Calendar of Events
Events
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.
Raphael Pumpelly as Indiana Jones: Geology, Monadnock, and the Hidden History Beneath Our Feet
Join writer and filmmaker Matthew Myer Boulton for an overview of Raphael Pumpelly's illustrious, sometimes swashbuckling career, including world travels, geological and archaeological adventures, conservationist passions, and controversial opinions.
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.
Wild Apple Tree Pruning Workshop
Learn how to confidently prune wild apple trees in this hands-on workshop led by Nigel Manley from the Forest Society, who will share practical, beginner-friendly pruning techniques honed over more than 30 years of experience.
Salamanders & Spring Frogs
Join the Hooper Institute and the Harris Center to explore the wild world of amphibians, just as winter turns to spring. Perfect for families with elementary-aged children.
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.
LAB GIRLS+ Experiments From the Wild & In the Field: Wildlife Camera Trapping
Harris Center & local field sites 83 King's Highway, HancockJoin wildlife biologist and trail camera expert Jaime McGuigan to help set up camera trapping stations at the Harris Center and discover, through photos and videos captured after the program, which wild animals share our landscape. For middle schoolers and up.
Beginner Birding at the Dillant-Hopkins Airport
Join avid birders Wendy Gibbons and Jane Wing for an introduction to birding at the Dillant-Hopkins Airport, a local birding hot spot with great views of wetlands, woods, and fields.
The Kestrels Young Birders Club: Snowy Owl Search on Plum Island
Are you a teenager or tween with an interest in birds and birding? Build community with other young birders as part of The Kestrels Young Birders Club! Visit the marshes and dunes at Plum Island in search of Snowy Owls. Don’t miss this opportunity to grow your skills and connect with other wildlife fans.
42nd Annual Connecticut River Waterfowl Safari
Join Harris Center bird brains Eric Masterson, Phil Brown, and Nate Marchessault for a morning of waterfowl watching and welcoming spring arrivals back to the fields and waterways of the Connecticut River Valley.
Birding Plum Island
Join avid birders Kim Snyder and Nate Marchessault to search for seabirds, shorebirds, and maybe even Snowy Owls along the 8-mile barrier beach and adjacent marshes of Plum Island — a prime spot for winter birding.
Babies in Backpacks & Toddlers in Tow at the Fremont Field in Peterborough
Join Harris Center naturalists Susie Spikol and Nikko Gagnon for a morning ramble at Fremont Field in Peterborough. These pint-sized adventures are perfect for little legs and for babies in front packs, backpacks, slings, or wraps.
Lunch & Learn: The True Life and Times of New Hampshire’s Fisher
Join fisher fan Susie Spikol to learn about the fascinating natural history of this notorious member of the weasel family.
Easygoing Hike to Sip Pond
Join Phil Brown and avid hiker Jessie James for a 1.6-mile round-trip hike through the Chamberlain Conservation Area on the Sip Pond peninsula, where we’ll look for early signs of spring and the birds that make this scenic trail a local favorite.
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 search for signs of spring — from birds and blooms to bugs and buds. What will you discover?
ESI Course: MicroExploring the SuperSanctuary — Mindful Meanders & Nature-based Practices
local field sitesJoin Phil Brown and Ignacio Oreamuno for a series of spring-season wanderings in tucked-away places close to the Harris Center. Each exploration will focus on a different natural history theme related to the conditions that present themselves that day.
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 search for signs of spring — from birds and blooms to bugs and buds. What will you discover?
Using Small Worlds to Enhance Learning: A Workshop for Teachers
Join teacher-naturalists Susie Spikol, Jaime Hutchinson, and Jenna Spear and learn how to create your own small beings in their own unique mini-worlds, along with a story cloth that will prepare your students for focused outdoor learning.
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 search for signs of spring — from birds and blooms to bugs and buds. What will you discover?
Easygoing Hike on the Jonathan Daniels Trail
Join naturalist Nikko Gagnon and woodland wanderer Mary Verrilli for a leisurely meander through Ashuelot River Park on the Jonathan Daniels Trail, where we’ll watch for spring birds, look for animal tracks and signs, and explore the river’s edge.
ESI Course: MicroExploring the SuperSanctuary — Mindful Meanders & Nature-based Practices
local field sitesJoin Phil Brown and Ignacio Oreamuno for a series of spring-season wanderings in tucked-away places close to the Harris Center. Each exploration will focus on a different natural history theme related to the conditions that present themselves that day.
Babies in Backpacks & Toddlers in Tow in Harrisville
Harrisville Harrisville, NHJoin Harris Center naturalists Susie Spikol and Nikko Gagnon to explore, wander, and discover the magic of nearby nature on a Rail Trail in Harrisville. These pint-sized adventures are perfect for little legs and for babies in front packs, backpacks, slings, or wraps.
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.
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 search for signs of spring — from birds and blooms to bugs and buds. What will you discover?
