Calendar of Events
June 2019
Bikin’ Round the SuperSanctuary
Join Russ Cobb and Richard Pendleton for a challenging, but easy-paced 25- to 30-mile bike ride through the SuperSanctuary and environs. We'll roll on pavement, dirt, and gravel, so a gravel, mountain, or fat tire bike is recommended.
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Environmental Studies Institute: Natural Mind, Body, and Spirit Wellness
Recharge your spirit and reconnect with nature during these restorative mornings at local trails, meadows, waterfalls, and even a secluded hilltop cabin.
Learn more »Water Connections: What Fresh Water Means to Us and What We Mean to Water
Join journalist Jim Rousmaniere for a talk based on his new book on the connections between people and water. He'll discuss floods and flood control, watershed protection, hydropower, pollutants, and more.
Learn more »Easygoing Hike to Wilson’s Tavern
Join Rich Taylor and Lee Baker for a moderately strenuous, 3-mile roundtrip hike from Bailey Brook Road in Nelson to the historic site of Wilson’s Tavern (now a cellar hole) in Stoddard.
Learn more »Owl L’Amour
Join Harris Center naturalist Susie Spikol for this light-hearted talk on owl courtship. Find out how Barred Owls woo, and learn what all that wild hooting is about in the woods!
Learn more »Frogs by Flashlight
Pull on your rubber boots, grab your flashlight, and join us to discover who's who in the summer frog serenade!
Learn more »Environmental Studies Institute: Natural Mind, Body, and Spirit Wellness
Recharge your spirit and reconnect with nature during these restorative mornings at local trails, meadows, waterfalls, and even a secluded hilltop cabin.
Learn more »Nature on Tap: A Loon Ranger’s Life
Join us at the Post & Beam Brewery for happy hour storytelling with Caroline Hughes of the Loon Preservation Committee. Find out the secrets of one of New Hampshire’s most iconic species and raise your glass to this majestic bird!
Learn more »Wildlife Photography Workshop
Join Frank Gorga and Eric Masterson for an afternoon of wildlife photography, with a focus on birds and the larger insects (dragonflies, damselflies, and butterflies).
Learn more »Environmental Studies Institute: Drawing with the Birds
Join fine artist Lauryn Welch to learn techniques for drawing our avian neighbors, from quick gestural drawings of songbirds at the bird feeder to detailed observational studies of preserved birds from the Harris Center’s extensive taxidermy collection.
Learn more »Space Animals
Join Susie Spikol for an evening slideshow on the history of animals in space as part of the Hancock Town Library’s summer reading program.
Learn more »Environmental Studies Institute: Natural Mind, Body, and Spirit Wellness
Recharge your spirit and reconnect with nature during these restorative mornings at local trails, meadows, waterfalls, and even a secluded hilltop cabin.
Learn more »Norway Pond Series: Pond Life Exploration
Come explore the edges of Norway Pond with Harris Center naturalist Susie Spikol! Using long-handled dip nets, kitchen strainers, and buckets, we’ll search for dragonfly nymphs, whirligig beetles, and caddisfly larva.
Learn more »Norway Pond Series: Sunset Paddle
Join Harris Center naturalist Susie Spikol for a leisurely sunset paddle around Norway Pond, where we’ll search for signs of beavers, birds, and turtles.
Learn more »Environmental Studies Institute: Drawing with the Birds
Join fine artist Lauryn Welch to learn techniques for drawing our avian neighbors, from quick gestural drawings of songbirds at the bird feeder to detailed observational studies of preserved birds from the Harris Center’s extensive taxidermy collection.
Learn more »August 2019
Easygoing Hike at Crotched Mountain
Join Lee Baker and Rich Taylor for a moderately strenuous, 3-mile roundtrip hike along Crotched Mountain’s accessible trails, with expansive views of the Contoocook River Valley.
Learn more »Celebrating Our Trip Leaders and Trail Stewards
Calling all volunteer trip leaders and trail stewards! Join Harris Center staff for a scenic lunch (provided by the Harris Center) at a cabin overlooking Island Pond, as a thank you for your incredible and much-appreciated work.
Learn more »Environmental Studies Institute: Drawing with the Birds
Join fine artist Lauryn Welch to learn techniques for drawing our avian neighbors, from quick gestural drawings of songbirds at the bird feeder to detailed observational studies of preserved birds from the Harris Center’s extensive taxidermy collection.
Learn more »Pizza Night at Orchard Hill to Benefit the Harris Center
On summer Tuesdays, Orchard Hill Breadworks welcomes the community to their beautiful property for Pizza Nights – delicious, family-friendly events whose proceeds are donated to local nonprofits. August 13 will benefit the Harris Center!
Learn more »Norway Pond Series: Birding by Boat
Join master birder Phil Brown for an early morning paddle in search of feathered friends on Norway Pond.
Learn more »Norway Pond Series: Old Home Day Paddle Party
Come start a new tradition with a late morning paddle around Hancock’s town gem! We’ll circumnavigate the pond, glimpsing back toward the hustle and bustle of Hancock’s Old Home Day as well as the church steeple and its beautiful arching barn.
Learn more »Norway Pond Series: Forest Ramble to the Norway Pond Peninsula
Join Jeremy Wilson for this 1.5-mile exploration of the forests surrounding Norway Pond, drawing on information from a tree-ring study that described how those forests have been shaped by events in Hancock’s history.
Learn more »The Emerging LiDAR Landscape: A New Way of Looking at the Land
Join Rick Chormann, NH state geologist, for an introduction to Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) technology, with an emphasis on glacial landforms. Rick will also discuss stone walls as landforms, their place in New Hampshire history, and the New Hampshire Stone Wall Mapping project.
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