trip: Fall Tree Identification
Join Mike Gagnon and Matt Tarr of UNH Extension for a relaxed ramble focused on fall tree identification. Together, we'll examine branching patterns, leaf shape and structure, foliage, fruit, and how each species functions as habitat for wildlife.
Environmental Studies Institute: Creativity in the Artdoors
Harris Center for Conservation Education 83 Kings Hwy, Hancock, NH, United StatesJoin local environmental artist Sarah Wilson for this three-session class, where we’ll make beautiful works of outdoor art using materials sourced from nature.
Nature’s Playground Play Group
Join Harris Center naturalists and parent educators from The Grapevine and The River Center for a morning of child-centered, unstructured outdoor play. While your little ones collect acorns, build nests, pretend to be butterflies, build tiny forts, eat like chipmunks, and make new friends, you’ll have a chance to talk with other parents and caregivers.
LAB GIRLS+ Experiments from the Wild
Get your science on during this once-a-month afterschool club with Harris Center naturalists Jaime Hutchinson and Susie Spikol. If you like experiments, nature, hands-on experiences, wild animals, making discoveries, tasty snacks, and free tee shirts, then this is the club for you!
Surveying for Salamanders
Join Harris Center ecologist Brett Amy Thelen for an afternoon of salamander monitoring at the Harris Center’s long-term study plots.
Source to Sea Cleanup
Monadnock Region NH, United StatesMake a difference for our local rivers during the Connecticut River Conservancy's 27th Annual Source to Sea Cleanup! In the Monadnock Region, we’ll focus our efforts on the Ashuelot River in Keene, Swanzey, and Winchester.
Source to Sea Cleanup
Monadnock Region NH, United StatesMake a difference for our local rivers during the Connecticut River Conservancy's 27th Annual Source to Sea Cleanup! In the Monadnock Region, we’ll focus our efforts on the Ashuelot River in Keene, Swanzey, and Winchester.
All About Jack’s Pond: A History Hike
Join Hancock writer Eric Aldrich, Harris Center naturalist Susie Spikol, and Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire Director JerriAnne Boggis for a 1.75-mile roundtrip hike to Jack’s Pond, where we'll hear about Jack's life, the families he was connected with, and how Black history — so long in the shadows — is now coming to light.
Homeschool Program: At Home in Nature
Harris Center & local field sites 83 King's Highway, HancockCalling all animal allies, nature noticers, and outdoor explorers! Join Harris Center naturalists Karen Rent and Susie Spikol to let your wild side out this fall.
Environmental Studies Institute: Creativity in the Artdoors
Harris Center for Conservation Education 83 Kings Hwy, Hancock, NH, United StatesJoin local environmental artist Sarah Wilson for this three-session class, where we’ll make beautiful works of outdoor art using materials sourced from nature.
Art Exhibit and Talk: An Illustrated Exploration of Lichen Lore
Join us to celebrate the opening of our newest art exhibit — a series of poster illustrations by Susan Edwards, with descriptions adapted from Kay Hurley’s text for their forthcoming book, "Lichenpedia: A Compendium of Lichen Lore."
Nature Photography 101
Have you ever wondered how professional photographers are able to capture such stunning images of nature? Join award-winning photographer Ben Conant for a “behind the lens” look at nature photography.
The Harris Center’s Rock Hound Club for Families in Gilsum
Join naturalists Susie Spikol and Julie Brown for a different rockin’ outing each month from August through November. We’ll explore rock and mineral collections, visit geological sites, and connect with geologists, all while keeping our eye out for special stones, fossils, and more.
Birding for All: World Migratory Bird Day Big Sit at Pack Monadnock
Join Harris Center raptor biologists Levi Burford and Katrina Fenton as we tally all bird species observed during a single day from a single location: the Pack Monadnock Raptor Observatory in Peterborough. Beginning birders and all ages welcome!
Homeschool Program: At Home in Nature
Harris Center & local field sites 83 King's Highway, HancockCalling all animal allies, nature noticers, and outdoor explorers! Join Harris Center naturalists Karen Rent and Susie Spikol to let your wild side out this fall.
Babies in Backpacks & Toddlers in Tow at Distant Hill Gardens
Join Harris Center educator Jazimina MacNeil for these pint-sized adventures in Keene and beyond! Together, we’ll explore, wander, and discover the magic of nearby nature.
Environmental Studies Institute: Creativity in the Artdoors
Harris Center for Conservation Education 83 Kings Hwy, Hancock, NH, United StatesJoin local environmental artist Sarah Wilson for this three-session class, where we’ll make beautiful works of outdoor art using materials sourced from nature.
Nature’s Playground Play Group
Join Harris Center naturalists and parent educators from The Grapevine and The River Center for a morning of child-centered, unstructured outdoor play. While your little ones collect acorns, build nests, pretend to be butterflies, build tiny forts, eat like chipmunks, and make new friends, you’ll have a chance to talk with other parents and caregivers.
Mushroom Meander with the Morel Quandary Club at Goose Pond
Let boletes and amanitas capture your imagination as we search for mid-autumn mushrooms with fungi fans John Benjamin and George Caughey!
Hiking the Wapack Trail: Windblown to Barrett Mountain
Join Friends of the Wapack Board member Gail Coffey and trail steward Gerry Coffey for a 3.5-mile roundtrip hike along the Wapack Trail from Windblown to Barrett Mountain.
LGBTQ+ Community Hike on Skatutakee and Thumb Mountains
Join Dee Denehy (she, her), Richard Doherty (he, him), and Hunter Kirschner (he, they) for an LGBTQ+ community hike on the Harris Center’s West Side Trails to Skatutakee and Thumb Mountains.
The Kestrels Young Birders Club: Falconry Demonstration
Are you a teenager with an interest in birds and birding? Join a growing movement of young adults who are honing their wildlife observation skills, learning to recognize birds and their calls, and spending time outside building community with other young birders.
Hiking the West Side Trails
Join Harris Center trustees and local hiking enthusiasts Denise Zimmer and Tara Kessler for an autumn hike of the Harris Center’s West Side Trails to Skatutakee and Thumb Mountains.
Homeschool Program: At Home in Nature
Harris Center & local field sites 83 King's Highway, HancockCalling all animal allies, nature noticers, and outdoor explorers! Join Harris Center naturalists Karen Rent and Susie Spikol to let your wild side out this fall.
Running Wild: A Day in the Life of a New Hampshire Wildlife Rehabilitator
Join Catherine Greenleaf, director of the Saint Francis Wild Bird Center in Lyme, as she shares stories from two decades of rescuing and rehabilitating wildlife in the Granite State.
Easygoing Hike at the Zophar Willard Woods
Join Harris Center ecologist Brett Amy Thelen, longtime outing leader Ben Haubrich, and Historic Harrisville Director Erin Hammerstadt for a 1.75-mile loop hike from Harrisville's historic mill village through the Zophar Willard Woods – once a woodlot for a 19th-century clothespin and wooden box factory, now conservation land protected by Historic Harrisville.
Saw-whet Owl Banding Demonstration
Join the Harris Center's saw-whet banding team to learn what owl banding efforts are revealing about this diminutive bird of prey, and to see a demonstration of the banding process.
Saw-whet Owl Banding Demonstration for Families
Join the Harris Center's saw-whet banding team to learn about this tiny bird of prey, and to see a demonstration of the banding process.
Annual Meeting
Save the date for the Harris Center’s 2023 Annual Meeting! Join Harris Center staff, trustees, and friends for highlights from the past year, special recognitions, and a talk by Matthew Myer Boulton of the SALT Project.
