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Harris Center for Conservation Education
Homeschool Program: At Home in Nature
Harris Center for Conservation Education 83 Kings Hwy, Hancock, NH, United StatesCalling all animal allies, nature noticers, and outdoor explorers ages 6 through 12! Uncover your wonder, and let the natural world be your teacher on Monday afternoons with Harris Center naturalist John Benjamin.
Environmental Studies Institute: iNaturalist for Beginners
Harris Center for Conservation Education 83 Kings Hwy, Hancock, NH, United StatesJoin conservation biologist Steven Lamonde for an introduction to iNaturalist, an online community science platform for documenting biodiversity. Discover how you can make important contributions to science while learning to identify your wild finds!
Homeschool Program: At Home in Nature
Harris Center for Conservation Education 83 Kings Hwy, Hancock, NH, United StatesCalling all animal allies, nature noticers, and outdoor explorers ages 6 through 12! Uncover your wonder, and let the natural world be your teacher on Monday afternoons with Harris Center naturalist John Benjamin.
Babies in Backpacks and Toddlers in Tow
Calling all families with young children! Join Harris Center naturalist and animal lover Susie Spikol to wander trails, meadows, and the nooks and crannies of the Harris Center grounds in search of wild finds.
Homeschool Program: At Home in Nature
Harris Center for Conservation Education 83 Kings Hwy, Hancock, NH, United StatesCalling all animal allies, nature noticers, and outdoor explorers ages 6 through 12! Uncover your wonder, and let the natural world be your teacher on Monday afternoons with Harris Center naturalist John Benjamin.
Homeschool Program: At Home in Nature
Harris Center for Conservation Education 83 Kings Hwy, Hancock, NH, United StatesCalling all animal allies, nature noticers, and outdoor explorers ages 6 through 12! Uncover your wonder, and let the natural world be your teacher on Monday afternoons with Harris Center naturalist John Benjamin.
Winter Tree Identification Walk
Join Mike Gagnon, forestry field specialist with UNH Cooperative Extension, for a relaxed winter tree ID walk. We’ll focus on branching, buds, and bark while the leaves are off the trees — and discuss the trees we encounter from both an ecological and economic perspective.
Conservation Around the Globe
Join Dave Johnson of the Katie Adamson Conservation Fund for an introduction to wildlife conservation efforts — and opportunities for travelers to make conservation connections — well beyond the borders of the Monadnock Region.
Accessible Birding at the Harris Center
Join Harris Center Naturalist Emeritus Meade Cadot and longtime outing leader Ben Haubrich for a relaxed morning of birding on the Harris Center front deck, with great views of our bustling bird feeders. Beginning birders welcome!
Hidden Ponds of the SuperSanctuary
Join Dave Butler for a 3.5-mile hike into Shadrach and Tenney Ponds, which lie between the Thumb-Skatutakee ridgeline and Nubanusit Lake.
Environmental Studies Institute: An Exploration of the Geology of the Monadnock Region
Harris Center for Conservation Education 83 Kings Hwy, Hancock, NH, United StatesJoin Dr. Frederick Rogers to learn about minerals, rocks, plate tectonics, geologic time, the forces that shape landscapes, and what these things can tell us about the history of the Monadnock Region.
Babies in Backpacks and Toddlers in Tow in Hancock
Calling all families with young children! Join Harris Center naturalist and animal lover Susie Spikol on the second Tuesday of each month to wander trails and meadows in search of wild finds.
Environmental Studies Institute: An Exploration of the Geology of the Monadnock Region
Harris Center for Conservation Education 83 Kings Hwy, Hancock, NH, United StatesJoin Dr. Frederick Rogers to learn about minerals, rocks, plate tectonics, geologic time, the forces that shape landscapes, and what these things can tell us about the history of the Monadnock Region.
Homeschool Program: At Home in Nature
Harris Center for Conservation Education 83 Kings Hwy, Hancock, NH, United StatesCalling all animal allies, nature noticers, and outdoor explorers ages 6 through 12! Join Harris Center naturalists John Benjamin and Susie Spikol for four Wednesdays this fall to let your wild side out.
All About Jack’s Pond: A History Hike
Jack's Pond in Hancock is named after a once-enslaved African who gained his freedom and lived nearby in the late 1700s and early 1800s. Join us for a 1.75-mile roundtrip hike, where we'll learn about Jack's life, and how Black history that's been so long in the shadows is now coming to light.
Environmental Studies Institute: An Exploration of the Geology of the Monadnock Region
Harris Center for Conservation Education 83 Kings Hwy, Hancock, NH, United StatesJoin Dr. Frederick Rogers to learn about minerals, rocks, plate tectonics, geologic time, the forces that shape landscapes, and what these things can tell us about the history of the Monadnock Region.
Homeschool Program: At Home in Nature
Harris Center for Conservation Education 83 Kings Hwy, Hancock, NH, United StatesCalling all animal allies, nature noticers, and outdoor explorers ages 6 through 12! Join Harris Center naturalists John Benjamin and Susie Spikol for four Wednesdays this fall to let your wild side out.
Surveying for Salamanders
Join Brett Amy Thelen and Karen Seaver for an afternoon of monitoring our redbacked salamander research plots. We’ll start with a brief introduction to redbacked salamander ecology and to our study methods, then head into the woods to survey for salamanders. No experience necessary!
Mushroom Meander with the Morel Quandary Club
Join the Morel Quandary Club to look for polypores, russulas, amanitas, and other fabulous fungi, while learning the key points to mushroom identification.
Environmental Studies Institute: An Exploration of the Geology of the Monadnock Region
Harris Center for Conservation Education 83 Kings Hwy, Hancock, NH, United StatesJoin Dr. Frederick Rogers to learn about minerals, rocks, plate tectonics, geologic time, the forces that shape landscapes, and what these things can tell us about the history of the Monadnock Region.
Homeschool Program: At Home in Nature
Harris Center for Conservation Education 83 Kings Hwy, Hancock, NH, United StatesCalling all animal allies, nature noticers, and outdoor explorers ages 6 through 12! Join Harris Center naturalists John Benjamin and Susie Spikol for four Wednesdays this fall to let your wild side out.
Homeschool Program: At Home in Nature
Harris Center for Conservation Education 83 Kings Hwy, Hancock, NH, United StatesCalling all animal allies, nature noticers, and outdoor explorers ages 6 through 12! Join Harris Center naturalists John Benjamin and Susie Spikol for four Wednesdays this fall to let your wild side out.
All About Jack’s Pond: A History Hike
Jack's Pond in Hancock is named after a once-enslaved African who gained his freedom and lived nearby in the late 1700s and early 1800s. Join us for a 1.75-mile roundtrip hike, where we'll learn about Jack's life, and how Black history that's been so long in the shadows is now coming to light.
Environmental Studies Institute: Yoga by the Frog Pond
Harris Center for Conservation Education 83 Kings Hwy, Hancock, NH, United StatesImmerse yourself in the sounds and sensations of a summer evening as we play and explore in a sweet flowing yoga practice on the Harris Center grounds.
Environmental Studies Institute: Yoga by the Frog Pond
Harris Center for Conservation Education 83 Kings Hwy, Hancock, NH, United StatesImmerse yourself in the sounds and sensations of a summer evening as we play and explore in a sweet flowing yoga practice on the Harris Center grounds.
Environmental Studies Institute: Yoga by the Frog Pond
Harris Center for Conservation Education 83 Kings Hwy, Hancock, NH, United StatesImmerse yourself in the sounds and sensations of a summer evening as we play and explore in a sweet flowing yoga practice on the Harris Center grounds.
Environmental Studies Institute: Yoga by the Frog Pond
Harris Center for Conservation Education 83 Kings Hwy, Hancock, NH, United StatesImmerse yourself in the sounds and sensations of a summer evening as we play and explore in a sweet flowing yoga practice on the Harris Center grounds.
Environmental Studies Institute: Yoga by the Frog Pond
Harris Center for Conservation Education 83 Kings Hwy, Hancock, NH, United StatesImmerse yourself in the sounds and sensations of a summer evening as we play and explore in a sweet flowing yoga practice on the Harris Center grounds.
Environmental Studies Institute: Yoga by the Frog Pond
Harris Center for Conservation Education 83 Kings Hwy, Hancock, NH, United StatesImmerse yourself in the sounds and sensations of a summer evening as we play and explore in a sweet flowing yoga practice on the Harris Center grounds.
Environmental Studies Institute: Yoga by the Frog Pond
Harris Center for Conservation Education 83 Kings Hwy, Hancock, NH, United StatesImmerse yourself in the sounds and sensations of a summer evening as we play and explore in a sweet flowing yoga practice on the Harris Center grounds.
