Calendar of Events
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Homeschool Program: At Home in Nature
Homeschool Program: At Home in Nature
Calling all animal allies, nature noticers, and outdoor explorers ages 6 through 12! Uncover your wonder, and let the natural world be your teacher on Monday afternoons with Harris Center naturalist John Benjamin.
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Environmental Studies Institute: The Natural History of Deer and Moose in New Hampshire
Environmental Studies Institute: The Natural History of Deer and Moose in New Hampshire
Join wildlife biologist Mark Ellingwood for a four-week course on deer and moose ecology in the Granite State. We'll learn about seasonal behavior, habitat use, and population dynamics of these iconic species, and how to identify deer and moose sign in our local woods.
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Babies in Backpacks and Toddlers in Tow
Babies in Backpacks and Toddlers in Tow
Calling all families with young children! Join Harris Center naturalist and animal lover Susie Spikol to wander trails, meadows, and the nooks and crannies of the Harris Center grounds in search of wild finds.
LAB GIRLS: Think Wild & Choose Your Own Adventure
LAB GIRLS: Think Wild & Choose Your Own Adventure
Find out what it’s like to be an Antarctic researcher, a salamander guardian, or a wildlife artist who swims with whales and follows bears! Sign up for all three, or come to just the ones that interest you the most.
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New Hampshire’s Winter Fungi
New Hampshire’s Winter Fungi
Join John Benjamin, Harris Center naturalist and leader of the popular Morel Quandary Club, for an exploration of the diversity and natural history of some of the more common fungi found in New Hampshire during the cold months.
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Shattuck Winter Wander
Shattuck Winter Wander
Join Harris Center teacher-naturalists Jaime Hutchinson and Karen Rent for a winter wander along the wild edges of the Shattuck golf course. We'll listen for winter birds, search for animal tracks and sign, and more.
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Homeschool Program: At Home in Nature
Homeschool Program: At Home in Nature
Calling all animal allies, nature noticers, and outdoor explorers ages 6 through 12! Uncover your wonder, and let the natural world be your teacher on Monday afternoons with Harris Center naturalist John Benjamin.
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SuperSanctuary Butterfly Club
SuperSanctuary Butterfly Club
The SuperSanctuary Butterfly Club is taking its fledgling flight! Each month, we’ll learn to identify a dozen local butterfly species, in preparation for a community butterfly survey in the summer of 2022.
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Environmental Studies Institute: iNaturalist for Beginners
Environmental Studies Institute: iNaturalist for Beginners
Join conservation biologist Steven Lamonde for an introduction to iNaturalist, an online community science platform for documenting biodiversity. Discover how you can make important contributions to science while learning to identify your wild finds!
Nature on Tap: Love, Sex, and Wow in the Animal World
Nature on Tap: Love, Sex, and Wow in the Animal World
Get your wild on this Valentine’s Day by joining Harris Center naturalists for a discussion of the unusual ways some animals court and mate. Drinks on you, stories on us!
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Winter Outing to the Crotched Mountain Bowl
Winter Outing to the Crotched Mountain Bowl
Join Dave Butler and Ben Haubrich for a moderately strenuous, 4-mile snowshoe hike or ski on the rolling terrain of Crotched Mountain.
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Homeschool Program: At Home in Nature
Homeschool Program: At Home in Nature
Calling all animal allies, nature noticers, and outdoor explorers ages 6 through 12! Uncover your wonder, and let the natural world be your teacher on Monday afternoons with Harris Center naturalist John Benjamin.
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Mushroom Meander with the Morel Quandary Club
Mushroom Meander with the Morel Quandary Club
Join the Morel Quandary Club to look for polypores, slime molds, and shelf fungi, and get into likin’ lichen.
Clean Energy Action in the Monadnock Region
Clean Energy Action in the Monadnock Region
Calling all New Hampshire-based climate advocates and energy enthusiasts! Learn about clean energy and sustainability programs taking place in the Monadnock Region and how you can get involved in climate work at the local and state levels.
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Environmental Studies Institute: iNaturalist for Beginners
Environmental Studies Institute: iNaturalist for Beginners
Join conservation biologist Steven Lamonde for an introduction to iNaturalist, an online community science platform for documenting biodiversity. Discover how you can make important contributions to science while learning to identify your wild finds!
An Evening with the Abenaki Trails Project
An Evening with the Abenaki Trails Project
Join us for this special opportunity to learn about a new initiative highlighting the history of Indigenous people in Nd'akinna – and celebrating the ongoing vital presence of the Abenaki in New Hampshire.
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Great Backyard Bird Count
Great Backyard Bird Count
Every February, people around the world count birds in their neighborhoods as part of the Great Backyard Bird Count. Join the fun by counting at the Harris Center bird feeders with avid birders Steven Lamonde and Eric Masterson. Beginning birders welcome!
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Wilderness Survival Skills for Middle Schoolers
Wilderness Survival Skills for Middle Schoolers
Join Harris Center naturalist John Benjamin for a day of of outdoor adventure and survival skills practice, including hiking, fire making, shelter building, tracking, and more!
February Vacation Camp
February Vacation Camp
Join Harris Center teacher-naturalists for three active days in the great outdoors! Bring your curiosity and sense of wonder as we explore our favorite trails, giant boulders, and secret dens.
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February Vacation Camp
February Vacation Camp
Join Harris Center teacher-naturalists for three active days in the great outdoors! Bring your curiosity and sense of wonder as we explore our favorite trails, giant boulders, and secret dens.
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February Vacation Camp
February Vacation Camp
Join Harris Center teacher-naturalists for three active days in the great outdoors! Bring your curiosity and sense of wonder as we explore our favorite trails, giant boulders, and secret dens.
“State of Norway Pond” Address
“State of Norway Pond” Address
Join Tom Shevenell, Chair of the Norway Pond Commission, for a scientist’s view of Hancock's beloved Norway Pond. What are researchers and community scientists learning about the health and history of the pond ecosystem?
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Environmental Studies Institute: iNaturalist for Beginners
Environmental Studies Institute: iNaturalist for Beginners
Join conservation biologist Steven Lamonde for an introduction to iNaturalist, an online community science platform for documenting biodiversity. Discover how you can make important contributions to science while learning to identify your wild finds!
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Babies in Backpacks and Toddlers in Tow
Babies in Backpacks and Toddlers in Tow
Calling all families with young children! Join Harris Center naturalist and animal lover Susie Spikol to wander trails, meadows, and the nooks and crannies of the Harris Center grounds in search of wild finds.
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New Hampshire Master Gardener Training
New Hampshire Master Gardener Training
Master Gardeners are trained volunteers who share their enthusiasm for gardening through projects such as teaching in school gardens and answering questions on the UNH Extension Infoline. To join their ranks, attend this 12-week training with UNH Extension staff and garden professionals.
Environmental Studies Institute: iNaturalist for Beginners
Environmental Studies Institute: iNaturalist for Beginners
Join conservation biologist Steven Lamonde for an introduction to iNaturalist, an online community science platform for documenting biodiversity. Discover how you can make important contributions to science while learning to identify your wild finds!
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Hike to Stoddard Rocks
Hike to Stoddard Rocks
Join Denny Wheeler and Brian Bishoff for a moderately strenuous, 5-mile hike on trails and woods roads to scenic Stoddard Rocks above Pioneer Lake.