Upcoming Events
All programs are open to the public. Please pre-register by filling in the form below, emailing info@bear-paw.org, or calling 603-463-9400, unless noted otherwise, so that Bear-Paw can provide adequate materials for everyone and notify participants in case of any last minute changes.
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Wildlife Matters Series - NH Audubon Raptor Rapture
Saturday, April 7, 2018 • 10 am – 11:30 Hooksett Public Library Have you ever wanted to get up close and personal with a live bird of prey? If so, here is your opportunity. NH Audubon enlists the services of several live raptors including owls, and a Red-tailed hawk to help us examine the various adaptations that help establish them as predators of the sky. They will discuss the unique role these animals play in our ecosystem and how NH Audubon and land trusts like Bear-Paw help protect them. Find out how you can help as well! Kevin Wall, Director of Education at NH Audubon McLane Center in Concord, is responsible for the care and management of 6 live birds of prey. Over the past several years, he has completed training at The Raptor Center located on the campus of the University of Minnesota and at Natural Encounters, Inc. in Florida. He combines the knowledge gained at these places, hands on experience, and his skills as an educator to create and deliver and entertaining and information presentation on raptors. Once again Bear-Paw Regional Greenways, the Hooksett Conservation Commission, and the Hooksett Public Library are hosting Wildlife Matters events this spring. Bear-Paw, the Friends of the Hooksett Library, Merchants Automotive Group, and Gosselin Insurance are sponsoring these family-friendly events that are free to the public. Discover Wild New Hampshire Day Saturday, April 21, 2018 New Hampshire Fish and Game Department 11 Hazen Drive, Concord Please visit Bear-Paw’s table at the NH Fish and Game Department’s biggest community event of the year! Discover WILD New Hampshire Day is a fun way for the whole family to explore New Hampshire’s wildlife resources and legacy of outdoor traditions. Watch for more details about Discover WILD New Hampshire Day at www.wildnh.com. Breakfast in the Barn Growing the Greenways Fundraiser Saturday, April 28 • 9 am–11 Kitz Farm, Strafford Bear-Paw is hosting our third annual breakfast party! We hope you will join us for hearty down-home fare at a table filled with friends in the big, red Kitz Barn in Strafford. Our Breakfast in the Barn fundraiser supports Bear-Paw’s Growing the Greenways campaign to support our Land Protection Program. We are inviting 100 guests who, like you, want to ensure the continued conservation of the region we love. Tables are filling up fast, but the barn is spacious and if you want to be part of Bear-Paw's efforts, we will save a place for you. The breakfast is complimentary but we hope that you will make gift to help us reach our $35,000 goal! Reserve your spot at the Breakfast in the Barn at 603-463-9400 or info@bear-paw.org! If you cannot make it, but would still like to contribute, you can make an online contribution at www.bearpaw.org or call the office. Wildlife Matters Series - Wildlife Encounters Saturday, May 5, 2018 • 10 am – 11:30 Hooksett Public Library The Wildlife Encounters live animal presentation will again feature a diverse selection of their amazing Ambassador Animals. Participants will get a chance for a “hands-on” experience with some of the animals guided by a well-trained wildlife educator. Guests will also have the opportunity for individual pictures with an ambassador animal! Library staff can provide the photographer and a print for just a $1 or guests can use their own devices. (www.wildlifeencountersnh.com) Once again Bear-Paw Regional Greenways, the Hooksett Conservation Commission, and the Hooksett Public Library are hosting Wildlife Matters events this spring. Bear-Paw, the Friends of the Hooksett Library, Merchants Automotive Group, and Gosselin Insurance are sponsoring these family-friendly events that are free to the public. Spring Migration Bird Walk with Steve Hale Saturday, May 12, 7 am – 9 Bachelder Farm Conservation Easement, Pittsfield We will visit Bear-Paw’s latest conservation easement success with an encore performance back by popular demand. Stephen Hale, Ph.D., will lead our spring migration walk again this year and give tips on bird identification by sight and song. The first two weeks in May marks the peak for arrival and pass-through of Neotropical migrants. Come join in the fun identifying beautifully colored migrant songbirds like vireos, warblers, and thrushes. Outdoor Skills for Fun and Land Conservation Tuesday, May 29, 4 pm – 7 Bear-Paw Office and Freese Town Forest, Deerfield Here is a chance to learn and practice skills such as map / compass reading, understanding property survey maps, and navigating in sometimes unfamiliar and challenging terrain in the woods. You will expand your exploratory horizons and bolster your confidence about off-trail navigation. Frank Mitchell and Susan Wilderman will give a brief presentation on map and compass reading then we will head out to the Freese Town Forest and put what you have learned into practice. They will also discuss how and why we monitor conservation lands and how you can help. Bear-Paw One Step at a Time: Bear-Paw continues to celebrate the 8,700 acres of our region’s forests, wetlands and farmlands that our work has protected. In addition to conserving water, wildlife habitat, forests, and farms, there is another benefit for us all – more than 6,000 of those acres are open to the public! Where are all these places? How do you get to them? Do they have trails? Is there parking? What is there to see when you get there? Come join us to explore our conservation lands, including these. Pinkney Hill Preserve, Allenstown Saturday, July 14, 9:30 am Wallman Conservation Easement at Graylag Cabins, Pittsfield Saturday, August 11, 9:30 am Beye-Pendleton Conservation Easement, Deerfield Saturday, September 15, 9:30 am |
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