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SUMMARY:ESI Course: Natural History of Autumn with Susie Spikol
DESCRIPTION:Join naturalist and author Susie Spikol for a walk through the fall\, as we explore the signposts of this shifting season. From bird migration and late-season flowers to mushrooms\, small mammals\, and the mighty acorn\, come discover how seasonal changes influence the flora and fauna of the Monadnock Region. Each class will consist of a short walkable outing led by an expert in the field (fungi-phile George Caughey will teach us about fall mushrooms\, ecologist Nate Marchessault will be our goldenrod guide\, and more!). You’ll also keep a personal almanac to track nature’s journey towards winter. Field trips will be supported by readings from Bernd Heinrich\, Peter Marchand\, and other writers and researchers. \nThis Environmental Studies Institute (ESI) course will meet on Tuesdays\, September 22 & 29\, and October 6 & 13\, from 10 a.m. to noon at the Harris Center and local field sites. Space is limited\, and registration is required. \nCost: $80 for Harris Center supporters / $100 for all others. Space is limited\, and registration is required. For questions about registration\, contact Miles Stahmann. For all other information\, including questions about accessibility\, contact Susie. \n\nSusie Spikol (photo © Ben Conant) \nAbout Susie Spikol\nWriter and Harris Center teacher-naturalist Susie Spikol spends her autumn searching for signs of mammal activity. Her favorite thing to find is a bear nest high up in a beech tree. When she isn’t out searching for wild signs\, she is writing or leading programs for the Harris Center. Throughout her 30-year career as a naturalist and educator\, Susie has inspired thousands through hands-on programs and public talks\, earning numerous awards for her work. A regular contributor to Yankee\, Northern Woodlands\, and Taproot Magazine\, she also writes the “Backyard Nature” column for the Monadnock Ledger-Transcript. Her first book\, published in 2022\,  The Animal Adventurer’s Guide\, was recognized with a National Parenting Products Award. Her new book Forest Magic for Kids: How to Find for Fairies\, Make a Secret Fort\, and Cook Up an Elfin Picnic is filled with activities inspired by imagination\, folklore\, and science and an invitation to all readers to step outside and discover the beauty and magic of the world. Her newest book\, The Book of Wild Wonder\, will be hitting shelves in the spring of 2027.
URL:https://harriscenter.org/events/natural-history-of-autumn/2026-10-06
LOCATION:Harris Center & local field sites\, 83 King's Highway\, Hancock\, 03449
CATEGORIES:Mammals,Trees,Wildflowers,Birds & Birding,Lectures,Workshops,Outings,Environmental Studies Institute,Plants,Wildlife
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SUMMARY:How Acoustic Research is Shedding Light on New Hampshire's Bats
DESCRIPTION:Discover how UNH researcher Megan Graham is exploring the use of passive acoustic monitoring to track changes in Granite State bat populations. Don’t miss this chance to learn more about New Hampshire’s bats — and how new tools are helping scientists like Megan understand these fascinating winged mammals. \n7 to 8 p.m. via Zoom. To get the login details\, register here. Please save the confirmation email you receive from Zoom to access at the time of the event. Closed captioning will be available. For more information\, contact Susie Spikol. \nNote: This event will be recorded. To ensure access to the recording\, please register for this event\, even if you cannot attend live. We will follow up with all registered participants when the recording is ready to view. \nBats in flight against the darkness of the night sky. (photo © Stuart Anthony via the Flickr Creative Commons) \n\nAbout Megan Graham\nMegan Graham is a graduate student at the University of New Hampshire\, where she is studying how we can use acoustic methods to monitor bat populations. Originally from Connecticut\, she graduated from the University of Connecticut in 2023 with a bachelor’s degree in natural resources and the environment. After graduation\, she worked with the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection on many wildlife research projects\, but spent most of her time working with bats! She hopes to advance current conservation methods to protect these crucial species.
URL:https://harriscenter.org/events/acoustic-bat-research
LOCATION:Zoom\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mammals,Online Events,Lectures,Women in Science,Wildlife
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SUMMARY:ESI Course: Natural History of Autumn with Susie Spikol
DESCRIPTION:Join naturalist and author Susie Spikol for a walk through the fall\, as we explore the signposts of this shifting season. From bird migration and late-season flowers to mushrooms\, small mammals\, and the mighty acorn\, come discover how seasonal changes influence the flora and fauna of the Monadnock Region. Each class will consist of a short walkable outing led by an expert in the field (fungi-phile George Caughey will teach us about fall mushrooms\, ecologist Nate Marchessault will be our goldenrod guide\, and more!). You’ll also keep a personal almanac to track nature’s journey towards winter. Field trips will be supported by readings from Bernd Heinrich\, Peter Marchand\, and other writers and researchers. \nThis Environmental Studies Institute (ESI) course will meet on Tuesdays\, September 22 & 29\, and October 6 & 13\, from 10 a.m. to noon at the Harris Center and local field sites. Space is limited\, and registration is required. \nCost: $80 for Harris Center supporters / $100 for all others. Space is limited\, and registration is required. For questions about registration\, contact Miles Stahmann. For all other information\, including questions about accessibility\, contact Susie. \n\nSusie Spikol (photo © Ben Conant) \nAbout Susie Spikol\nWriter and Harris Center teacher-naturalist Susie Spikol spends her autumn searching for signs of mammal activity. Her favorite thing to find is a bear nest high up in a beech tree. When she isn’t out searching for wild signs\, she is writing or leading programs for the Harris Center. Throughout her 30-year career as a naturalist and educator\, Susie has inspired thousands through hands-on programs and public talks\, earning numerous awards for her work. A regular contributor to Yankee\, Northern Woodlands\, and Taproot Magazine\, she also writes the “Backyard Nature” column for the Monadnock Ledger-Transcript. Her first book\, published in 2022\,  The Animal Adventurer’s Guide\, was recognized with a National Parenting Products Award. Her new book Forest Magic for Kids: How to Find for Fairies\, Make a Secret Fort\, and Cook Up an Elfin Picnic is filled with activities inspired by imagination\, folklore\, and science and an invitation to all readers to step outside and discover the beauty and magic of the world. Her newest book\, The Book of Wild Wonder\, will be hitting shelves in the spring of 2027.
URL:https://harriscenter.org/events/natural-history-of-autumn/2026-10-13
LOCATION:Harris Center & local field sites\, 83 King's Highway\, Hancock\, 03449
CATEGORIES:Mammals,Trees,Wildflowers,Birds & Birding,Lectures,Workshops,Outings,Environmental Studies Institute,Plants,Wildlife
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SUMMARY:Book Event: Oceanic Manta Adventure  — Saving the Angels of the Sea with Sy Montgomery and Patrick Joyce
DESCRIPTION:Join award-winning nature author Sy Montgomery and wildlife photographer Patrick Joyce for an evening with manta rays. Sy’s latest Scientists in the Field book for ages 8 to 10\, Oceanic Manta Adventure follows a small group of biologists as they try to uncover the secrets of manta rays off the coast of Ecuador. Joyce’s underwater photographs bring to light the graceful beauty of these fascinating creatures. \n7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Harris Center. Space is limited\, and registration is required. For more information including questions about accessibility\,\, contact Susie Spikol. \nCo-sponsored by the Harris Center for Conservation Education\, the Hancock Town Library\, and Toadstool Bookshop. \n \n  \n 
URL:https://harriscenter.org/events/book-event-oceanic-manta-adventure-saving-the-angels-of-the-sea-with-sy-montgomery-and-patrick-joyce
LOCATION:Harris Center for Conservation Education\, 83 Kings Hwy\, Hancock\, NH\, 03449\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures,Books,Storytelling,Wildlife
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SUMMARY:Book Talk: Invisible Monuments with Howard Mansfield
DESCRIPTION:Think of monuments as the first part of a call and response\, as in music\, as in worship. Any monument that we stand before asks something of us. We bring our sense of history to the present\, otherwise the granite/marble/limestone/bronze before us will be mute. \nJoin us for a special evening as Laura Knoy interviews Hancock author Howard Mansfield about his latest book\, Invisible Monuments: Tribute\, Memory\, and the Summoning of the Past. Hear the stories of forgotten\, invisible\, and erased monuments on our landscape\, including the site of a “desperate railroad riot\,” a rediscovered African Burial Ground\, and one family’s tribute to a son lost in war. \n7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Harris Center. Space is limited\, and registration is encouraged. For more information\, including questions about accessibility\, contact Susie Spikol. \n\nAbout Howard Mansfield\nHoward Mansfield sifts through the commonplace and the forgotten to discover stories that tell us about ourselves and our place in the world. He writes about history\, architecture\, and preservation\, very often set in the Monadnock Region. He is the author of a dozen books\, including The Bones of the Earth\, The Same Ax Twice\, Chasing Eden\, Dwelling in Possibility\, and In the Memory House\, which the New York Times called “a wise and beautiful book.” In his previous book\, I Will Tell No War Stories: What Our Fathers Left Unsaid About World War II\, he “breaks through the wall of silence some war veterans maintain\,” said Booklist. “The result is an impeccably researched and beautifully written . . . history of all that is left unsaid in the aftermath of war.” Mansfield has been honored by the New Hampshire Humanities Council as “a gem in our granite landscape” and by the Ruth & James Ewing Arts Awards. He has won a gold medal for Commentary for City and Regional Magazines\, a silver medal from the Independent Publisher Book Awards\, and was a City and Regional Magazine Feature Story Finalist. He received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Franklin Pierce University. \nHe has also served as a writer and consultant for museums\, written and performed a stage show\, A Journey to the White Mountains\, that was the subject of an Emmy Award-winning film\, and has co-written a forthcoming documentary. \n\n(photo © Allegra Boverman) \nAbout Laura Knoy\nLaura Knoy is one of New Hampshire’s most well-known journalists. She was the founding host of New Hampshire Public Radio’s “The Exchange” which for 25 years was the state’s most widely recognized and respected radio program. She has also worked at National Public Radio and other broadcast news outlets. \nIn mid-2021\, Laura stepped down from the host’s chair at NHPR to pursue other interests\, including writing fiction. Her skills in interviewing\, moderating\, narrating\, voice-overs\, and public speaking are frequently called upon. In 2022\, Laura joined the Rudman Center at UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law as its Director of Community Engagement. She’s the host of three podcasts\, including one focused on New Hampshire authors\, called ReadLocalNH. \n 
URL:https://harriscenter.org/events/book-talk-invisible-monuments-with-howard-mansfield
LOCATION:Harris Center for Conservation Education\, 83 Kings Hwy\, Hancock\, NH\, 03449\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures,Books,Storytelling
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SUMMARY:A Walk Back in Time: The Secrets of Cellar Holes
DESCRIPTION:Northern New England is full of reminders of past lives: stone walls\, old foundations\, a century-old lilac struggling to survive as the forest reclaims a once-sunny dooryard. What forces shaped the settlement and later abandonment of these places? Adair Mulligan explores the rich story to be discovered in what remains. See how one town has set out to create an inventory of its cellar holes\, piecing together the clues in the landscape. Such a project can help landowners know what to do if they have archaeological sites on their land and help stimulate interest in a town’s future through its past. \n5:30 to 6:30 p.m. via Zoom. To get the login details\, register here. Please save the confirmation email you receive from Zoom to access at the time of the event. Closed captioning will be available. For more information\, contact Susie Spikol. Note: This talk will not be recorded\, so we hope you can join us live! \nThis event is part of the New Hampshire Humanities “Humanities to Go” series. \n\nAbout Adair Mulligan\nFascinated by the natural and cultural history of northern New England\, Adair Mulligan is the author of The Gunstock Parish: A History of Gilford\, New Hampshire. She has also contributed to Proud to Live Here in the Connecticut River Valley; Where the Great River Rises: An Atlas of the Upper Connecticut River; and Beyond the Notches: Stories of Place in New Hampshire’s North Country. Formerly executive director of the Hanover Conservancy\, conservation director of the Connecticut River Joint Commissions\, and education director of NH Audubon\, she serves on the Orford Conservation Commission and board of directors of the Lyme Historians. She holds an MA from Smith College.  \nStone walls and cellar holes hold clues to the past. (photo © Brett Amy Thelen) \n 
URL:https://harriscenter.org/events/walk-back-in-time
LOCATION:Zoom\, United States
CATEGORIES:Online Events,Lectures,Local History
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SUMMARY:Book Talk: America is Wild! with Brad Timm
DESCRIPTION:Discover the wild side of America with wildlife ecologist and author Brad Timm as he shares his new book\, America Is Wild! Through vivid illustrations and fascinating facts about nearly 400 species\, this kid-friendly encyclopedia celebrates the incredible diversity of life across the U.S.\, highlighting four animals and four plants from each state. After the talk\, signed copies of this beautiful gift book will be available for sale — just in time for holiday giving. \n6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Harris Center. Space is limited\, and registration is required. For more information\, including questions about accessibility\, contact Brett Amy Thelen. \nCo-sponsored by the Harris Center for Conservation Education and the Hancock Town Library. \n\nAbout Brad Timm\nBrad is a wildlife ecologist\, author\, and founder of the Northeast Wildlife Team\, an organization dedicated to helping people better understand — and help — the natural world around them. He is the author of America is Wild!\, an illustrated state-by-state encyclopedia of animals and plants of the United States\, and of the Wildlife Out Your Window regional book series\, which invites readers to discover the hidden lives of the wildlife they see every day. \nBrad holds M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Wildlife Conservation from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst and has published extensively in scientific journals. These days\, he splits his time between writing wildlife books and leading wildlife presentations for a range of audiences. When he’s not working\, Brad can usually be found hiking local trails\, saltwater fishing\, or spending time outdoors with friends and loved ones. \n \nPages from “America is Wild!” by Brad Timm\, illustrated by Margaux Samson Abadie and Jill De Haan
URL:https://harriscenter.org/events/book-talk-america-is-wild-with-brad-timm
LOCATION:Harris Center for Conservation Education\, 83 Kings Hwy\, Hancock\, NH\, 03449\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures,Books,Storytelling,Plants,Wildlife
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