Malin Clyde wrote:
2009-07-01
Dear Coverts Cooperators & Friends,
Matt Tarr and I are busy reading through applications for this fall’s Coverts training workshop…it is always a fun and inspiring process!
In the meantime, workshop activities slow down for the summer, but I have some other news and updates for you. As always, this and previous updates are available anytime online at Volunteers Working for Wildlife . And don’t forget to check out our re-vamped Wildlife Webpage , with lots of new information about wildlife habitats, species, the Wildlife Action Plan, and more!
Cheers,
Malin
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NEWS
Submissions for “Making Tracks” Newsletter
I’m still looking for submissions for “Making Tracks.” I have very few! Please send me a quick note about what you’ve been up to, or a picture. Click here to send email to me. Without your contributions, the newsletter doesn’t amount to much! Thanks for your help.
New Brochures Available!
The newest Habitat Stewardship Brochures are sitting in my office! All Coverts Cooperators will receive copies in the mail next week, for the following critical habitats: Appalachian Oak-Pine Forests, Shrublands, Lowland Spruce-Fir Forests, and Peatlands. These publications are free for NH landowners, and are particularly aimed at those owning critical habitats on their land. I encourage you to use them in your outreach efforts. Stay tuned, as we will be developing an additional set of four brochures in the coming year!
Coverts Advice Needed!
The Coverts workshop team is starting to pull together the agenda and materials for the fall workshop, scheduled for Sept. 23-26, 2009. I need your advice! I am considering altering the materials provided to all Coverts volunteers (remember those huge notebooks?), and moving towards providing publications online (in part or in whole). Is this a good idea? Please help me decide, as you folks know how useful the notebooks are or are not. Click here to take a short web survey to let me know your opinion!
Grafton County & Sullivan County Cooperators Needed
Coverts volunteers in Grafton & Sullivan counties received a letter from the Coverts Project office describing the “Critical Habitats Education Project ” in the Upper Valley (click on the link to learn more). If you plan to attend the upcoming brainstorming sessions, you can RSVP here! Click here to send an email to Malin (RSVP for July 22nd in Meriden or July 23rd in Orford).
WORKSHOPS & EVENTS – Previously published
Northwood Meadows Discovery Day – July 11
Coverts Cooperator Carl Wallman (CC05) founded the Northwood Area Land Management Collaborative a few years ago, and it has taken off! Come learn more at the Northwood Meadows Discovery Day - - a celebration of the 20th Anniversary of Northwood Meadows State Park, and of the legacy left to present and future generations by M. Edward Burtt when he sold this park to the State - will take place July 11, at the Park. This grand event is an opportunity to discover and interact with the natural and cultural resources in and around Northwood Meadows State Park - lands which now form the core of the NALMC neighborhood. The day will be hosted by the Town of Northwood, in partnership with The Northwood Area Land Management Collaborative (NALMC), the Northwood Crankpullers and the NH Division of Resources and Economic Development. Save the date! To learn more, click here .
Monadnock Trails Week 2009
Saturday, July 11 through Wednesday, July 15 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Mount Monadnock Reservation State Park headquarters, Jaffrey
Join other Forset Society volunteers and conservation professionals from the Forest Society, NH State Parks, and Eastern Mountain Sports for five days of trail restoration on legendary Mount Monadnock. Come for one day only or for multiple days. Learn how to construct stone steps and waterbars, clear ice storm damage, mark trails, or close bootleg trails. For more information contact Carrie Deegan at cdeegan@forestsociety.org or 603-224-9945 x318. Click here for the Monadnock Trails Weeks flyer.
Woods, Water and Wildlife Festival - Saturday, August 1, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Branch Hill Farm, Milton Mills
Featuring guided walks and talks with nature experts, hayrides, live music and more, this fun, family-friendly event will take place on a 3,000-acre farm under conservation easement with the Forest Society. Organized by Moose Mountains Regional Greenways. For more information visit www.mmrg.info or call 603-817-8260.
Moose and Bear Thursday, July 16 and Thursday, August 6, 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Mount Washington Resort, Bretton Woods
Discover some New Hampshire wildlife with outdoor enthusiast Nigel Manley of The Rocks Estate. Discover intriguing educational facts about the animals in New Hampshire and get a feel for hands-on exhibits that include antlers and pelts.
Fern Identification – August 7, 8:30 – 3:30
Fox State Forest, Hillsborough
This workshop is likely the most intensive of its kind offered in NH. It is intended to teach natural resource professionals and backyard naturalists alike the skills necessary to positively identify the ferns of northeastern New England. A combination of indoor and outdoor instruction will be used to teach participants about basic fern morphology, terminology, hybridization, reproduction, and ecology. These skills will then be employed to identify ferns in the field using a fern key. This workshop is taught by Dr. Leslie Adams, a systematic botanist and forest ecologist whose area of specialty is floristic diversity in New Hampshire forests. Participants of all experience levels are encouraged to attend. For more information, including registration materials, click here for workshop brochure .
Save the Date! Tree Farm Field Day – September 19, Newport, NH
This is always a great event! Read more about this year’s winner by clicking here .
