Join SELT Deputy Director, Beverly Shadley, for snacks, drinks, and a lively discussion on Why Fish Don’t Exist by Lulu Miller. David Starr Jordan was a taxonomist, a man possessed with bringing order to the natural world. In time, he would be credited with discovering nearly a fifth of the fish known to humans in […]
Join SELT for this special guest workshop led by Matthew Tarr, UNH Cooperative Extension Professor & Wildlife Specialist, and Greg Jordan, UNHCE Rockingham County Forester, to learn how to recognize and improve habitat for wildlife in forests, fields, and wetlands. The workshop will be held outdoors at SELT’s Burley Farms in Epping and include a […]
Join SELT for a one-day workshop focusing on the basics of trail design and construction led by Lew Shelley of SnowHawk LLC. Participants will have the opportunity for hands-on learning while starting work on a new trail at Birch Hill in the Birch Ridge Community Forest. Some of the topics covered will include: Sustainable trail […]
Meet us at the Piscassic Greenway for a bi-weekly kid-led nature exploration as part of our new Forest Friday series. This series will be led by Nature-Based Educators Kim Cote and Lizzy Franceschini and will offer supervised kid-led exploration and unstructured outdoor play for kids aged 0-5 and their guardians. The group will meet at […]
Meet us at the Piscassic Greenway for a bi-weekly kid-led nature exploration as part of our new Forest Friday series. This series will be led by Nature-Based Educators Kim Cote and Lizzy Franceschini and will offer supervised kid-led exploration and unstructured outdoor play for kids aged 0-5 and their guardians. The group will meet at […]
Due to high demand we have added another session for this workshop! Join SELT for this special guest workshop led by Matthew Tarr, UNH Cooperative Extension Professor & Wildlife Specialist, and Greg Jordan, UNHCE Rockingham County Forester, to learn how to recognize and improve habitat for wildlife in forests, fields, and wetlands. The workshop will […]
Join SELT and Taintor Child, a local artist and art educator, for a two-part Nature Drawing Series – come for any or all sessions! The group will practice drawing from observation and/or use items from Taintor’s personal nature collection for inspiration. For this first session we will be focusing on all things trees using bark, […]
Join Nature-Based Educators Kim Cote and Lizzy Franceschini for a holiday craft session using elements from nature. Our surroundings will inspire us and encourage connection with nature through art and play. We will be crafting outside at Burley Farms so bring your holiday cheer and dress warm! The walk is ideal for children of all […]
*Due to high demand this field trip is currently full. Thank you for your interest!* Join Nature-Based Educator Lizzy Franceschini for an outdoor adventure with glowsticks! The winter solstice marks the exact moment when half of Earth is tilted the farthest away from the sun. We will walk the trails with our glowsticks on the shortest day […]
A lifelong NH resident, Mary Magnusson lives in Kingston where she gardens, reads, and hangs out with family and friends. She teaches English at Bedford High School, and is currently teaching an elective focused on nature/environmental writing. “From sixteen-year-old Dara McAnulty, a globally renowned figure in the youth climate activist movement, comes a memoir about […]
