Calendar of Events
Harris Center for Conservation Education
Homeschool Program: At Home in Nature
Harris Center for Conservation Education 83 Kings Hwy, Hancock, NH, United StatesJoin Harris Center naturalists Ben King, Karen Rent, and Susie Spikol to let your wild side out this fall. Uncover your wonder, and let the natural world be your teacher!
Hike-a-thon: Big Boulders or Bust
Join Harris Center naturalists Karen Rent and Jenna Spear for an adventure-filled hike to one of our favorite places: the Big Boulders. Perfect for families with elementary-aged children and older.
Conservation Around the Globe
Join the Executive Director of the Katie Adamson Conservation Fund (KACF) for an introduction to KACF's wildlife conservation efforts and to learn about opportunities for travelers to make conservation connections well beyond our borders.
Homeschool Program: At Home in Nature
Harris Center for Conservation Education 83 Kings Hwy, Hancock, NH, United StatesJoin Harris Center naturalists Ben King, Karen Rent, and Susie Spikol to let your wild side out this fall. Uncover your wonder, and let the natural world be your teacher!
Hike-a-thon: Hiking the Thumb-Skatutakee Loop
Join Eric Masterson for a moderately strenuous, 4.5-mile loop hike from the Harris Center to the top of Thumb Mountain to the Skatutakee Mountain summit and back.
Hike-a-thon: Critter Carvings & Jack’s Pond
Join Harris Center Director Jeremy Wilson for a relaxed, 1.8-mile roundtrip hike up the Harriskat and Thumbs Down Trails to Jack’s Pond and back.
Book Launch: “Our Better Nature: Hopeful Excursions in Saving Biodiversity”
A collaboration among New England conservationists, "Our Better Nature" offers stories of creative citizens whose successes with protecting and restoring nature are examples we can apply anywhere.
“Our Better Nature” Biodiversity Walk
Join conservation ecologist Steven Lamonde for a ramble around the Harris Center grounds in search of local biodiversity. Together, we'll see what species are making their home here, and what we can learn from them.
First Day of Art Exhibit: Biodiversity in Photographs by Sean Beckett
An ode to the biodiversity of our shared landscapes, each photo represents an encounter with a stunning animal or wild place and an experience that may move us toward environmental responsibility.
Homeschool Program: At Home in Nature
Harris Center for Conservation Education 83 Kings Hwy, Hancock, NH, United StatesJoin Harris Center naturalists Ben King, Karen Rent, and Susie Spikol to let your wild side out this fall. Uncover your wonder, and let the natural world be your teacher!
Last Day of Art Exhibit: Transitions
The images in this exhibition by local photographer Stephen Gehlbach employ color, texture, and form to explore the idea of seasonal change.
Surveying for Salamanders
Join ecologists Brett Amy Thelen and Karen Seaver for an afternoon of salamander monitoring at the Harris Center’s long-term study plots — part of SPARCnet, a national research effort aimed at understanding the effects of climate change on red-backed salamanders.
Art Opening: Transitions — Photographs by Stephen Gehlbach
The images in this exhibition by local photographer Stephen Gehlbach employ color, texture, and form to explore the idea of seasonal change.
Kids Count for Wildlife: Red-backed Salamander Survey
Calling all kids ages 9 through 18 who care about wildlife! Try your hand at field research by joining the Harris Center for an afternoon of salamander counting.
Mushroom Meander with the Morel Quandary Club
Join John Benjamin and George Caughey for a mushroom meander around the Harris Center grounds. Discover the fascinating world of fungi and slime molds, learn how to recognize common species, and more.
Environmental Studies Institute: True Nature Yoga
Harris Center for Conservation Education 83 Kings Hwy, Hancock, NH, United StatesImmerse yourself in the sounds, scents, and sensations of five summer evenings as we explore nature within and around us through yoga. Embody bird flight, insect hum, and the rootedness of trees. Variations will be offered to suit beginners and seasoned yogis alike.
Last Day of Art Exhibit: Plein Air with a Flair
This group art show features works created "en plein air" along the Harris Center grounds by artists from the New Hampshire Chapter of Women’s Caucus for Art.
Exploring the Willard Pond Brook Land
Join Eric Masterson, Jeremy Wilson, and Anitra Sorensen for a 1.5-mile roundtrip exploration of the Harris Center's newest conservation property, a 74-acre preserve in Hancock and Antrim.
Environmental Studies Institute: True Nature Yoga
Harris Center for Conservation Education 83 Kings Hwy, Hancock, NH, United StatesImmerse yourself in the sounds, scents, and sensations of five summer evenings as we explore nature within and around us through yoga. Embody bird flight, insect hum, and the rootedness of trees. Variations will be offered to suit beginners and seasoned yogis alike.
Hancock BioBlitz: iNaturalist Field Training and BioBlitz
How many different species can we find in Hancock during Old Home Days weekend? Join us for a fun, family-friendly weekend of exploration and community science! To learn more, join ecologist Steven Lamonde for this in-person iNaturalist training and easygoing morning of BioBlitzing.
Babies in Backpacks and Toddlers in Tow at the Harris Center
Join Harris Center naturalist Susie Spikol for a wild ramble in search of summer birds, wildflowers, salamanders, and other amazing finds. A perfect hike for little legs!
Environmental Studies Institute: True Nature Yoga
Harris Center for Conservation Education 83 Kings Hwy, Hancock, NH, United StatesImmerse yourself in the sounds, scents, and sensations of five summer evenings as we explore nature within and around us through yoga. Embody bird flight, insect hum, and the rootedness of trees. Variations will be offered to suit beginners and seasoned yogis alike.
Art Opening: Plein Air with a Flair
View the works created by artists from the Women’s Caucus for Art on the Harris Center grounds earlier in the summer! The opening reception will also feature a talk by art historian Kimberly Olmstead titled, “Women in Art: A History of Plein Air Painting and Conservation.”
Environmental Studies Institute: True Nature Yoga
Harris Center for Conservation Education 83 Kings Hwy, Hancock, NH, United StatesImmerse yourself in the sounds, scents, and sensations of five summer evenings as we explore nature within and around us through yoga. Embody bird flight, insect hum, and the rootedness of trees. Variations will be offered to suit beginners and seasoned yogis alike.
Environmental Studies Institute: Bird Language Study Group
Harris Center for Conservation Education 83 Kings Hwy, Hancock, NH, United StatesBirds are the messengers of the forest. In this four-week course, you’ll learn how to listen deeply, how to tell what different bird calls mean, and how practicing bird language can give us a deeper understanding of the world around us.
Environmental Studies Institute: True Nature Yoga
Harris Center for Conservation Education 83 Kings Hwy, Hancock, NH, United StatesImmerse yourself in the sounds, scents, and sensations of five summer evenings as we explore nature within and around us through yoga. Embody bird flight, insect hum, and the rootedness of trees. Variations will be offered to suit beginners and seasoned yogis alike.
Environmental Studies Institute: Bird Language Study Group
Harris Center for Conservation Education 83 Kings Hwy, Hancock, NH, United StatesBirds are the messengers of the forest. In this four-week course, you’ll learn how to listen deeply, how to tell what different bird calls mean, and how practicing bird language can give us a deeper understanding of the world around us.
Environmental Studies Institute: Fantastic Ferns of New Hampshire
Join acclaimed naturalist Lynn Levine for a day of learning all about ferns. We'll start with an indoor introduction to these incredible plants – which have survived four mass extinctions! – then head outside in search of ferns to observe and identify.
Environmental Studies Institute: Bird Language Study Group
Harris Center for Conservation Education 83 Kings Hwy, Hancock, NH, United StatesBirds are the messengers of the forest. In this four-week course, you’ll learn how to listen deeply, how to tell what different bird calls mean, and how practicing bird language can give us a deeper understanding of the world around us.
Plein Air with A Flair: Women’s Caucus for Art Paint Day
Wander along the Harris Center grounds to observe artists from the New Hampshire Chapter of Women’s Caucus for Art creating "plein air" works.
