Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
The Harris Center is committed to ensuring that our trails, conserved lands, educational programs, and conservation research projects are welcoming spaces for all.
The Harris Center is committed to ensuring that our trails, conserved lands, educational programs, and conservation research projects are welcoming spaces for all.
We’ve made a few updates to our Salamander Crossing Brigade program for 2023! Here’s what you need to know.
The Harris Center “Kestrels” placed second in the birding competition, but won big for kestrel conservation efforts.
The Harris Center is working to protect land on Skatutakee’s eastern shoulder that will provide vital connectivity between conservation lands to the north and west.
In the fall of 2022, the Harris Center conducted a pilot season of saw-whet owl banding on SuperSanctuary lands, as part of an international research effort to better understand this charismatic species.
In 2022, our community scientists and interns documented 5 new vernal pools in three Monadnock Region towns.
In December, generous landowners donated conservation easements on 103 forested acres in Antrim, and on 146 acres of farmland in Peterborough.
On January 28, the Harris Center will compete for top honors in Mass Audubon’s Superbowl of Birding, while raising funds to construct, install, and monitor kestrel nest boxes.
In October, hikers of all ages explored Harris Center trails during our first-ever Hike-a-thon, raising a total of $2,558 toward building benches for the Harris Center grounds and trails.
The Harris Center recognized several exemplary partners and volunteers at our 52nd Annual Meeting on October 21.
Congratulations to the winners of our “Celebrate Snakes” coloring contest with wildlife artist Matt Patterson!
This August, the Harris Center piloted a monitoring effort to document the fall migration of the state-endangered Common Nighthawk through the Monadnock Region.
In the summer of 2022, interns provided essential support for a wide variety of projects, from conservation easement monitoring to conference planning to forest community inventory.