Calendar of Events
Events
Conservation Medicine & Winter Seabirds with the Center for Wildlife
Join Dan Gardoqui and Phil Brown for a private tour of Maine’s Center for Wildlife to explore conservation-focused rehabilitation, then head to the rocky coasts of Ogunquit and York to search for winter seabirds like harlequin ducks, eiders, and scoters.
Celebrate a Winter Wonderland
Bundle up for a fun, family-friendly winter morning at the Harris Center, with snow play, fort building, snowshoeing for little ones, and a cozy outdoor picnic.
Trees & Tracks for Veterans
Join naturalist Susie Spikol and forest ecologist Jeremy Wilson for a morning ramble around the Harris Center grounds, where we’ll search for mammal tracks and sign and take a closer look at trees in winter. Open to all veterans.
Nature on Tap with Storm Chaser and Meteorologist Cyrena Arnold
Curious about wild weather? Join storm-chasing meteorologist Cyrena Arnold for an evening of jaw-dropping stories from the Mount Washington Observatory to the Alaskan tundra. Drinks on you, stories on us!
Easygoing Hike at the Bruce Edes Memorial Forest
Join Phil Brown and Joe MacGregor for a winter wander through the Bruce Edes Memorial Forest, exploring riverside trails and tall pine–hemlock woods ideal for spotting wildlife tracks.
Full-Day Winter Wildlife Tracking Workshop
Join wildlife biologists from UNH Extension and expert tracking instructors from White Pine Programs as they guide you through field, forest, and wetland in search of winter wildlife tracks and sign.
iNaturalist ID Session
Join avid iNatters Nate Marchessault and Steven Lamonde for a cozy morning of improving iNaturalist data quality by adding identifications and annotations to existing iNaturalist observations. With mugs of hot tea or cocoa in our hands and field guides by our side, we'll enjoy the outdoors through the eyes of others and contribute to community science in the process.
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.
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?
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?
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?
