Malin Clyde wrote:
2009-1-21
I have a few more workshop notices, and one more plea for help at Farm & Forest (thanks to those who have already volunteered!). As always this update and all previous ones are online at: Volunteers Working for Wildlife
1. I still need three more volunteers who can help staff our booth at the NH Farm & Forest Expo, Feb. 6-7. The open slots are below - email me if you can help out, and thank you!
Booth volunteers needed for: Friday, Feb. 6, 9 a.m. - noon
Sat., Feb. 7, 9 a.m. - noon
Sat., Feb. 7, 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.
2. The Green Mountain Conservation Group will hold it's annual meeting in Freedom on Sunday, Jan. 25, from 4- 7 p.m., featuring moose biologist Kristine Rines as the featured speaker. For more information, go to: http://www.gmcg.org/ Green Mountain Conservation Group is also sponsoring the "Wild & Scenic Environmental Film Festival" in Conway on March 22nd. Sounds fun! Go to their website for more information - sounds fun!
3. Walk/Snowshoe in Brookfield/Wakefield - Sat., Jan. 24, 10:00 am-12:00 pm (snow date: January 25, 1:00-3:00 pm).
Please join Strafford Rivers Conservancy & Moose Mountain Regional Greenways members for a winter walk (or snowshoe depending on conditions) on 200 acres of varied habitat that includes a reclaimed gravel pit, forests, fields and wetlands. Matt Chagnon, UNH Professor of Forest Technology, will lead the walk and discuss the propertys natural resource features. This property, owned by Tom and Dulcie Lavender, was recently conserved by two conservation easements. Registration is free. For registration and directions please contact the Strafford Rivers Conservancy at (603) 516-0772, e-mail info@straffordriversconservancy.org or register online at www.straffordriversconservancy.org. The walk is co-sponsored by the Strafford Rivers Conservancy and Moose Mountains Regional Greenways. This event is sponsored in part by a grant from the New England Grassroots Environment Fund (NEGEF).
4. Are you interested in looking for Big Trees? UNH Cooperative Extension will be holding another tree measuring workshop this spring at Plymouth State University, with a field trip to Quincy Bog in Rumney (tentative dates are for April 17 or May 1). Please contact Rockingham County Forester Fred Borman if you are interested in joining the "Big Tree" mailing list (email: Fred.borman@unh.edu).
5. The Society for the Protection of NH Forests has a variety of events and programs this winter (visit their website at: www.forestsociety.org Programs include their annual Cottrell-Baldwin Environmental Lecture Series: Local Forests, Wood Energy and Global Economics: All programs are held at Fox Forest in Hillsborough:
Local Lumber: Cut, milled and sold near you - Tuesday, March 3, 7 p.m.
Wood Energy: The larger statewide bio-fuels market - Tuesday, March 17, 7 p.m.
Cordwood: The Fuel All Around Us - Tuesday, March 31, 7 p.m.
Forests, Forestry & Climate Change - Tuesday, April 14, 7 p.m.
