The People’s Forest: A Centennial Celebration of the White Mountain National Forest

May 22, 5:30-7pm, “White Mountain Forest Fires”, David Govatski

June 4, 5:30-7pm, “’Not one cent for scenery’: The Story of How the National Forests Became the Nation’s Forests”, James Lewis

June 20, 5:30-6:30pm, “The Streamflow Study that Justified the Weeks Act”, Gordon Stuart

June 29, 3pm, Screening of David Huntley’s film The People’s Forest

July 10, 5:30-7pm, “Painting a Connection to the Land”, Ryan Polk

July 16, 5:30-6:30pm, “Protecting our Pollinators”, Kelly Dwyer, New Hampshire Audubon

July 26, 5:30-7pm, “We Can Take It: The Story of the Civilian Conservation Corps in the White Mountains”, David Govatski

July 31, 5:30-7pm, “Creating the White Mountain National Forest, 1913-2018: From Idea to Reality”, Rebecca Weeks Sherrill More

August 3, “MWM Member Event” with Performance by 2015 WMNF Artist-in-Residence, Ben Cosgrove

August 7, 5:30-7pm, “The Slideshow that Saved the White Mountains”, Christopher Johnson

August 16, 5:30-7pm, “Fashioning a Public Forest for New Hampshire – Creating the Future”, Marcia Schmidt Blaine

August 22, 5:30-7pm, “Going with the Flow: Conserving Resilient and Connected Landscapes”, David Patrick, The Nature Conservancy

August 24, 2-3pm, “A Forest Guard’s Life in the White Mountain National Forest 1926-1937”, Mac Dudley

For more information, please visit the museum’s Events Page.

May 23, 1-3pm, “Field Trip to the Fabyan Guard Station with Optional Side Trip to site of JE Henry Charcoal Kilns”, David Govatski

July 30, 9am-3pm, Caps Ridge Hike on Mt. Jefferson, Jeff Lougee, the Nature Conservancy

August 20, 9-am-noon, “Field Trip to Bartlett Experimental Forest”, Chris Costello, Bill Leak, Mariko Yamasaki

August 29, 2-4pm, “Ossipee Pine Barrens Fire Ecology Field Trip”, Jeff Lougee, The Nature Conservancy

For more information, please visit the museum’s Events Page. 

June 15, 3:30-5pm, “Artist Talk and Demonstration”, Craig Altobello

July 20, 3:30-5pm, “White Mountains Comics Workshop”, Marek Bennett

August 13, 3:30-5pm, “Panoramas Then and Now”, John Anderson

For more information, please visit the museum’s Events Page. 

May 10, 7am-noon,  Birding Walk up Mount Prospect at Weeks State Park in Lancaster, NH for World Migratory Bird Day Mount Prospect, led by David Govatski.

May 12, 6am-3pm, World Migratory Bird Day hike for the Ammonoosuc Chapter of NH Audubon at the Pondicherry National Wildlife Refuge in Jefferson and Whitefield, NH, led by David Govatski.

June 5, 7pm, “The Southern Connection: How North Carolina Helped Save New Hampshire’s Forests”, Jamie Lewis. At Tin Mountain Conservation Center.

June 9, 8am-2pm, “White Mountain National Forest Centennial: A Forestry Tour in Applied Silviculture” at Bartlett Experimental Forest. Sponsored by the NH Timberland Owners Association.  Join forest industry specialists for an informative tour about how forest silvicultural objectives are met. This tour will observe three different timber sales that were made over varying time scales. At the conclusion of the tour, feel free to join WMNF and NHTOA staff for a guided hike in the Bartlett Experimental Forest. Visit their website for more information and to register.

June 12, 7pm, “WMNF Centennial”, David Govatski. At Conway Historical Society.

June 16, 8am-2pm, “White Mountain National Forest Centennial: A Forestry Tour in Applied Silviculture.” Sponsored by the NH Timberland Owners Association. Join forest industry specialists for an informative tour about how forest silvicultural objectives are met. This tour will observe three different timber sales that were made over varying time scales. At the conclusion of the tour, feel free to join WMNF and NHTOA staff for a guided hike in the White Mountain National Forest. Meet at 200 Kancamagus Hwy, North Woodstock. Visit their website for more information and to register.

June 28, 7pm, “We Can Take It: CCC in the White Mountains”, David Govatski. At Weeks State Park.

July 8, July 14, and August 26, 10am-noon, “Tech Trips!” with The Nature Conservancy. Grab your smartphones and take a nature walk to learn about the citizen science opportunities now available on The Nature Conservancy preserves. Visit the Manchester Cedar Swamp Preserve on July 8, the Green Hills Preserve, Conway  on July 14, and the Lubberland Creek Preserve, Newmarket on Aug. 26. For more information, visit: nature.org/nhevents

July 17, 6:30pm, Talk by 2018 WMNF Artist-in-Resident, Lorri Deyer. At the Forest Headquarters at 71 White Mountain Drive in Campton. Click here to learn more.

August 8, 7pm, “White Mountain Forest Fires”, David Govatski. At the Mount Washington Observatory, Weather Discovery Center, North Conway.

August 11, 7pm, “Wildlife of the WMNF”, David Govatski. At Dolly Copp Campground.

Auust 11, 10am-noon, “Stamp Act Island: An Insider’s Look; Lake Wentworth, Wolfeboro.” Join The Nature Conservancy Director of Stewardship, Jeff Lougee, and members of the Stamp Act Island Management Committee for an insider’s look Wentworth Lake’s biggest island. For more information, visit: nature.org/nhevents

August 25, 10am-noon, “What Scat is That? Manchester Cedar Pond Preserve, Manchester.” Get the scoop on all things poop with Dr. David Patrick! Fun for kids of all ages. For more information, visit: nature.org/nhevents