Malin Clyde wrote:
2009-4-27
Dear Coverts Cooperators & Friends,
Greetings! I hope you are getting the chance to be outside during the last few weeks of warmer (or hot!) weather. Spring is here! Below are a few new announcements, followed by postings previously mentioned here. Hope to see you at an event soon!
New Workshop Announcements
NH Dragonfly Survey Training Workshops – offered at several locations:
Thursday, May 28, 10-4, Audubon’s McLane Center, Concord
Friday, June 12, 9-3, Audubon’s Paradise Point Center, Hebron
Saturday, June 27, 10-4, Pinkham Notch Visitor Center
Now in its third year, the NH Dragonfly Survey is again training new volunteers (or offering experienced dragonfly surveyors a refresher). The cost for the workshop is $30, which includes a field guide. To learn more, click here for the workshop brochure. The NH Dragonfly Survey is a join project between NH Audubon & NH Fish & Game.
Volunteers Needed to Restore Floodplain Forest on Connecticut River
NH Fish & Game is doing a restoration project at the Wilder Wildlife Management Area in Lyme, NH on May 6 & 7 (between 10 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.). Volunteers are needed to help plant 1,500 silver maple seedlings. Any amount of time you can contribute is welcome. Bring water, lunch, boots, gloves, sunscreen and bug spray (if needed). If you can help, please contact Denyce Gagne at NH Fish & Game: 603-419-0078, or email: denyce.gagne@wildlife.nh.gov. Directions to the site: Directions: From the center of Lyme, travel west on East Thetford Road. At the intersection of East Thetford and River Roads just before the Connecticut River, turn left onto River Road. The entrance to the WMA is just over one mile south of the intersection on the right. DeLorme N.H. Atlas and Gazetteer coordinates: Page 32, G 4
Other Upcoming Workshops
Coos Mud Season Breakfast – April 28, 2009
This annual event, held at the White Mountain Chalet in Berlin this year, is a great way to start your outdoor season. The theme this year, “The Changing Face of Forest Industry” will bring you up to date on a variety of forestry & wildlife topics. This event always sells out, so don’t delay if you want to attend. Registration materials are available online here.
Black Fly Breakfast, - April 29, 2009, 7:30 – 11:30 a.m.
This is an opportunity to hear the latest updates on forestry, logging, and wildlife, meet with foresters and industry folks in an informal setting, and learn who is doing what in southern New Hampshire. This annual event has a new location this year at Pat’s Peak Ski Area. The event always sells out, so don’t delay if you want to attend. Registration materials are available online here.
Caring for your Forest Workshop Series – each offered in Londonderry or Wilmot
May 1 – Firewood from your Woodlot
May 8 – Selling Timber? Do It Right!
May 15 – Chainsaw Safety for Weekend Woodcutters
Bring a friend or neighbor to one, two or more of these introductory workshops, offered in two different locations on each day. Workshops run from 12:30 p.m – 4:30 p.m. Registration materials and additional details are available on the workshop flyer, by clicking here.
Spring Wildlife Workshop Series
An exciting new workshop series will take place this spring for landowners and professionals. Registration materials are available online at: Spring Wildlife Workshop Series 2009May 16 - Vernal Pools & Wetland Wildlife, Gilmanton
June 5 - Managing Forestland for Migratory Birds, Gilmanton
June 19 - Managing Fields for Wildlife, South Tamworth
***Coverts Gathering***Saturday, May 23
Schwaegler Tree Farm, Orford
Come meet the new Grafton County Extension Forester, Dave Falkenham, at this spring walk at Bruce and Sarah Schwaegler’s Tree Farm in Orford, NH. We’ll gather for coffee overlooking Indian Pond, then spend the morning visiting wildlife openings and managed woodlands that the Schwaegler’s have worked on over the past decade. Sarah is a renown wildflower enthusiast and expert—you are guaranteed to learn something new from her! Click here for the event brochure, including directions. Program is free, but registration is requested (e-mail dave.falkenham@unh.edu or call the UNHCE Grafton County office at 603-787-6944.)
2009 Coverts Workshop Seeking New Volunteers
The application period is now open for the 2009 Coverts Workshop, to be held at a new location (the Barbara C. Harris Conference Center in Greenfield, NH) September 23-26, 2009. Coverts Cooperators are our best source of new participants—you know the program and the type of person who will benefit from the training. Please help us fill our next class of volunteers with other wildlife and habitat enthusiasts!
The application materials are posted online at our website: www.NHCoverts.org. I am also collecting names and addresses of potential applications, to whom I will send a personal note, encouraging them to apply. Please email Malin with names and mailing addresses of potential new Coverts trainees (or call at 862-2166). Thank you for your help recruiting our next class!
