Calendar of Events
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Environmental Studies Institute: Localvore Experience — Farms, Food & Drinks
local field sitesTravel with localvore host Bryan Field to a different farm or food producer each week, where we’ll talk, tour, and taste some of our region’s culinary delights.
Environmental Studies Institute: Localvore Experience — Farms, Food & Drinks
local field sitesTravel with localvore host Bryan Field to a different farm or food producer each week, where we’ll talk, tour, and taste some of our region’s culinary delights.
Easygoing Hike at Camp Chenoa
Join Phil Brown and Ben Haubrich for an easygoing summer stroll through the Harris Center’s Camp Chenoa land – home to both young and older forest, a mix of wetlands, and other interesting landscape features that provide habitat connectivity between the Willard Pond and Gregg Lake watersheds.
Hiking the Nissitissit Headwaters
Join avid hiker Miki Clements and birder Gail Coffey for a 1.3-mile loop hike through the Nissitissit River Headwaters Preserve, which features a pond, a meadow, and varied woodlands, which are home to many species of breeding and migratory birds.
Environmental Studies Institute: The Wild Flavors of August — Foraging with Fox Paw School
Harris Center & local field sites 83 King's Highway, HancockJoin Jonathan Shapiro and Lucian Avery of Fox Paw School for a weekend of using our senses to explore our surroundings, ground ourselves in place, and discover August's wild flavors.
Environmental Studies Institute: The Wild Flavors of August — Foraging with Fox Paw School
Harris Center & local field sites 83 King's Highway, HancockJoin Jonathan Shapiro and Lucian Avery of Fox Paw School for a weekend of using our senses to explore our surroundings, ground ourselves in place, and discover August's wild flavors.
Mushroom Meander with the Morel Quandary Club in Walpole
Join Harris Center naturalist John Benjamin and mushroom enthusiast George Caughey to search for the fantastic fungi of summer. From russulas and waxy caps to puffballs and wolf’s milk slime, come get your ‘shroom on!
The Harris Center’s Rock Hound Club for Families at Beryl Mountain
Join naturalists Susie Spikol and Julie Brown for a different rockin’ outing each month from August through November. We’ll explore rock and mineral collections, visit geological sites, and connect with geologists, all while keeping our eye out for special stones, fossils, and more.
Nature’s Playground Play Group
Join Harris Center naturalists and parent educators from The Grapevine and The River Center for a morning of child-centered, unstructured outdoor play. While your little ones collect acorns, build nests, pretend to be butterflies, build tiny forts, eat like chipmunks, and make new friends, you’ll have a chance to talk with other parents and caregivers.
Monarch Butterfly Tagging
Every fall, monarch butterflies undertake a spectacular, 3,000-mile migration from New England to central Mexico. Here’s your chance to marvel at monarchs up close while contributing to the scientific understanding of their impressive annual migration!
The Kestrels Young Birders Club: Hawkwatching at Blueberry Ridge
Are you a teenager 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.
Birding for All: An Accessible, Inclusive Birding Outing at Dillant-Hopkins Airport
Join avid birder Phil Brown and naturalist Susie Spikol on a search for migrating birds of all feathers. We’ll slowly make our way up a wide, paved road out to a large wetland in hopes of encountering hawks, waterfowl, warblers, and other songbirds. Beginning birders and all ages welcome!
Field Trip: Fall Tree Identification
Join Mike Gagnon and Matt Tarr of UNH Extension for a relaxed ramble focused on fall tree identification. Together, we'll examine branching patterns, leaf shape and structure, foliage, fruit, and how each species functions as habitat for wildlife.
Environmental Studies Institute: Creativity in the Artdoors
Harris Center for Conservation Education 83 Kings Hwy, Hancock, NH, United StatesJoin local environmental artist Sarah Wilson for this three-session class, where we’ll make beautiful works of outdoor art using materials sourced from nature.
Nature’s Playground Play Group
Join Harris Center naturalists and parent educators from The Grapevine and The River Center for a morning of child-centered, unstructured outdoor play. While your little ones collect acorns, build nests, pretend to be butterflies, build tiny forts, eat like chipmunks, and make new friends, you’ll have a chance to talk with other parents and caregivers.
Environmental Studies Institute: Creativity in the Artdoors
Harris Center for Conservation Education 83 Kings Hwy, Hancock, NH, United StatesJoin local environmental artist Sarah Wilson for this three-session class, where we’ll make beautiful works of outdoor art using materials sourced from nature.
The Harris Center’s Rock Hound Club for Families in Gilsum
Join naturalists Susie Spikol and Julie Brown for a different rockin’ outing each month from August through November. We’ll explore rock and mineral collections, visit geological sites, and connect with geologists, all while keeping our eye out for special stones, fossils, and more.
Environmental Studies Institute: Creativity in the Artdoors
Harris Center for Conservation Education 83 Kings Hwy, Hancock, NH, United StatesJoin local environmental artist Sarah Wilson for this three-session class, where we’ll make beautiful works of outdoor art using materials sourced from nature.
Nature’s Playground Play Group
Join Harris Center naturalists and parent educators from The Grapevine and The River Center for a morning of child-centered, unstructured outdoor play. While your little ones collect acorns, build nests, pretend to be butterflies, build tiny forts, eat like chipmunks, and make new friends, you’ll have a chance to talk with other parents and caregivers.
Saw-whet Owl Banding Demonstration
Join the Harris Center's saw-whet banding team to learn what owl banding efforts are revealing about this diminutive bird of prey, and to see a demonstration of the banding process.
Saw-whet Owl Banding Demonstration for Families
Join the Harris Center's saw-whet banding team to learn about this tiny bird of prey, and to see a demonstration of the banding process.
Saw-whet Owl Banding Demonstration
Join the Harris Center's saw-whet banding team to learn what owl banding efforts are revealing about this diminutive bird of prey, and to see a demonstration of the banding process.
Nature’s Playground Play Group
Join Harris Center naturalists and parent educators from The Grapevine and The River Center for a morning of child-centered, unstructured outdoor play. While your little ones collect acorns, build nests, pretend to be butterflies, build tiny forts, eat like chipmunks, and make new friends, you’ll have a chance to talk with other parents and caregivers.
Following in the Footsteps of John Kulish to White Swamp and Spoonwood Pond
Join Stan Smith and Vic Starzynski for a 5-mile roundtrip hike through the wilds of the SuperSanctuary. We’ll start at the end of King’s Highway along Nubanusit Lake and then take a bearing by compass to White Swamp and Spoonwood Pond.
The Harris Center’s Rock Hound Club for Families at the Beneski Museum
Join naturalists Susie Spikol and Julie Brown for a different rockin’ outing each month from August through November. We’ll explore rock and mineral collections, visit geological sites, and connect with geologists, all while keeping our eye out for special stones, fossils, and more.
Hiking the Mason Rail Trail
Join avid hiker and amateur historian Miki Clements and trail builder extraordinaire Curt Spacht for a 1.75-mile roundtrip hike on a newly developed loop off the Mason Rail Trail, through the woodland behind the quarry.
ESI – A Quiet Bower: What the Life and Writings of Rachel Carson Can Teach Us About Modern Conservation
Harris Center for Conservation Education 83 Kings Hwy, Hancock, NH, United StatesJoin self-avowed Rachel Carson enthusiast Kim Snyder for an exploration of the life and legacy of conservation icon Rachel Carson and the lessons she still has to teach us in this new age of conservation urgency.
Nature’s Playground Play Group
Join Harris Center naturalists and parent educators from The Grapevine and The River Center for a morning of child-centered, unstructured outdoor play. While your little ones collect acorns, build nests, pretend to be butterflies, build tiny forts, eat like chipmunks, and make new friends, you’ll have a chance to talk with other parents and caregivers.
ESI – A Quiet Bower: What the Life and Writings of Rachel Carson Can Teach Us About Modern Conservation
Harris Center for Conservation Education 83 Kings Hwy, Hancock, NH, United StatesJoin self-avowed Rachel Carson enthusiast Kim Snyder for an exploration of the life and legacy of conservation icon Rachel Carson and the lessons she still has to teach us in this new age of conservation urgency.
Easygoing Hike on Monadnock’s Old Toll Road to Little Mountain
Join Phil Brown and Ben Haubrich for a leisurely hike on the Old Toll Road to “Little Mountain” for some stellar views of the southern Monadnock Region.
