Field Trips and Events
Come explore New Hampshire and rediscover what makes living here so special! The Forest Society offers a full program of fun, educational field trips, workshops and events designed to meet your interests and celebrate the people and places of this great state.
Choose from a wide range of activities – for all ability levels – held throughout the state.
Saturday, January 24, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
(Weather date: Sunday, January 25)
Ashuelot River Headwaters, Lempster
Join us for a special recreational snowshoe tour of Bean
Mountain – part of the 1,800-acre Ashuelot River
Headwaters property in Lempster. We’ll begin indoors with
an hour-long project presentation before heading out to
enjoy views of Lempster Mountain, Lovewell Mountain,
Pitcher Mountain, and Monadnock on this rugged off-trail
snowshoe hike. Along the way, we’ll track winter wildlife.
BYO lunch, cocoa, and snowshoes.
Pre-registration is required. Use the Register button above, or call Tina at 224-9945 ext. 313. 
Saturday, February 14, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
(Weather date: Sunday, February 15)
Birch Ridge and Coldrain Pond, New Durham
Learn about winter wildlife ecology and mammal habitats
near Coldrain Pond and the sprawling Birch Ridge in New
Durham at this indoor/outdoor event.
Mid-February is reliable for deep snow
and love in the air – the annual mating
season for many fur-bearers runs from
mid-February to mid-March. Foxes,
coyotes, bobcats, fishers, weasels,
mink, otter, and skunks begin to breed
as the days grow longer even as snow
continues to fall. Tracking can be
excellent!
Pre-registration is required. Use the Register button above, or call Tina at 224-9945 ext. 313.
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Friday, February 6, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Saturday, February 7, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Center of New Hampshire, Manchester
View the best of rural New Hampshire at the annual NH
Farm & Forest Exposition! This winter, the exhibition of
commercial and educational displays will showcase today's
"growing opportunities" in agriculture and forestry. The
Farm and Forest Expo is THE indoor county fair. Fun for
the whole family, it's is a great antidote to mid-winter cabin
fever. Be sure to stop at The Forest Society's display booth to
meet our staff and volunteers.
Admission Price: $7.00 for adults; Children 15 and under are free.
Get directions and other details at www.nhfarmandforestexpo.org.
Saturdays, March 14, 21 and 28, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The Rocks Estate, Bethlehem
Maple sugaring marks the end of a long New Hampshire
winter. Hear the legend of how maple sugaring began, find
out why sap flows, and learn how to identify a maple tree.
You can also join a horse-drawn wagon ride to tap your own
maple tree and learn the process of changing sap to syrup.
Finish the day with donuts, homemade sour pickles, and
maple syrup. Program is approximately two hours long;
tours start at 10 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 1 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.
Reservations are strongly suggested.
Cost: Adults $10, Children $7.
Members: Adults $5, Children $4.
For more information or to register, call The Rocks Estate at
603-444-6228 or email info@therocks.org.
Saturday, April 4
Gilford High School
Saving Special Places is New Hampshire's largest annual conservation event. Whether you're new to conservation and want to learn from the people who do it every day or you're an old hand wanting to network with colleagues, Saving Special Places is not to be missed.
Visit clca.forestsociety.org/annual-conference to get more details as they become available.
The annual Cottrell–Baldwin lecture series honors the environmental, conservation and scholarly legacies of late conservationists Annette and Bill Cottrell and the late Research Forester Henry Baldwin, both from Hillsborough and both supporters of the Forest Society.
What are the prominent opportunities and potential threats to our state's forests in a changing economy? How can we "act locally" to take advantage of our strengths as a wood-producing region? What is the potential of increased reliance on bio-fuels to enhance or threaten sustainable forestry in the Granite State?
Join us on Tuesday evenings at 7 p.m. to learn more about the current state of wood markets and the booming demand for more local wood energy.
Click here for the series brochure (324 KB PDF).
All programs are held in the Henry Baldwin Classroom at Fox State Forest in Hillsborough. Click here for a map.
Tuesday, March 3
Tuesday, March 17
Tuesday, March 31
Tuesday, April 14
Join us on Wednesday evenings at Bretzfelder Memorial Park in Bethlehem for a series of free lectures. For more information call 603-444-6228 or visit the Rocks website at www.therocks.org.
Wednesday, February 11, 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Torrey McMillan from the White Mountain School
will describe how to turn home waste products into
compost for house plants, gardens, and seedlings.
Wednesday, February 18, 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Learn about winter ecology with naturalist Scott
Davison, who will describe how humans and animals
have adapted to survive the cold New England winters.
Wednesday, February 25, 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Forest Society staffer Charles Dona will present this
entertaining and insightful program as he relives his
2,167-mile hike from Springer Mountain, Georgia to Mount
Katahdin, Maine. The presentation will include slides
of the AT's spectacular scenery, as well as interesting
facts and the history of this notorious trail.
Exhibits are open for viewing weekdays 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. A percentage of
sales will benefit the work of the Forest Society.
Please call 603-224-9945 before visiting as the
exhibit room may be in use. It also serves as a meeting space.
Monday, January 12 through Saturday, February 28
Scattered with electric blue lakes below great rock-faced
mountains sheared by the glaciers, the Canadian Rockies
are high, cold, and beautiful. See these dramatic vistas
captured by New Hampshire photographer Jeff Sluder.
Reflecting the interplay of light, color, and space in
nature, Sluder's work reveals the infinite variety of
patterns in nature.
