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Join fine artist Lauryn Welch to learn techniques for drawing our avian neighbors, from quick gestural drawings of songbirds at the bird feeder to detailed observational studies of preserved birds from the Harris Center’s extensive taxidermy collection.
Join Lee Baker and Rich Taylor for a moderately strenuous, 3-mile roundtrip hike along Crotched Mountain’s accessible trails, with expansive views of the Contoocook River Valley.
Calling all volunteer trip leaders and trail stewards! Join Harris Center staff for a scenic lunch (provided by the Harris Center) at a cabin overlooking Island Pond, as a thank you for your incredible and much-appreciated work.
Join fine artist Lauryn Welch to learn techniques for drawing our avian neighbors, from quick gestural drawings of songbirds at the bird feeder to detailed observational studies of preserved birds from the Harris Center’s extensive taxidermy collection.
Open your senses and immerse yourself in nature during this gentle "forest bathing" (Shinrin-yoku) experience. This is an invitation to slow down, breathe in the August air, and allow yourself the gift of reconnecting to this wild world. 10 to...
On summer Tuesdays, Orchard Hill Breadworks welcomes the community to their beautiful property for Pizza Nights – delicious, family-friendly events whose proceeds are donated to local nonprofits. August 13 will benefit the Harris Center!
Join master birder Phil Brown for an early morning paddle in search of feathered friends on Norway Pond.
Join us for a volunteer workday to restore the view from the summit of Skatutakee Mountain.
Come start a new tradition with a late morning paddle around Hancock’s town gem! We’ll circumnavigate the pond, glimpsing back toward the hustle and bustle of Hancock’s Old Home Day as well as the church steeple and its beautiful arching barn.
Join Jeremy Wilson for this 1.5-mile exploration of the forests surrounding Norway Pond, drawing on information from a tree-ring study that described how those forests have been shaped by events in Hancock’s history.
Join Rick Chormann, NH state geologist, for an introduction to Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) technology, with an emphasis on glacial landforms. Rick will also discuss stone walls as landforms, their place in New Hampshire history, and the New Hampshire Stone Wall Mapping project.
The fall nighthawk migration is now underway! Join expert birder Phil Brown to search for the spectacle in the skies above downtown Peterborough. If we're lucky, we just might see hundreds of these special birds feeding in giant flocks above the Contoocook River.
The fall nighthawk migration is now underway! Join Cliff Seifer and Brett Amy Thelen to search for the spectacle from a great vantage point in Keene. If we're lucky, we just might see hundreds of these special birds feeding in giant flocks above the Ashuelot River Valley.
This meditative documentary follows British landscape artist Andy Goldsworthy as he uses natural materials like stone and flower petals to create art installations all over the world, including here in New England.