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Forest Fridays with Four Winds Nature Institute - Winter 2026 Session 3 of 3
2026-03-13 10:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Birch Ridge Community Forest
Meet us at Birch Ridge Community Forest for a kid-led nature exploration as part of our Forest Friday series. This series will be led by nature-based educators Karly Wilcox and Sara Deserres from Four Winds Nature Institute. We will offer supervised kid-led adventure and unstructured outdoor play for kids aged 0-5 and their guardians. This series will take place rain, snow, or shine – be sure to dress appropriately for the weather, you’ll want to be comfortable being still, muddy, or snow covered. The dates of the Winter Session of Forest Fridays at Birch Ridge Community Forest will be 1/9, 2/13, and 3/13.

Registration Required: CLICK HERE
Difficulty: Easy to Moderate (depending on the conditions)

2026 Volunteer Field Season Kick-Off
2026-03-14 09:00 - 12:00 | The Nan and George Mathey Center for People and Nature at Burley Farms, 247 North River Road, Epping, NH, 03042, United States
Join SELT’s Volunteer Program Staff at The Nan and George Mathey Center for People and Nature on Saturday, March 14 from 9:00 am to noon for the fourth annual Volunteer Field Season Kickoff!
The Kickoff will give volunteers a chance to meet SELT staff and other volunteers, and learn about some of the ways to volunteer with SELT. After light refreshments we’ll do a group icebreaker, then split into groups for three rotating training sessions. We’ll finish up with a review of the volunteer portal and time tracking sheet, with time for questions. This event is open to anyone interested in volunteering with SELT, so feel free to share this information with your friends and bring them along!
Field Season Kickoff Schedule

9:00 am – Arrival, coffee, networking
9:15 am – Welcome and icebreaker
9:30 am – Rotating training sessions (details TBD)
11:00 am – Volunteer program info and Q&A
12:00 – Event ends

REGISTER HERE

A SELT Walk (Snowshoe) in Schafer Woods
2026-03-21 09:00 - 12:00 | Schafer Woods, Commerce Dr, Atkinson, NH, United States
Join experienced SELT hike leader Bill McClure for a monthly series of walks (or cross-country ski, or snowshoe excursions) throughout 2026.
Conditions permitting, in March, we will snowshoe on trails at Schafer Woods in Atkinson. This event is geared for hikers with some snowshoe experience and participants will need to bring their own snowshoes. More about Schafer woods can be found at https://seltnh.org/seltlands/schafer-woods/
The route will be determined in advance and shared with participants roughly three days prior to the event. If the conditions are not ideal for a snowshoe, this event will still proceed as a late winter/early spring hike.
This event is limited to 15 participants.

Registration Required: CLICK HERE
Difficulty – 🥾 🥾 (out of 3)

Reading Rural Landscapes with Dr. Rob Sanford
2026-03-25 17:15 - 18:30 | The Nan and George Mathey Center for People and Nature at Burley Farms, 247 North River Road, Epping, NH, 03042, United States
Join us for an active engagement PowerPoint presentation on viewing and interpreting common local rural environmental features that provide clues to our historical past. Ordinary landscapes can reveal what happened in the past. So, we will not be dealing with the exotic, just what you might expect to see around your own homes. You can follow up these clues with historical research, oral interviews and field work. But sometimes it is fun to just look around and see what we see on a walk. Time and weather permitting, we will go outside after and see what our setting at Burley Farms happens to say.
Rob Sanford is a Registered Professional Archaeologist and a Professor Emeritus of Environmental Science & Policy at the University of Southern Maine. His books include Reading Rural Landscapes, River Voices: Perspectives on the Presumpscot, and Cultural Resources Archaeology.
Registration Required: CLICK HERE

A SELT Walk in the Woods at Burley Farms
2026-04-07 09:00 - 12:00 | The Nan and George Mathey Center for People and Nature at Burley Farms, 247 North River Road, Epping, NH, 03042, United States
Join experienced SELT hike leader Bill McClure for a monthly series of walks throughout 2026.
In April, we will hike on trails at Burley Farms (home of The Mathey Center – SELT’s headquarters) in Epping. More about Burley Farms can be found at https://seltnh.org/seltlands/burleyfarms/
The route will be determined in advance and shared with participants two to three days prior to the event. This event is limited to 15 participants.

Registration Required: CLICK HERE
Difficulty – 🥾 (out of 3) The trails at Burley Farms go over uneven terrain. The hike will last approximately 3 hours and cover between 3 to 5 miles.

16th Annual Wild & Scenic Film Festival
2026-04-17 19:00 - 21:00 | The Music Hall, Portsmouth, NH, United States
You’re invited for a blockbuster slate of nature-themed films filled with breathtaking cinematography, unforgettable characters (human and wildlife alike!), and entertaining and inspiring storytelling. Attendees of all ages can expect award-winning short films about nature, outdoor adventure, conservation, wildlife, environmental issues, agriculture, and more!
SELT’s volunteer film committee has hand-picked a program from the award-winning films curated by the South Yuba River Citizens League (SYRCL) and national Wild & Scenic Film Festival and we cannot wait to share it with you!
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