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Turtle Transport Volunteer Training

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From spring through fall, turtles leave the water to find mates, nest sites, and habitat, facing dangers like cars, pets, and mowers. NH Turtle Rescue relies on volunteer "turtle transporters" to quickly get injured turtles into care — and more helpers are always needed. This training covers everything you need to join the team!

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Turtles of New Hampshire & How You Can Help

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Join NH Fish and Game wildlife biologist Josh Megyesy for an introduction to turtle conservation in the Granite State. Josh will discuss how to identify turtle habitat, the impact of road mortality on turtles, strategies to reduce roadkill, what landowners can do to help, and more.

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ESI Course: Treekeepers Book Group

Event Series Treekeepers Book Group
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Join avid reader Susie Spikol and dendrophile Jeremy Wilson to read and discuss Treekeepers: The Race for a Forested Future — a poetic and probing book that explores the vital role of forests in combating climate change. Then, on April 19, join Treekeepers author Lauren E. Oakes for an in-person talk at the Harris Center.

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ESI Course: Treekeepers Book Group

Event Series Treekeepers Book Group
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THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED.

Join avid reader Susie Spikol and dendrophile Jeremy Wilson to read and discuss Treekeepers: The Race for a Forested Future — a poetic and probing book that explores the vital role of forests in combating climate change. Then, on April 19, join Treekeepers author Lauren E. Oakes for an in-person talk at the Harris Center.

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Salamander Crossing Brigade Workshop

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Every year, the Harris Center trains community scientists to serve on Salamander Crossing Brigades at amphibian road crossings throughout the Monadnock Region. Attend this fun, information-packed volunteer training to join their ranks – or simply to learn more about the remarkable spring amphibian migration.

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Ask A Naturalist

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Join our team of talented naturalists as they explore some of the region’s most intriguing natural history mysteries. If you have questions you’d like us to answer (“what’s this thing I found in the woods?!”), submit them by January 23!

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The Plight of the Fisher

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Learn how researchers are working to uncover what’s behind the decline in New Hampshire’s fisher population. Discover how exposure to commonly used rodenticides may be impacting fishers and other wildlife, as well as other important research developments.

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Lunch & Learn: Visit the Kayapo in the Heart of the Amazon

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The Kayapo territory is an area of unmarred rainforest as large as the state of Virginia, and it’s threatened by illegal timber extraction, gold mining, and land grabs for cattle ranching. Despite these threats, the Indigenous Kayapo have successfully protected their territorial borders for more than 30 years. Join Scott Hecker to learn about Kayapo culture and their ongoing efforts to protect the rainforest.

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New England Blizzards

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Join meteorologist and storm chaser Cyrena Arnold to discover the science behind blizzards and snowstorms, revisit some of our region’s most epic storms, and explore theories on why we don’t seem to be experiencing blizzards like we once did.

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Migratory Raptors of Pack Monadnock

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Join Harris Center Bird Conservation Director and raptor aficionado Phil Brown for an overview of the upcoming hawk migration season and the soaring spectacle visible from the Pack Monadnock Raptor Observatory in Peterborough.

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Salamander Crossing Brigade Workshop

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Every year, the Harris Center trains community scientists to serve on Salamander Crossing Brigades at amphibian road crossings throughout the Monadnock Region. Attend this fun, information-packed volunteer training to join their ranks – or simply to learn more about the remarkable spring amphibian migration.

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Crossings: How Road Ecology is Shaping the Future of Our Planet

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Roads are so ubiquitous that they’re practically invisible to us, but wild animals experience them as entirely alien forces of disruption. Join us for a special evening with award-winning environmental journalist and author Ben Goldfarb as he discusses his newest book, "Crossings: How Road Ecology is Shaping the Future of Our Planet."

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ESI: Book Group — Christian Cooper’s “Better Living Through Birding”

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Join us for a series of discussions about Christian Cooper's bestselling memoir, in which he imparts birding tips and ignites a passion for birds of all feathers, globe-trots readers throughout the globe, and shares what it’s meant to grow up and live as a Black, queer nerd and avid birder in the US.

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The Science of Saw-whet Owls

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Join lead saw-whet owl bander Hillary Siener to recap the first two seasons of the Harris Center's saw-whet migration monitoring project, and to learn more about this charismatic bird of prey.

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ESI: Book Group — Christian Cooper’s “Better Living Through Birding”

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This event has been cancelled.

Join us for a series of discussions about Christian Cooper's bestselling memoir, in which he imparts birding tips and ignites a passion for birds of all feathers, globe-trots readers throughout the globe, and shares what it’s meant to grow up and live as a Black, queer nerd and avid birder in the US.

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ESI: Book Group — Christian Cooper’s “Better Living Through Birding”

Zoom , United States
This event has been cancelled.

Join us for a series of discussions about Christian Cooper's bestselling memoir, in which he imparts birding tips and ignites a passion for birds of all feathers, globe-trots readers throughout the globe, and shares what it’s meant to grow up and live as a Black, queer nerd and avid birder in the US.

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New Hope for Ash: Breeding EAB-Resistant Trees

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The emerald ash borer (EAB) is an invasive beetle that has decimated ash trees throughout North America, dramatically changing the face of our forests — but new research offers hope for the future of ash on our landscape.

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Bark: Identifying Trees in Winter

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Join Michael Wojtech, author of "Bark: A Field Guide to Trees of the Northeast," to sharpen your tree identification skills and learn how to identify New Hampshire trees by their bark alone.

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Ask A Naturalist: Best of 2023

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Join our team of talented naturalists as they explore some of this year’s most intriguing natural history mysteries. With topics ranging from bird behavior to turtle treks to enigmatic scat, there will be something for everyone!

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