Calendar of Events
October 2019
Harris Center Annual Meeting: We’re Turning Fifty!
Join us as we kick off a year of celebrations for the Harris Center’s 50th Anniversary! Our Annual Meeting will feature highlights from the past year, special recognitions, inspiration from our founder Eleanor Briggs, and more.
Learn more »Harris Center Classic: Jefts Cemetery by Dark
Join local history buff Eric Aldrich and ghost story enthusiast Susie Spikol for a favorite Harris Center hike to a remote cemetery in Stoddard’s Andorra Forest. Come learn about the lives of those who once lived here and spend time in the graveyard hearing some good old-fashioned ghost tales, just in time for Halloween...
Learn more »Live Birds of Prey with Raptor Rehabilitator Tom Ricardi
Join raptor rehabilitator Tom Ricardi as he shares stories of his inspiring work and introduces us to eight live raptors!
Learn more »Harris Center Classic: Great Meadow Paddle
Join Kathy Schillemat and Al Stoops for a Harris Center favorite: an autumn paddle from Nelson into Harrisville through beautiful Great Meadow.
Learn more »Harris Center Big Year of Birding: Otter Brook Farm
Celebrate 50 years of land protection and environmental education by spending the year cataloguing all the birds that now make the SuperSanctuary their home. We’ll start off with an excursion to Otter Brook Farm in Peterborough, one of the Harris Center’s more than 100 conservation easements.
Learn more »November 2019
An Evening with Walt Whitman
Stephen Collins brings Walt Whitman to life in this acclaimed one-man show by playwright Michael Keamy.
Learn more »Following in the Footsteps of John Kulish on Willard and Robb Mountains
Join Stan Smith and Vic Starzynski for a rugged hike through one of John Kulish's favorite haunts.
Learn more »Reading (and Walking) the Forested Landscape with Tom Wessels
Join noted ecologist, naturalist, and author Tom Wessels for a walk through the Harris Center woods. Seeing the forest through Tom’s eyes may change how you look at our landscape forever.
Learn more »Harris Center Big Year of Birding: Waterfowl Migration
Celebrate 50 years of land protection and environmental education by spending the year cataloguing all the birds that now make the SuperSanctuary their home. This second trip in the Big Year series will focus on birding the area’s lakes and ponds for late-migrating waterfowl.
Learn more »“Bobcats Before Breakfast”: Remembering Naturalist John Kulish, His Book, and His Legacy
Join writer Mark Reynolds and Harris Center naturalist Susie Spikol for an evening honoring the Harris Center’s first naturalist, John Kulish. Dig deeper into the life of this charismatic trapper-turned conservationist, and hear about his long-lasting legacy.
Learn more »First-Ever Monadnock Region Natural History Conference
This one-day conference will feature presentations on a diversity of natural history topics, with a focus on conservation research, ecological restoration, and natural resource management in the Monadnock Region.
Learn more »“Bobcats Before Breakfast” Reading and Discussion Group
Join naturalist Susie Spikol for this special opportunity to read and discuss John Kulish’s classic 1969 book, "Bobcats Before Breakfast."
Learn more »December 2019
“Bobcats Before Breakfast” Reading and Discussion Group
Join naturalist Susie Spikol for this special opportunity to read and discuss John Kulish’s classic 1969 book, "Bobcats Before Breakfast."
Learn more »“Bobcats Before Breakfast” Reading and Discussion Group
Join naturalist Susie Spikol for this special opportunity to read and discuss John Kulish’s classic 1969 book, "Bobcats Before Breakfast."
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