Visitors sit on hay bales during a tractor ride to the Maple Museum.

Celebrate Maple Month at The Rocks

Tap a sugar maple tree, enjoy a horse-drawn wagon ride with White Mountain views, and take a tractor ride to a working sugar house. It's all part of the New Hampshire Maple Experience at The Rocks, open weekends from March 16 through April 6.

Erosion issues on the trails at Mount Major

Support Sustainable Trail Improvements at Mount Major!

This spring, we're constructing a sustainable trail to take the place of about 1/3 mile of the existing Main/Blue Trail that is badly eroded (pictured). In addition to being a more enjoyable hiking experience, the new trail section should also require much less maintenance over time. It will also be a major ecological improvement, reducing runoff and silting into Lake Winnipesaukee. 

Forest Society News & Updates

Pruning Workshop

Pruning is a Personal Process

Sarah Kern | March 15, 2024

The art of pruning fruit trees is a mix of both science, personal experience, and the relationship between the pruner, the tree and the property owner.

A robin on a branch in spring.

Something Wild: Are bird feeders for the birds? Or us?

Dave Anderson, Chris Martin, Jessica Hunt | March 12, 2024

Are your local birds dependent on bird feeders? Are we doing them any great service by providing supplemental food during these coldest months of the year? The general consensus is no. 

Photographs of sugar houses hang on the wall of the Conservation Center.

On Display: "Sweet Season" Exhibit Featuring Kate Wilcox

March 12, 2024

The exhibit is open to visitors through the end of April.