Calendar of Events
October 2019
Monadnock Region Geology Hike
Join Frederick Rogers, Geology Professor at Franklin Pierce University, for a moderately strenuous hike exploring the Monadnock Region's geologic history.
Learn more »Harris Center Annual Meeting: We’re Turning Fifty!
Join us as we kick off a year of celebrations for the Harris Center’s 50th Anniversary! Our Annual Meeting will feature highlights from the past year, special recognitions, inspiration from our founder Eleanor Briggs, and more.
Learn more »A Community of Women Getting (Back) Into Hiking
This popular series, facilitated by Harris Center naturalist and lifelong hiker Janet Altobello, is designed to support women who want to build their confidence as they get back into hiking.
Learn more »Babies in Backpacks and Toddlers in Tow
On this gentle walk, which is specially geared towards babies, toddlers, and their caregivers, we’ll meander and look for what treasures the natural world has to offer.
Learn more »Harris Center Classic: Jefts Cemetery by Dark
Join local history buff Eric Aldrich and ghost story enthusiast Susie Spikol for a favorite Harris Center hike to a remote cemetery in Stoddard’s Andorra Forest. Come learn about the lives of those who once lived here and spend time in the graveyard hearing some good old-fashioned ghost tales, just in time for Halloween...
Learn more »Live Birds of Prey with Raptor Rehabilitator Tom Ricardi
Join raptor rehabilitator Tom Ricardi as he shares stories of his inspiring work and introduces us to eight live raptors!
Learn more »Young Birders Club: Raptors Over Pack Monadnock
Calling all young birders! Join Hawk Watch Coordinator Phil Brown and others to search for migrating birds of prey, including the elusive and exciting Northern Goshawks and Golden Eagles that Pack Monadnock is famous for in late October.
Learn more »Harris Center Classic: Great Meadow Paddle
Join Kathy Schillemat and Al Stoops for a Harris Center favorite: an autumn paddle from Nelson into Harrisville through beautiful Great Meadow.
Learn more »Harris Center Big Year of Birding: Otter Brook Farm
Celebrate 50 years of land protection and environmental education by spending the year cataloguing all the birds that now make the SuperSanctuary their home. We’ll start off with an excursion to Otter Brook Farm in Peterborough, one of the Harris Center’s more than 100 conservation easements.
Learn more »Forest Bathing/Shinrin-yoku
Through yoga poses, deep breathing, and quiet sensory observations, our revitalizing "Forest Bathing" sessions will help you slow down, catch your breath, and find solace in nature.
Learn more »November 2019
Easygoing Hike to Seven Falls
Join Rich Taylor and Lee Baker for a moderately strenuous, 4-mile roundtrip hike on old roads to Seven Falls in Swanzey.
Learn more »An Evening with Walt Whitman
Stephen Collins brings Walt Whitman to life in this acclaimed one-man show by playwright Michael Keamy.
Learn more »Following in the Footsteps of John Kulish on Willard and Robb Mountains
Join Stan Smith and Vic Starzynski for a rugged hike through one of John Kulish's favorite haunts.
Learn more »Babies in Backpacks and Toddlers in Tow
On this gentle walk, which is specially geared towards babies, toddlers, and their caregivers, we’ll meander and look for what treasures the natural world has to offer.
Learn more »Reading (and Walking) the Forested Landscape with Tom Wessels
Join noted ecologist, naturalist, and author Tom Wessels for a walk through the Harris Center woods. Seeing the forest through Tom’s eyes may change how you look at our landscape forever.
Learn more »Harris Center Big Year of Birding: Waterfowl Migration
Celebrate 50 years of land protection and environmental education by spending the year cataloguing all the birds that now make the SuperSanctuary their home. This second trip in the Big Year series will focus on birding the area’s lakes and ponds for late-migrating waterfowl.
Learn more »Forest Bathing/Shinrin-yoku
Through yoga poses, deep breathing, and quiet sensory observations, our revitalizing "Forest Bathing" sessions will help you slow down, catch your breath, and find solace in nature.
Learn more »“Bobcats Before Breakfast”: Remembering Naturalist John Kulish, His Book, and His Legacy
Join writer Mark Reynolds and Harris Center naturalist Susie Spikol for an evening honoring the Harris Center’s first naturalist, John Kulish. Dig deeper into the life of this charismatic trapper-turned conservationist, and hear about his long-lasting legacy.
Learn more »First-Ever Monadnock Region Natural History Conference
This one-day conference will feature presentations on a diversity of natural history topics, with a focus on conservation research, ecological restoration, and natural resource management in the Monadnock Region.
Learn more »“Bobcats Before Breakfast” Reading and Discussion Group
Join naturalist Susie Spikol for this special opportunity to read and discuss John Kulish’s classic 1969 book, "Bobcats Before Breakfast."
Learn more »Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest: Groundbreaking Discoveries in the Whites
Learn how long-term ecological monitoring at Hubbard Brook has led to groundbreaking discoveries, including the impacts of acid rain, bird habitat change, timber harvesting, and climate change.
Learn more »Young Birders Club: Birding Plum Island
Join Phil Brown and Susie Spikol for an exciting day on Plum Island, one of the best birding areas in the Northeast.
Learn more »Hiking the Hedgehog Ridge Trail
Join Ben Haubrich and Mike Thomas for a 5.5-mile roundtrip hike along Hedgehog Ridge and Wilson Hill in Deering, with excellent views of the SuperSanctuary!
Learn more »December 2019
“Bobcats Before Breakfast” Reading and Discussion Group
Join naturalist Susie Spikol for this special opportunity to read and discuss John Kulish’s classic 1969 book, "Bobcats Before Breakfast."
Learn more »Easygoing Hike on the Wapack Trail
Join Rich Taylor and Lee Baker for one of longtime Harris Center outing leader Ollie Mutch’s favorite trips along the Wapack Trail and down the Berry Pasture Trail in Sharon.
Learn more »Nature on Tap: Santa’s Magic Mushroom
Mythology meets natural history in this holiday-themed Nature on Tap! You’ll look at Santa in a whole new light after Harris Center naturalist Susie Spikol reveals the fascinating link between the divine soma mushroom and the origins of Jolly Old Saint Nick.
Learn more »“Bobcats Before Breakfast” Reading and Discussion Group
Join naturalist Susie Spikol for this special opportunity to read and discuss John Kulish’s classic 1969 book, "Bobcats Before Breakfast."
Learn more »46th Annual Christmas Bird Count for Hancock, Peterborough, and Surrounding Towns
Begun locally in 1973, the Christmas Bird Count is the world’s oldest and largest biological survey and citizen science endeavor, with thousands of participants worldwide. No need to be an expert!
Learn more »Young Birders Club: Christmas Bird Count
Join the Harris Center’s youth birding team for the annual Peterborough-Hancock Christmas Bird Count!
Learn more »Keene Christmas Bird Count
The Christmas Bird Count is the world’s oldest and largest biological survey and citizen science endeavor, with thousands of participants worldwide. The Keene count is one of the oldest, dating all the way back to 1900.
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