Bring Your Students Outdoors This Winter
Getting students outside during winter isn't as hard as you might think. Once there is snow on the ground, most elementary students at...
Tangles of Love
As I was scrolling through my Facebook feed, I noticed a picture and question from someone I knew from my Student Conservation...
The Importance of Place
Recently, I was reminded how important place-based learning or education (PBE) is for students to make meaningful connections within...
Moose Alley
After hearing about Sawyer Brook Headwaters in Grantham from Sheridan Brown, one of the District's Friends of Conservation at the Annual...
A Once Cozy Home
Stick season is a great time of year to look for bird nests from last spring. With many of the leaves off the trees, nests become visible...
Why did the Porcupine Really Climb the Tree?
Each time I've seen a porcupine in my life, it has been connected to trees. I've seen them on trails while hiking, but they are always...
Why did the Porcupine Climb the Tree?
To get a quiller view of the humans crossing the field. (Yeah, I know, don't quit my day job.) This is the fifth year Claremont Christian...
Yellowbud Hickory Harvest
You may have never heard of Yellowbud Hickory even though it grows in the southern part of Sullivan County and along the Connecticut...
A New Species?
Ever wonder what happens when a new species is found? Well, I guess that depends on who notices it first. Most likely it will be a...
Counting Caterpillars
Twice a year, Dawn visits Up on the Hill Conservation Area in Charlestown, managed by Upper Valley Land Trust, to monitor the monarch...
