Calendar of Events
March 2022
Babies in Backpacks and Toddlers in Tow
Calling all families with young children! Join Harris Center naturalist and animal lover Susie Spikol to wander trails, meadows, and the nooks and crannies of the Harris Center grounds in search of wild finds.
Learn more »New Hampshire Master Gardener Training
Master Gardeners are trained volunteers who share their enthusiasm for gardening through projects such as teaching in school gardens and answering questions on the UNH Extension Infoline. To join their ranks, attend this 12-week training with UNH Extension staff and garden professionals.
Learn more »Environmental Studies Institute: iNaturalist for Beginners
Join conservation biologist Steven Lamonde for an introduction to iNaturalist, an online community science platform for documenting biodiversity. Discover how you can make important contributions to science while learning to identify your wild finds!
Learn more »Hike to Stoddard Rocks
Join Denny Wheeler and Brian Bishoff for a moderately strenuous, 5-mile hike on trails and woods roads to scenic Stoddard Rocks above Pioneer Lake.
Learn more »SuperSanctuary Butterfly Club
The SuperSanctuary Butterfly Club is taking its fledgling flight! Each month, we’ll learn to identify a dozen local butterfly species, in preparation for a community butterfly survey in the summer of 2022.
Learn more »Women’s Work: The Legacy of Women in America’s Oldest Bird Conservation Organization
Join Joan Walsh of Mass Audubon for a special Women's History Month talk on the enduring legacy of women in America's oldest bird conservation organization — from the founding mothers to modern-day scientists, activists, and educators.
Learn more »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. To join their ranks, attend this fun, information-packed volunteer training!
Learn more »Environmental Studies Institute: Building Community Around Climate Action
In this four-part series with the Monadnock Sustainability Hub, learn about climate action, clean energy, and sustainability initiatives that are underway locally, and what more can be done.
Learn more »Moonrise Ramble for Families
Enjoy the moonrise, sunset, and early signs of spring at Fremont Field in Peterborough with Harris Center teacher-naturalist Janet Altobello. We’ll rove around fields, wetlands, and forest observing changes in the land and air as the day turns to dusk.
Learn more »Full Moon Owl Prowl in Keene
Join Harris Center naturalist Jenna Spear for an evening walk in search of Barred Owls. Adventure awaits when you go owling under a full moon!
Learn more »Full Moon Owl Prowl in Hancock
Join Harris Center naturalist Susie Spikol for an evening walk in search of Barred Owls. Adventure awaits when you go owling under a full moon!
Learn more »38th Annual Waterfowl Safari Along the Connecticut River
The spring bird migration begins in March as waterfowl move north through along the Connecticut River. We’ll caravan to the best birding spots, with a little easy walking as needed, in hopes of seeing the spectacle.
Learn more »LAB GIRLS: Think Wild & Choose Your Own Adventure
Find out what it’s like to be an Antarctic researcher, a salamander guardian, or a wildlife artist who swims with whales and follows bears! Sign up for all three, or come to just the ones that interest you the most.
Learn more »Environmental Studies Institute: Building Community Around Climate Action
In this four-part series with the Monadnock Sustainability Hub, learn about climate action, clean energy, and sustainability initiatives that are underway locally, and what more can be done.
Learn more »Following in the Footsteps of John Kulish to Bacon Ledges and Trout Pond
Join Stan Smith and Vic Starzynski for a 5-mile hike on trails to Bacon Ledges and Trout Pond, through land conserved by the Forest Society.
Learn more »Environmental Studies Institute: Building Community Around Climate Action
In this four-part series with the Monadnock Sustainability Hub, learn about climate action, clean energy, and sustainability initiatives that are underway locally, and what more can be done.
Learn more »April 2022
Environmental Studies Institute: Building Community Around Climate Action
In this four-part series with the Monadnock Sustainability Hub, learn about climate action, clean energy, and sustainability initiatives that are underway locally, and what more can be done.
Learn more »SuperSanctuary Butterfly Club
The SuperSanctuary Butterfly Club is taking its fledgling flight! Each month, we’ll learn to identify a dozen local butterfly species, in preparation for a community butterfly survey in the summer of 2022.
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