Calendar of Events
Youth & Family Programs
Homeschool Program: Wild at Home
Harris Center for Conservation Education 83 Kings Hwy, Hancock, NH, United StatesCalling all animal allies, nature noticers, and outdoor explorers! Join Harris Center naturalists Karen Rent and Susie Spikol to let your wild side out this winter as we explore tracks, scat, winter birds, and the secrets of animal survival.
Animal Track Detectives
Calling all animal detectives—discover who leaps, waddles, and bounds through New Hampshire’s woods as you learn to identify mammal tracks and signs during hands-on indoor and outdoor exploration.
Homeschool Program: Wild at Home
Harris Center for Conservation Education 83 Kings Hwy, Hancock, NH, United StatesCalling all animal allies, nature noticers, and outdoor explorers! Join Harris Center naturalists Karen Rent and Susie Spikol to let your wild side out this winter as we explore tracks, scat, winter birds, and the secrets of animal survival.
LAB GIRLS+ Experiments From the Wild & In the Field: Life in the Cold
Harris Center for Conservation Education 83 Kings Hwy, Hancock, NH, United StatesIf you like having hands-on experiences in nature, making discoveries, and studying animals, this club is for you! Meet scientist Karen Seaver and hear about her research studying worms in Antarctica.
Homeschool Program: Wild at Home
Harris Center for Conservation Education 83 Kings Hwy, Hancock, NH, United StatesCalling all animal allies, nature noticers, and outdoor explorers! Join Harris Center naturalists Karen Rent and Susie Spikol to let your wild side out this winter as we explore tracks, scat, winter birds, and the secrets of animal survival.
Winter Stories & Nature Legends
Join story spinner Susie Spikol for an afterschool story-time filled with winter magic. Gather around a cozy faux fire to hear fairy tales, legends, and myths from around the world — and even help create a few new tales of your own.
Celebrate a Winter Wonderland
Bundle up for a fun, family-friendly winter morning at the Harris Center, with snow play, fort building, snowshoeing for little ones, and a cozy outdoor picnic.
February Vacation Camp
Harris Center for Conservation Education 83 Kings Hwy, Hancock, NH, United StatesGather your energy and curiosity for three exciting days outdoors with Harris Center teacher-naturalists! We’ll look for animal signs, listen for bird calls, and engineer our own winter forts. For children in grades K through 4. Registration opens on January 2.
Wilderness Survival Skills for Middle Schoolers
Harris Center for Conservation Education 83 Kings Hwy, Hancock, NH, United StatesLearn the fundamentals of winter survival! We’ll guide beginners through essential winter skills, including fire building, water collecting, and crucial first aid. Bring your enthusiasm for the outdoors, and we'll handle the rest. For ages 10 to 14. Registration opens January 2.
February Vacation Camp
Harris Center for Conservation Education 83 Kings Hwy, Hancock, NH, United StatesGather your energy and curiosity for three exciting days outdoors with Harris Center teacher-naturalists! We’ll look for animal signs, listen for bird calls, and engineer our own winter forts. For children in grades K through 4. Registration opens on January 2.
Wilderness Survival Skills for Middle Schoolers
Harris Center for Conservation Education 83 Kings Hwy, Hancock, NH, United StatesLearn the fundamentals of winter survival! We’ll guide beginners through essential winter skills, including fire building, water collecting, and crucial first aid. Bring your enthusiasm for the outdoors, and we'll handle the rest. For ages 10 to 14. Registration opens January 2.
February Vacation Camp
Harris Center for Conservation Education 83 Kings Hwy, Hancock, NH, United StatesGather your energy and curiosity for three exciting days outdoors with Harris Center teacher-naturalists! We’ll look for animal signs, listen for bird calls, and engineer our own winter forts. For children in grades K through 4. Registration opens on January 2.
Wilderness Survival Skills for Middle Schoolers
Harris Center for Conservation Education 83 Kings Hwy, Hancock, NH, United StatesLearn the fundamentals of winter survival! We’ll guide beginners through essential winter skills, including fire building, water collecting, and crucial first aid. Bring your enthusiasm for the outdoors, and we'll handle the rest. For ages 10 to 14. Registration opens January 2.
LAB GIRLS+ Experiments From the Wild & In the Field: Owl Prowl with a Raptor Biologist
Harris Center & local field sites 83 King's Highway, HancockIf you like having hands-on experiences in nature, making discoveries, and studying animals, this club is for you! Join owl researcher and raptor biologist Julie Brown for this special chance to search for wild owls around the Harris Center grounds.
Winter Tracking for Families at Goose Pond
Join teacher-naturalist Nikko Gagnon for a family-friendly tracking adventure in Keene. We’ll search the woods and pond edges for leapers, bounders, waddlers, and walkers, and find out which wildlife species call this special place home.
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.
