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April 2020
Environmental Studies Institute: 50 Years Since Earth Day
April 22 marks the 50th Anniversary of the first Earth Day. How is our planet is doing since that landmark 1970 protest? Join a series of experts to explore a different ecosystem each week, including what’s changed in the last five decades, as well as thoughts on the future.
Learn more »Environmental Studies Institute: Forest Dynamics
Join Harris Center Director and forest ecologist Jeremy Wilson for an online course exploring the dramatic and complex changes our forests experience over time.
Learn more »Environmental Studies Institute: 50 Years Since Earth Day
April 22 marks the 50th Anniversary of the first Earth Day. How is our planet is doing since that landmark 1970 protest? Join a series of experts to explore a different ecosystem each week, including what’s changed in the last five decades, as well as thoughts on the future.
Learn more »Environmental Studies Institute: Forest Dynamics
Join Harris Center Director and forest ecologist Jeremy Wilson for an online course exploring the dramatic and complex changes our forests experience over time.
Learn more »Environmental Studies Institute: 50 Years Since Earth Day
April 22 marks the 50th Anniversary of the first Earth Day. How is our planet is doing since that landmark 1970 protest? Join a series of experts to explore a different ecosystem each week, including what’s changed in the last five decades, as well as thoughts on the future.
Learn more »Conserving Grassland Birds in New England
Join renowned ornithologist Jon Atwood to learn about regional conservation initiatives focused on grassland birds, including the Bobolink Project and the status of Eastern Meadowlarks.
Learn more »Art in Wood: A Discussion and Demonstration
Join marquetry artist Craig Altobello and forest ecologist Jeremy Wilson for an evening at the intersection of art and ecology.
Learn more »Environmental Studies Institute: Forest Dynamics
Join Harris Center Director and forest ecologist Jeremy Wilson for an online course exploring the dramatic and complex changes our forests experience over time.
Learn more »Nature on Tap: A Rapture for Raptors
Celebrate Earth Day with stories of birds of prey in the Monadnock Region, gleaned from raptor biologist Chris Martin’s 30 years of work with NH Audubon.
Learn more »Emerald Ash Borer and What It Means to You
Join UNH Cooperative Extension forestry field specialists Mike Gagnon and Dode Gladders to learn more about the current status of Emerald Ash Borer in New Hampshire.
Learn more »Wildflower Talk and Walk
Join botanist and author Ted Elliman for a morning focused on spring wildflowers. We'll being indoors with an illustrated lecture, then head outside to search for these gems in the Harris Center woods.
Learn more »Opossums and Their Marsupial Ways
Join teacher-naturalist Susie Spikol for a talk on North America’s only marsupial. Discover how the oddball opossum survives and thrives, and leave with a new understanding of this oft-misunderstood mammal!
Learn more »Vernal Pools 101
Dig into the exquisite, ephemeral world of vernal pool ecology in this illustrated lecture by Brett Amy Thelen.
Learn more »North of the Notches: The Great North Woods of New Hampshire
Join Phil Brown for scenes and stories of the wildlife and wild places in the spectacular Great North Woods – and to learn how to join a trip he's leading there in June.
Learn more »May 2020
Environmental Studies Institute: Exploring the Geology of the Monadnock Region
Join Frederick Rogers to learn about minerals, rocks, plate tectonics, geologic time, the forces that shape landscapes, and what these things can tell us about the history of our region.
Learn more »Environmental Studies Institute: Exploring the Geology of the Monadnock Region
Join Frederick Rogers to learn about minerals, rocks, plate tectonics, geologic time, the forces that shape landscapes, and what these things can tell us about the history of our region.
Learn more »The Role of Depots in Small Town New Hampshire
Join Alan Rumrill, Director of the Historical Society of Cheshire County, for an enlightening talk on the role that train depots played in small town New England.
Learn more »Caterpillars of New England: Uncovering the Whole Story
Join Sam Jaffe of The Caterpillar Lab for an artist's reception and talk that explores backyard pollinators, plants, parasitoids, and the many caterpillars that are positioned at the center of it all.
Learn more »June 2020
Environmental Studies Institute: Exploring the Geology of the Monadnock Region
Join Frederick Rogers to learn about minerals, rocks, plate tectonics, geologic time, the forces that shape landscapes, and what these things can tell us about the history of our region.
Learn more »Environmental Studies Institute: Exploring the Geology of the Monadnock Region
Join Frederick Rogers to learn about minerals, rocks, plate tectonics, geologic time, the forces that shape landscapes, and what these things can tell us about the history of our region.
Learn more »New England Ferns
Join Lynn Levine – naturalist, forester, and author of "Identifying Ferns the Easy Way" – for an afternoon workshop on ferns.
Learn more »Bird Banding Demonstration
Get an up-close look at the science of songbirds during this bird banding demonstration by ornithologist Dr. Patricia Wohner.
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