Calendar of Events
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Babies in Backpacks and Toddlers in Tow
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.
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New Hampshire Master Gardener Training
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.Â
Environmental Studies Institute: iNaturalist for Beginners
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!
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Hike to Stoddard Rocks
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.
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SuperSanctuary Butterfly Club
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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Women’s Work: The Legacy of Women in America’s Oldest Bird Conservation Organization
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.
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Salamander Crossing Brigade Workshop
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!
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Environmental Studies Institute: Building Community Around Climate Action
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.
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Moonrise Ramble for Families
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.
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Full Moon Owl Prowl in Keene
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!
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Full Moon Owl Prowl in Hancock
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!
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38th Annual Waterfowl Safari Along the Connecticut River
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.
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LAB GIRLS: Think Wild & Choose Your Own Adventure
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.
Environmental Studies Institute: Building Community Around Climate Action
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.
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Following in the Footsteps of John Kulish to Bacon Ledges and Trout Pond
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.
LGBTQ+ Community Hike at the Horatio Colony Nature Preserve
LGBTQ+ Community Hike at the Horatio Colony Nature Preserve
Join Dee Denehy (she, her), Richard Doherty (he, him), and Hunter Kirschner (he, him) for an LGBTQ+ hike at the Horatio Colony Nature Preserve in Keene.
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Homeschool Program: At Home in Nature
Homeschool Program: At Home in Nature
From birds and blooms to bugs and buds, find out what you can discover! Perfect for kids ages 6 through 12.
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Environmental Studies Institute: Building Community Around Climate Action
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.
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Professional Development Workshop for Teachers: Nature Observation Games
Professional Development Workshop for Teachers: Nature Observation Games
Pre-K through 4th Grade Teachers: join Harris Center teacher-naturalists Janet Altobello and Jenna Spear for a Play, Make, and Take Workshop: Experience the delight of playing games that sharpen your senses as you witness the arrival of spring Enjoy time...
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Art Opening: Allegory in Light – Photographs by Laurie McGowan
Art Opening: Allegory in Light – Photographs by Laurie McGowan
This exhibit by photographer Laurie McGowan celebrates trees and the interplay between nature and light. Falling shadows, beams of light, bark patterns — none of it escapes her eye.