Malin Clyde wrote:
2009-08-19
Dear Coverts Cooperators & Friends,
Here are a few new updates and volunteer opportunities for you As always, this and previous updates are available anytime online at Volunteers Working for Wildlife.
Also, check out the updated Coverts Webpage and the updated Wildlife Webpage for lots of other information!
Also, read the new issue of the “Making Tracks” newsletter, a hard copy of which should be in your mailbox later this week!
Cheers,
Malin
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UPCOMING WORKSHOPS
***TODAY!***
Enhancing Forest Habitat - August 19, 2-5 p.m.
Andorra Forest, Stoddard, NH
Join Steve Roberge, UNH Cooperative Extension Forest Resource Educator for Cheshire County, for a walk through Andorra Forest. The focus will be on wildlife habitat management techniques employed at this large, private forest (recently named NH Tree Farm of the Year). For more information, including registration, you can view the flyer here.
GIS & GPS Workshops – Grafton County Cooperative Extension, N. Haverhill
UNH Cooperative Extension Geospatial Technologies Training Center will be offering the following GIS workshops from September 14-18, 2009.
- GIS on Pennies a Day - September 14th - 9am to noon - $40. Learn basic GIS concepts and about many free GIS software packages.
- Making Maps the Google Way - September 14th - 1pm to 4pm - $40. Learn how to create custom maps in Google Earth and share maps using Google Maps
- Getting to Know NH GRANIT Data Mapper - September 14th - 6pm to 8pm – Free. Learn to create GIS-based maps of NH towns using a free online tool.
- ArcGIS Drivers Permit - September 15th - 9am to 4pm - $90. Learn the basics of GIS and how to use make basic maps in ArcGIS.
- Intro to ArcGIS 9.3 - September 16th to 18th - 9am to 4pm - $275 reduced, $450 full
Learn how to use ArcGIS to make maps, create & edit GIS data and explore spatial relationships.
Working with Water & Wetlands – September 18, 8:30 – 3:30
Russell Colbath House, Albany, NH
This workshop will cover a variety of topics covering the protection of our water resources while actively managing NH's forests. If you are a land manager in New Hampshire you will find this workshop useful when you are working in - or around - water and wetlands. Registration materials, information about speakers, and directions available online here.
Tree Farm Field Day – September 19, Blake Family Tree Farm, Newport, NH
This is always a great event! Register here today. Igor Blake has been selected as the 2009 New Hampshire Outstanding Tree Farmer of the Year by the NH Tree Farm Committee. Igor’s tree farm consists of over 300 acres in the town of Newport, NH along the banks of the Sugar River. The mixed pine and oak/hardwood forests have been managed by Igor and his family for nearly 80 years. Igor’s mother, N.N. Blake, joined the tree farm program in 1970 at the suggestion of Professor Mirov, University of California, Berkeley. Join us at the 2009 NH Tree Farm Field Day to celebrate Igor’s award winning tree farm on Saturday, September 19, 2009. The day long event will include a variety of educational tours of Igor’s tree farm, raffle and silent auction, chicken barbeque and pig roast.
NH Children in Nature Conference – October 1, Northwood, NH
This annual workshop will provide community leaders and community organizations, including parents, educators, youth group leaders, non-profits and health care providers with tools, resources, and support to make local change to reconnect Children, Youth and Families to Nature. For more information and registration info, visit the website: www.nhchildreninNature.org
Ames Road Forest Tree Farm: Woodland Economics for Private Landowners
October 17, Loudon, NH, 8:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Meet Ned Therrien, who bought a Tree Farm 35 years ago as a retirement investment. He has kept meticulous records, recording time, effort, costs and revenues since the beginning. During this field session, he will share the lessons of his hard work. Landowners will gain valuable information about optimizing the economics of owning timberland and hear from Ned as well as the natural resource professionals that have been involved along the way. The session will include a woodlot tour, lively discussion and supporting materials. Registration materials, directions, and additional information are available online here.
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
Interested in Gardening for Wildlife? Can You Share Your Enthusiasm?
The Hampstead Garden Club (located on the MA border, in Rockingham County) is looking for someone to talk about gardening for wildlife. They would like an indoor talk, but if you live nearby and wanted to give a tour of your wildlife-friendly garden, they would be interested in that as well. You would have lots of time to prepare, as they are lining up speakers for next year (2010). Please email Malin if you can help out!
UNHCE Energy Answers Program Seeks Volunteers
Trainings on Sept. 21 & Sept. 28, Manchester
Would you like to learn how you can reduce energy consumption in your home? Would you like to help other NH residents do the same? If so, become a UNHCE Energy Answers volunteer! UNH Cooperative Extension will offer training to existing UNHCE volunteers (such as Coverts Cooperators) on Monday, September 21 and Monday, September 28th to prepare volunteers to answer energy-related questions from the public on the Education Center's Info-Line in Manchester. These full-day sessions will be held at the Conservation Center in Concord. You must attend both sessions to be an Energy Answers volunteer. The application for the training program is available online here.
Citizen Monitors Sought for Asian Longhorn Beetle in NH
Coverts Cooperators may be able to help forest health experts by keeping an eye out for Asian Longhorn Beetles. Read a new press release on this project, which is now at the beginning stages. There are also several workshops to help with identification of beetles, including a ‘twilight meeting’ in Portsmouth on August 25. If you think you see one of these beetles, you should contact your County Forester.
WROKSHOPS PREVIOUSLY POSTED
Strafford River Conservancy Workshops
The Strafford Rivers Conservancy is offering the following programs this summer and fall. For more information about any of these programs, For registration and directions, please contact the Strafford Rivers Conservancy at (603) 516-0772, e-mail here or register online at straffordriversconservancy.org.
Walk on Stonehouse Pond (Barrington) – Saturday, September 19
Celebration of Conservation (Three Rivers Farm, Dover) – Saturday, September 26
Washburn Family Forest Opening, Sunday Aug 30, 2009 9:30 am to 2 pm.
Washburn Family Forest, Clarksville and Pittsburg, NH. Sponsored by The Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests. The dedication of the 2,100-acre Washburn Family Forest will include a hiking tour and a fishing demonstration. Come celebrate the unveiling of the Forest Society's largest North Country reservation! For more information call 603-224-9945.
Ashuelot River Headwaters Tours, Saturday Sept 26, 2009.
Tours start at 10 a.m., noon, and 2 p.m, Silver Mountain / Long Pond and Sand Pond, Lempster, NH. Sponsored by The Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests. Join us for an open house on the Ashuelot River Headwaters. Take a guided hike with Forest Society staff to the summit of Silver Mountain or explore the loop trail that includes the shoreline of Long Pond and Sand Pond. Learn the latest information about efforts to purchase and protect this 1,800-acre keystone tract of forestland. For more information call 603-224-9945.
OTHER NEWS
Communications Position – Monadnock Conservancy
The Monadnock Conservancy, based in Keene, NH, is currently seeking job applicants for a Communications Associate. Click here for the position description.
