Learn the ins and outs of working with ArcGIS 10.1 in a hands-on learning environment! This course is useful for people who have no prior GIS experience, as well as those who have used ArcGIS, but are new to ArcGIS 10.1 With a focus on New Hampshire data and applications, participants learn how to use ArcGIS 10.1 to produce attractive, effective maps. Data processing and data editing technigues are also covered.

For a list of workshop CEU's click here

An Educational Series for New Hampshire Tree Farmers and people interested in learning more about woodlot care and management. Join us for a series of programs focusing on the cornerstone themes of sustainable Tree Farm management: wood, water, wildlife, and recreation!

Are there places on your property that you like to visit? Would you like to create a map of the trails on your woodlot or locate and mark your boundaries? On June 20th we will meet at Levey Park in Alton to learn the basics of using GPS to navigate around your woodlot and to do simple mapping. This course covers the basics of GPS technology, how to collect waypoints and how to navigate to points you have collected. In this workshop we will use GPS units to collect information about these sorts of features. Wendy Scribner and Andy Fast, Field Specialists with UNH Cooperative Extension will show you the how to collect
information as well as how to navigate with GPS. Garmin GPS units will be provided. Attendance is limited to 15 people.

Steve Roberge, County Extension Forester with UNH Cooperative Extension will discuss the recent discovery of Emerald Ash Borer in Merrimack County and the implications this will have for the Monadnock Region. Steve will discuss; how to identify the beetle; how to monitor and slow its spread; its impacts on the forest; the implications of finding it on your property.

This workshop is designed for practicing wetland scientists. You will learn to recognize the sedge family (Cyperaceae) and its major genera, with an emphasis on the genera and species that are wetland indicators. You will also focus on tools for identification--understanding plant structures and terminology. Bring a good hand lens. You will spend part of the day in the field, weather permitting.

CEUs: Approved by the NH Joint Board of Licensure for 1.75 CEUs for Surveyors, 6 CEUs for Wetland Scientists, 2 CEUs for Foresters

An Educational Series for New Hampshire Tree Farmers and people interested in learning more about woodlot care and management. Join us for a series of programs focusing on the cornerstone themes of sustainable Tree Farm management: wood, water, wildlife, and recreation!

Learn how to download GPS data onto a computer and use it to create a map using Google Earth. This workshop builds on concepts from last week’s session where we collected GPS data in the field. In this session, we will use GPS data to create custom maps using Google Earth. You will also learn how to take locational information from Google Earth and send it to your GPS receiver for use in the field. Garmin GPS units and computers will be supplied. Attendance is limited to 15 people.

This slide presentation shows the life histories of the native wildlife or our area, and includes interesting notes on the habits of wildlife.  Will Staats will show how to identify the presence and use of an area by specific wildlife species by interpreting the many telltale signs that result from wildlife activity. 

The program will be in the Great Room of the Summit Lodge of Weeks State Park.    

Weeks State Park is located on the east side of Route 3, approximately 2 miles south of Lancaster.

Woody Pringle and Marek Bennett will present an overview of the American Civil War through the lens of period music. Audience members participate and sing along as the presenters explore lyrics, documents, and visual images from sources such as the Library of Congress. Through camp songs, parlor music, hymns, battlefield rallying cries, and fiddle tunes, Pringle and Bennett examine the folksong as a means to enact living history, share perspectives, influence public perceptions of events, and simultaneously fuse and conserve cultures in times of change. Showcasing numerous instruments, the presenters challenge participants to find new connections between song, art, and politics in American history.

The program will be in the Great Room of the Summit Lodge of Weeks State Park.    

Weeks State Park is located on the east side of Route 3, approximately 2 miles south of Lancaster.

Topics Covered: basic GIS concepts, free GIS and mapping software, types of GIS data

Learn GIS basics and explore a variety of free GIS and mapping programs (for PC's and Macs)! You will be introduced to the basic concepts of GIS, explore the variety of GIS and mapping software available for free, learn GIS jargon and understand both the applications and the limitations of GIS. This course is useful for people who have no prior GIS experience and new GIS users.

Participants will learn to: "talk the talk" of GIS by learning basic terminology describe the applications and limitations of GIS, understand the pros and cons of free GIS and mapping software options, download free GIS data.

For a list of workshop CEU's click here

Take a variety of full-functioned, free GIS programs for a test drive! After a brief intro to the software covered in this workshop, hands-on exercises will provide a framework to learn the basics of the programs, including how to create own maps, edit GIS data and do basic processing. Paritipants are encouraged to bring their own data to use after they understand the basics of the software.

For a list of workshop CEU's click here 

Learn how to make interactive and 3D maps using free Google mapping tools!  This course explores the basics of Google Earth, Google Sketch Up and Google Maps with a special focus on creating your own maps to share with others.  Make Google Earth, Google Maps and Sketch Up work for you and get your geographic information out to the world. 

For a list of workshop CEU's click here

The Great North Woods north of the White Mountains offers more than 200 miles of underutilized hiking trails winding through breath-taking terrain.  This slide talk presented by Kim Nilsen describes these trails through this largely undiscovered, pristine region.  Kim will have his books on the subject available for sale and signing.  

Kim has bushwhacked most of the county’s mountainous backcountry and has now realized a dream that a through trail, The Coös Trail, could be built that highlights feature away from the White Mountain ranges.

The program will be in the Great Room of the Summit Lodge of Weeks State Park.    

Weeks State Park is located on the east side of Route 3, approximately 2 miles south of Lancaster.

This fun, interactive workshop for natural resource volunteers will cover the basics of planning and delivering a field trip. Emphasis will be on leading walks on local conservation parcels, but landowners interested in leading walks on their own land are also encouraged to attend.

Participants in this free training should be willing to commit to leading at least one outdoor event in the subsequent 6 months. You can do it! It’s easy, it’s fun, and we promise you’ll feel prepared after this workshop!

Who should attend? Any new or existing natural resource volunteers, including Coverts Cooperators, Forest Society Land Stewards, Audubon Society Sanctuaries volunteers, Natural Resource Stewards, trails groups, Conservation Commissioners, local land trust volunteers, and other community volunteers.

Big trees are awesome!  New Hampshire participates in the American Big Tree Program and registers the largest examples of our native trees.  Kevin Martin will introduce us to NH's largest trees.  His slide program will show champion trees of many species and the land where they grow.  Kevin has many stories to share about these trees, their history, and how people and wildlife use trees for various purposes.

The program will be in the Great Room of the Summit Lodge of Weeks State Park.    

Weeks State Park is located on the east side of Route 3, approximately 2 miles south of Lancaster.

This fern identification workshop will be held at the Kingman Farm on route 155 in Durham. It is intended to teach natural resource professionals 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 terminology, morphology, reproduction, hybridization, and ecology. These skills will then be employed to identify ferns in the field using a fern key. Highlights include strategies and suggestions for identification within some of the more difficult fern groups, and a thorough discussion of the challenges presented by fern hybridization. During the field portion of the course participants will see many of the most common local species of ferns discussed in the lecture, and gain experience keying in situ. Participants of all experience levels are encouraged to attend. The required text is: Fern Finder: A Guide to Native Ferns of Central and Northeastern United States and Eastern Canada by Hallowell & Hallowell. Students are asked to purchase this text themselves from their preferred bookseller and bring it with them to the workshop.

CEUs: Approved by the NH Joint Board of Licensure for 6 CEHs for Wetland  Scientists, 1.75 CEUs for Surveyors, 3.5 CEUs for Foresters

Please join us for the 2013 Tree Farm Field Day at the Ames Road Tree Farm in Canterbury. Ned and Jean Therrien, owners of the Ames Road Forest in Canterbury, are the 2013 N.H. Outstanding Tree Farmers.

Please check back as more information will be posted at a later date!

Topics Covered: basic GIS concepts, free GIS and mapping software, types of GIS data

Learn GIS basics and explore a variety of free GIS and mapping programs (for PC's and Macs)! You will be introduced to the basic concepts of GIS, explore the variety of GIS and mapping software available for free, learn GIS jargon and understand both the applications and the limitations of GIS. This course is useful for people who have no prior GIS experience and new GIS users.

Participants will learn to: "talk the talk" of GIS by learning basic terminology describe the applications and limitations of GIS, understand the pros and cons of free GIS and mapping software options, download free GIS data.

For a list of workshop CEU's click here

Take a variety of full-functioned, free GIS programs for a test drive! After a brief intro to the software covered in this workshop, hands-on exercises will provide a framework to learn the basics of the programs, including how to create own maps, edit GIS data and do basic processing. Paritipants are encouraged to bring their own data to use after they understand the basics of the software.

For a list of workshop CEU's click here 

Learn how to make interactive and 3D maps using free Google mapping tools!  This course explores the basics of Google Earth, Google Sketch Up and Google Maps with a special focus on creating your own maps to share with others.  Make Google Earth, Google Maps and Sketch Up work for you and get your geographic information out to the world. 

For a list of workshop CEU's click here

Learn the ins and outs of working with ArcGIS 10.1 in a hands-on learning environment! This course is useful for people who have no prior GIS experience, as well as those who have used ArcGIS, but are new to ArcGIS 10.1 With a focus on New Hampshire data and applications, participants learn how to use ArcGIS 10.1 to produce attractive, effective maps. Data processing and data editing technigues are also covered.

For a list of workshop CEU's click here

Learn the ins and outs of working with ArcGIS 10.1 in a hands-on learning environment! This course is useful for people who have no prior GIS experience, as well as those who have used ArcGIS, but are new to ArcGIS 10.1 With a focus on New Hampshire data and applications, participants learn how to use ArcGIS 10.1 to produce attractive, effective maps. Data processing and data editing technigues are also covered.

For a list of workshop CEU's click here

Learn the ins and outs of working with ArcGIS 10.1 in a hands-on learning environment! This course is useful for people who have no prior GIS experience, as well as those who have used ArcGIS, but are new to ArcGIS 10.1 With a focus on New Hampshire data and applications, participants learn how to use ArcGIS 10.1 to produce attractive, effective maps. Data processing and data editing technigues are also covered.

For a list of workshop CEU's click here

Join tree farm operator Dave Seager and Extension Forester Jon Nute for this backyard firewood harvesting demonstration.

• Identify which trees to cut
• Choosing a chainsaw and using it safely
• Tree cutting demonstration
• Display of farm equipment used in the woods
• Free chart estimating # of trees/cord

This tour will be  held rain or shine.