Calendar of Events
Community Science
Events
Salamander Crossing Brigade Workshop
Every year, the Harris Center trains community scientists to serve on Salamander Crossing Brigades at amphibian road crossings throughout the Monadnock Region. Attend this fun, information-packed volunteer training to join their ranks — or simply to learn more about the remarkable spring amphibian migration.
The Kestrels Young Birders Club: Harris Center Big Day
Are you a teenager or tween 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.
Monadnock Region City Nature Challenge
Join iNaturalist enthusiasts Steven Lamonde and Nate Marchessault for the Monadnock Region’s first annual participation in the City Nature Challenge — a fun celebration of biodiversity that also contributes valuable observations to the iNaturalist database.
The Rat Poison Problem: How Rodenticides Are Harming Wildlife, Pets, and People
Join environmental writer and advocate Laura Kiesel to learn how rising rat populations and widespread rodenticide use are impacting wildlife, pets, and human health — and explore practical, safer solutions New Hampshire communities can use to address rodent problems without harmful poisons.
Making Your Turtle Sightings Count
Spot a turtle in the wild? Your encounter could help conservation efforts. Join NH Fish and Game turtle biologist Josh Megysey and Harris Center ecologist Nate Marchessault to learn how to turn your turtle sightings into valuable data.
LAB GIRLS+ Experiments From the Wild & In the Field: Salamander Coverboard Survey
Harris Center for Conservation Education 83 Kings Hwy, Hancock, NH, United StatesJoin ecologist and salamander lover Brett Amy Thelen for a hands-on survey of red-backed salamanders and other amphibians at the Harris Center’s long-term monitoring plots.
Land Management Practices for New Hampshire Turtles: A Wildlife Workshop
Join NRCS biologists for a walking tour at Reservoir Woods, where we’ll learn about the habitat management practices they’ve put in place to support local turtle populations — and discuss ways you can help turtles on your own property.
Field Foray with the SuperSanctuary Butterfly Club
Join Mark Ellingwood and the SuperSanctuary Butterfly Club to search meadows and woodlands for crescents, blues, sulfurs, and more while sharpening your butterfly identification skills for the SuperSanctuary Butterfly Count in July.
Field Foray with the SuperSanctuary Butterfly Club
Join Mark Ellingwood and the SuperSanctuary Butterfly Club as we search for swallowtails, satyrs, skippers, and other butterflies — and learn to identify them by their field marks, flight patterns, and behavior.
SuperSanctuary Butterfly Count
Join the SuperSanctuary Butterfly Club to survey for coppers, crescents, skippers, swallowtails, monarchs, and more! The data we collect will be submitted to both the North American Butterfly Association and the NH Butterfly Monitoring Network.
