You can see more photos from our vernal pool explorations on Flickr: we’ve got one album for photographic data from Harris Center lands, and another just for beauty. (photo © Audrey Dunn)
In 2024, Harris Center interns and community science volunteers documented 10 new vernal pools and identified 1 new potential vernal pool on conserved lands in Amherst, Hancock, and Fitzwilliam, bringing our project total to 368 documented vernal pools in 18 towns in the greater Monadnock Region.
Many thanks to Lexi Barrett, Jos Duffy, Charlotte Harding, Chloe March, Richard and Katherine Mattson, Carissa Miller, and Irini Stefanakos for their springtime sleuthing!
Data for vernal pools on public lands have been shared with the Southwest Region Planning Commission and local land managers, and are available to the general public via our interactive online map.
Do spring-breeding amphibians pique your interest? Visit our Vernal Pool Project page for more information, then contact Brett Amy Thelen to volunteer.
Since 2013, we’ve documented 129 vernal pools — including this one — on Harris Center-conserved land alone. (photo © Brett Amy Thelen)
Contact Us
For more information or to volunteer with the Harris Center’s Vernal Pool Project, please contact Brett Amy Thelen by email.
