Museum of the White Mountains
34 Highland Street, Plymouth, NH
Years before it was fashionable, Concord-native Joseph B. Walker called for the creation of “public forests” in the White Mountains. He was well-respected and articulate, yet his passionate pleas were met with loud arguments. Was it constitutional to purchase private lands for public conservation? Was the value of forests so important to society that a [...]
Spend a morning learning about the silviculture and wildlife habitat research that has been going on for over 80 years on the Bartlett Experimental Forest. This forest was formerly established in 1932 as a field laboratory to conduct research on growing northern hardwoods. Longtime U.S. Forest Service researchers Bill Leak, Mariko Yamasaki, and Chris Costello [...]
Museum of the White Mountains
34 Highland Street, Plymouth, NH
To track a rapidly changing climate, plants and animals must relocate to survive. In 2016, The Nature Conservancy completed an analysis of “Resilient and Connected Landscapes for Terrestrial Conservation”. This first-of-its-kind study maps climate-resilient sites, confirmed biodiversity locations, and species movement areas (zones and corridors) across Eastern North America. The study uses the information to [...]
Museum of the White Mountains
34 Highland Street, Plymouth, NH
In the spring of 1926, Alva Richardson was selected by the US Forest Service to be a Forest Guard in the WMNF. In the fall of 1926, he and his wife, Mildred Everett, settled at a Guard Station located where the Wild River Campground is today, where they lived from spring to late fall over [...]
National Forest, The Nature Conservancy has been working for over 25 years to protect and restore the globally rare Ossipee Pine Barrens. Join the Conservancy’s Director of Stewardship & Ecological Management, Jeff Lougee, to learn about the unique plants and animals of the pine-barrens, and how prescribed fire is being used to maintain the ecosystem. The [...]
Museum of the White Mountains
34 Highland Street, Plymouth, NH
Join us for the Chris Kressy, Life as Art exhibition opening reception. Light refreshments will be served. The exhibit is on view September 26 – October 23, 2018 at the Museum of the White Mountains
Discussion Topic: Plymouth’s Cultural Plan What is a Cultural Plan? A Cultural Plan is a roadmap for how to strengthen the arts, humanities, culture and heritage in our community by gathering public input, support and implementation of ideas to positively affect the area’s economic growth and sustainability. Did you know that Plymouth has a Cultural [...]