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  • "5 Hikes Challenge" visits Morse Preserve

    Dave Anderson
    September 18, 2023

    It was a beautiful day to check off one of five hikes during the 5 Hikes Challenge.

  • Champlin Forest in Rochester hosts City Recreation Department Seniors

    Dave Anderson
    August 24, 2023

    Teaming up with the City of Rochester's recreation department at a Forest Society property.

  • Forest Journal: The Doctor's Prescription: Take a Hike

    Sophie Oehler
    August 15, 2023

    Part of a new collaboration between Concord Hospital and the Forest Society, Dr. Setnik and other medical professionals are helping spread the word about the role that forests, and outdoor recreation play in keeping our bodies and brains healthy.

Nearly 200 Concord Students Explore Merrimack River Floodplain

Project SEE Serves Concord Public Schools
Dave Anderson
November 7, 2022
Education
kids in sandy soil along the Merrimack River
Second grade students explore the riverbank and take a soil sample during a habitat hike field trip at the Merrimack River Outdoor Education & Conservation Area in Concord.

Nearly 200 Concord public school students visited the Forest Society's Merrimack River Outdoor Education & Conservation Area this fall as part of Project SEE.

Program Assistant Madeline Champlin shared some photos and stories from the visits in October. A total of 10 classes with 183 students, plus several dozen teachers and chaperones, took part in Wildlife Habitat Hikes at the 103-acre conservation area.These photos are of students in teacher Lori Otis' second grade class from nearby Mill Brook Elementary School (MBS) in Concord.

Champlin shares that the second graders had a great time exploring the floodplain. Staff instructors at Project SEE helped students see and explore four common NH habitats: pond, forest, river, and meadow.

An identification board to match plants
Plant identification boards in use.
The second grade students used ID boards to help them understand what plants and animals live in the forest during a habitat hike field trip at the Conservation Center trails in Concord. 

"During the 2022 habitat hikes we had some REAL and exciting animal sightings including Black bear (very rare!), a few American toads, low flying Turkey vultures, a Garter snake, fresh beaver chew, some chipmunks, and a lot of gray squirrels," Champlin said.

Champlin added: "We DO appreciate the Conservation Center letting us use the trails for this field trip. During the school year, the 2nd graders in Concord are learning about habitats with their Project SEE teachers.

This field trip allows the students to get outside, see and explore four different habitats. Our hope is that the students can use what they saw during the habitat hike field trip and apply it to their future lessons on habitats during the school year."
 

students look at soil samples
2nd grade students explore the forest floor and take a soil sample during a habitat hike field trip at the Conservation Center trails in Concord.

 



 

 

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