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![A group of workers hold rakes and stand next to wheel barrows in front of a grey building](/sites/default/files/styles/700x380/public/d7/cccleanup-01.jpg?h=7848833a&itok=dTznQKil)
We Love Our Volunteers!
A look back on the volunteer events we've hosted in the past month.
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- Volunteers
![A group of hikers from Nashua and Dunbarton volunteered to pick up trash along the trail.](/sites/default/files/styles/700x380/public/d7/Mt%2520Major_Earth%2520Day_Spring_volunteer%2520crew_4-22-01.jpg?h=5bf672e5&itok=NcoIU6pW)
Every Day is Earth Day at the Forest Society
Here are a few ways you can help us protect our state's natural places in honor of Earth Day on Saturday, April 22.
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- Volunteers,
- Land Conservation
![A view of the dirt road winding by a stone wall at Monson Center in spring.](/sites/default/files/styles/700x380/public/d7/Monson%2520Center_2021-4_Anna%2520Berry_spring_2_RS_.jpg?h=43aee4eb&itok=CWGZuRgB)
Something Wild: N.H.'s other foliage season
Even if you’re a long-time Granite Stater, and have learned to appreciate this so-called “micro-season,” you might not know what’s really taking place during early bud-burst.
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- Something Wild,
- Wildlife
![Volunteers dig on the Main Trail at Mount Major as Andy Crowley supervises.](/sites/default/files/styles/700x380/public/d7/Mt%2520Major_Earth%2520Day_Spring_volunteers%2520digging_Carrie%2520Deegan_4-22-21.jpg?h=52d3fcb6&itok=NKFVWJKs)
Forest Society Celebrates Earth Day at Mt Major
Love Mt. Major? Help keep it clean!
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- Recreation,
- Clean Water
![Sophie Oehler reads at the Forest Society.](/sites/default/files/styles/700x380/public/d7/FN_SophieOehlerreading_annaberry_2-1-23.jpg?h=31125640&itok=snLwcUWp)
Sophie Suggests: Picture Books
If you're looking for some nature themed picture books to share with your young naturalist, look no further than this month's installation of Sophie Suggests!
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- Education
![A bee in pollen on a flower.](/sites/default/files/styles/700x380/public/d7/Nevin_Cullen_Andrenaerythronii.jpeg?h=ddb1ad0c&itok=aPElVsb-)
Forestry Friday: Why Bees Need Forests Too
A new study estimates that one-third of our native bees in the northeast are forest specialists, taking advantage of the nectar and pollen produced by trees and spring ephemerals in the forest understory.
![Colleen stands near a bridge on her property.](/sites/default/files/styles/700x380/public/d7/NHTOA_TreeFarmeroftheYear2023_ColleenONeill%2520at%2520bridge-2_courtesyNHTOA.jpg?h=251f1c17&itok=jSRX8Y5a)
2023 Tree Farmer of the Year: Colleen O'Neill
Langwood Tree Farm has participated in the N.H. Tree Farm program since 1979
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- Working Forests,
- Forestry
![Looking out to a snowy field from an open glass door](/sites/default/files/styles/700x380/public/d7/fj1.jpg?h=59e29f30&itok=4JgXtTTc)
Forest Journal: A Fond and Feathered Farewell from Grandfather's Birds
After the passing of her Grandfather, Sophie Oehler reflects on birds and their meanings during our grieving process.
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- Wildlife,
- Forest Journal