The People’s Forest Opening Reception
Museum of the White Mountains 34 Highland Street, Plymouth, NH“Not one cent for scenery: The Story of How the National Forests Became the Nation’s Forests”
Museum of the White Mountains 34 Highland Street, Plymouth, NHPresentation by James Lewis. In the 1890s, Congress gave the president the power to create national forests in the West. But when Americans began demanding the government also protect the Appalachian forests from destruction, Congress declared it would give “not one cent for scenery.” With the signing of the Weeks Act in 1911, the federal [...]
Artist Talk and Demo with Craig Altobello
Museum of the White Mountains 34 Highland Street, Plymouth, NHCraig Altobello will demonstrate the steps taken to create a piece of marquetry art using wood and tools from his studio. Participants will see the process from lumber to the finished piece. Using a scroll saw Craig will show how he cuts the wood to fit together so precisely. It is the character of wood [...]
The Streamflow Study that Justified the Weeks Act
Museum of the White Mountains 34 Highland Street, Plymouth, NHPresentation by Gordon Stuart. By 1900, extensive clearing of forests had changed the flow of Appalachian rivers and disrupted river commerce. Congress responded by drafting the Weeks Act, but those opposed required a streamflow study by the US Geological Survey to prove that cutting trees changed streamflow. This study was conducted in the White Mountains. [...]
Fungal Foray to Langdon Park
Join evolutionary biologist, Tommy Stoughton for the first Mushroom Walk of 2018! Meet at the MWM at 12:30pm. Suggested donation: $10.
Screening of David Huntley’s Documentary: The People’s Forest
Museum of the White Mountains 34 Highland Street, Plymouth, NHJoin us for a special viewing of “The People’s Forest: The Story of the White Mountain National Forest.” This 48-minute documentary by filmmaker David Huntley tells “…one of the greatest environmental comeback stories in American history.” In the late 1800s, the White Mountains suffered from extensive logging, and between 1880 and 1910, hundreds of thousands of [...]
Fungal Foray to Smarts Brook Trail
“Fungal Foray Mushroom Walk Series” with evolutionary biologist Tommy Stoughton. Meet at the MWM at 9:30am. Suggested donation: $10.
Fungal Foray to Smarts Brook Trail
“Fungal Foray Mushroom Walk Series” with evolutionary biologist Tommy Stoughton. Meet at the MWM at 12:30pm. Suggested donation: $10.
Painting a Connection to the Land
Museum of the White Mountains 34 Highland Street, Plymouth, NHJoin curator Ryan Polk as he discusses the role of art in the history of American land conservation by examining the art collection of the Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park. The Billings and Rockefeller families were patrons of the arts and great collectors, but the collection they assembled goes beyond an expression of taste; it reveals [...]