Winter, with its quiet beauty, is the perfect time for nature study. Environmental Studies Institute course start soon!
BARK: GET TO KNOW YOUR TREES
Looking for something new to discover in the winter woods? You don’t need to look any further than the trees! Although their leaves have fallen away and their buds and twigs are often too high to see, tree bark is ready for study. In this four-session course with naturalist and author Michael Wojtech, you’ll learn about a system for identifying tree species by their bark, and begin to discover why such a variety of bark characteristics has evolved. Why do some species have smooth bark, while on most others it is thick and broken? Why does bark peel? What function does bark serve? Each session will begin indoors, then head outside for close observation of Harris Center trees.
Class meets on Wednesdays, January 25 and February 1, 8 & 15 from 9 – 11 am at the Harris Center for Conservation Education in Hancock.
Instructor: Michael Wojtech
Cost: $40 for Harris Center members/$60 non-members
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LIFE STORIES of NEW HAMPSHIRE’S MAMMAL PREDATORS
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Join ecologist and Antioch University New England professor Jeff Littleton for four afternoons on the life and times of New Hampshire’s mammal predators. From bobcat to coyote, fisher to fox, learn how these mammals survive and thrive in the Monadnock Region. Through slides, lecture, discussion, and a few short field trips in and around Keene, you’ll study the important role these predators play in the health of our ecosystems, as well as the challenges they have historically faced in New England.
Class meets on Thursdays, February 2, 9, 16 & 23 from 2 – 3:30 pm in the Conference Room at Railroad Square, Southwestern Community Services, 49 Community Way, Keene.
Instructor: Jeff Littleton
Cost: $40 for Harris Center members/$60 non-members
For more information or to register for any of these courses, call the Harris Center at (603) 525-3394 or email Sara LeFebvre at lefebvre@harriscenter.org.
For other scintillating events planned for the new year (muskrats and salamanders and a knock-your-socks-off film showing, for starters!), check out our online Calendar of Events.
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