A woman walks across a field carrying a container to pick blueberries.

Hike, Pick, Eat & Repeat

It's the best part of summer — blueberry season! Combine walking or hiking with wild blueberry picking on these five featured Forest Society reservations and easement lands. Forage in our forests.

A view from above of a bend in the Merrimack River, lined with green forests.

The Merrimack: River at Risk

More than 80 percent of the Merrimack watershed is still undeveloped and largely forested, yet in 2016, it was named one of the most endangered rivers in the U.S. Can we save it? Find out by watching the Forest Society's new documentary. Learn more.

Forest Society News & Updates

Colorful complex black and orange pattern of Virgin Tiger Moth suggests a stained glass window pattern

"Mothing" For Beginners

Carrie Deegan
July 26, 2020

The moths we have here in New Hampshire range in size from the 5-7” Cecropia Moth (Hyalophora cecropia), fully as large as an adult hand, to “micromoths” so tiny that you’ll need a hand lens just to see that they are actually moths.

Wildlife
A forest and clouds are reflected in misty water below at Umbagog National Wildlife Refuge.

U.S. House approves Great American Outdoors Act

Matt Leahy
July 23, 2020

In an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote, the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday approved the Great American Outdoors Act.

Advocacy
Recreation
Hammock suspended between two apple trees in late summer sunlight

The Wheel

Dave Anderson
July 22, 2020

Naturalist Dave Anderson cites many mid-summer milestones including reduced bird songs, common ditch-weed flowers, and shooting stars which reveal the summer season passing faster than expected.

Wildlife
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