All programs are open to the public. Please pre-register by clicking here, emailing info@bear-paw.org, or calling 603-463-9400, unless noted otherwise.
Bear-Paw Annual Meeting February 13 • 8:30am-3:30pm Coe-Brown Northwood Academy (Directions) 907 First NH Turnpike (Route 4), Northwood, NH
Vince Walsh, founder and director of the Kawing Crow Awareness Center in the foothills of New York’s Adirondack Mountains, will be our guest speaker at Bear-Paw’s Annual Meeting on Saturday February 13 (www.kawingcrow.com). He will bring fully mounted animals, skulls, skins, scats and plaster casts of tracks from his extensive collection as well as a slide program of the mammals that inhabit our northern woods.
With a degree in environmental sciences and following his tour of duty in the Marine Corps completed in 1994, Vince Walsh established Kawing Crow to bring awareness of Native American history and culture, primitive and survival skills, animal tracking, mammals and their habitats, and natural and human history to individuals, school, and community groups. He also travels throughout the northeast region to bring his message of our connection to nature and our past to other groups.
After his morning presentation and following a pot-luck lunch that will be provided, Vince will lead our afternoon hike or snowshoe trek on Evans Mountain, the site of Bear-Paw’s most ambitious conservation project ever. Bear-Paw, the Blue Hills Foundation, and the Town of Strafford acquired the 1,015-acre property in January and are launching an effort to raise over $500,000 needed to permanently protect it. Weather permitting, we will snow shoe or hike.
The Annual Meeting will also feature the raffle of many donated items. Bear-Paw welcomes donations from artists, writers, and craftspeople for this fundraising effort.
Pre-registration is requested so that Bear-Paw can plan appropriately so please register at info@Bear-Paw.org, www.bear-paw.org, or 463-9400 by February 5th to reserve your place. This event is open to the public and a modest donation is requested to offset the cost of the event ($10.00 for members and $15.00 for non-members).
