Newsletter

Tracks & Trails, our membership newsletter, is published four times a year and is full of interesting articles, upcoming events, profiles, newsbriefs, and more.

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Fall 2024

Keep the Leaf Litter; A tribute to Past Board Members; IRA Contributions; Feeding the Animals; Exploring Ectotherms; Gift Memberships; and more.

Summer 2024

A Battle Worth Winning; Dinosaurs Return; Animal Care: Biosecurity; Naturalist's Corner - Dinsaurs, Cameras, and Poop; Kirkwood Gardens; Trailhead Event Space; Meet Our Interns; and more.

Spring 2024

Vernal Pools; Meet Rachel Saliba; Animal Care; Naturalist's Corner; Solar Eclipse; Volunteer Training; Membership Updates; Make an Eclipse Viewer; and more.

Winter 2023-24

When Climate and Color Clash; Dinner with the Lions; Animals in Winter; Kids' Activities; Thank you Volunteers; Volunteer Profile: Wood Lot Team; and more.

Fall 2023

Forests React to a Changing Climate; Forging Trails: Scotland; Animal Introductions; Mycelia and Mushrooms; Kirkwood Gardens, Programs, and Events; and more.

Summer 2023

Life as a Solitary Bee; An invitation to our summer events; Mountain Lion Training; An Insect Superhero; Kirkwood Gardens; In Memoriam: Bill Webb; and more.

Spring 2023

Burbot; Going Solar; New Mountain Lions; Budding Trees; Moles or Voles; Belknap Landscape Company; Membership Updates; Sponsor A Species; and more.

Winter 2022-23

Black Bears; Animal Enrichment; Kirkwood Gardens; Staff Profiles: Jordan Fitzgerald and Jordy Gianforte; Kids Activities; and more.

Fall 2022

Raptors; Volunteer Profile: Dom and Irene Marocco; Naturalist's Corner; Kirkwood Gardens Plant Spotlight and Tips; Programs and Events; Family Picnic; Annual Meeting; and more.

Summer 2022

Tricks Insects Play; Birds of the Squam Lakes Region; Trustee Profile: Ken Evans; Moose to Monarchs; Eco-Friendly Birdwatching; From the Archives; and more.

Spring 2022

Mosses; Donor Profile: Robert and Peg Ridgely; Science Center Access for All; Bonus Member Benefits; and more.

Winter 2021-22

Bald Eagles; Hawk Migration; Staff Profile: Audrey Eisenhauer; Winter Brook Trout; Kirkwood Gardens Plant Spotlight; Going Solar; and more.

Fall 2021

Goldenrod; Volunteer Profile: Alex Markarian; Naturalist's Corner: Death Zombie Fungus; Kirkwood Gardens Plant Spotlight; Programs and Events; Trail's End: Summing Up Summer; and more.

Summer 2021

Kestrel Capers; Motus Takes Flight; Trustee Profile: Tony Wagner; Naturalist's Corner: Simple Pleasures; Kirkwood Gardens Plant Spotlight; Trail's End: Welcome Back; and more.

Spring 2021

Secrets of Wild Suckers; Education Matters; Wild Behavior ni Human Care; Thirty-seven years of Science Center Lake Cruises; and more.

Winter 2020-21

Great Horned Owls; Staff Profile: Tom Klein; How the Beaver Survives Winter; Volunteer Update; and more.

Fall 2020

Lichens: A Lasting Bond; Volunteer Profile: Michelle Janosa; Naturalists's Corner: Hornworms; Virtually Wild School Programs; Trail's End: A Debt to Nature; and more.

Summer 2020

Acrobatic Dragons; Trustee Profile: Lea A. Stewart; Naturalists's Corner: Empathy for Insects; Kirkwood Gardens Plant Spotlight; The Importance of our Natural World; and more.

Spring 2020

Mysteries of Mussels; What's Buggins the Science Center; Donor Profile: Jill White; The Cost of Cats; Strategic Planning; and more.

Winter 2019-20

Snow Cat; Birds are Disappearing; Staff Profile: Kevin VanGorden; Bird Beaks; and more.

Fall 2019

Poison Ivy; Volunteer Profile: Lisa Davis; Naturalist's Corner: Beach Balls, Surf Balls, and Whale Burps; and more.

Summer 2019

Muskrat Musings; Trustee Profile: William F. Lee, Jr.; Naturalists's Corner: The Sound of Silence; Kirkwood Gardens Plant Spotlight; and more.

Spring 2019

A Snail's Pace; The Dinosaurs Are Coming!; Member Profile: Linda Hanson; Why So Many Squirrels and So Few Blue Jays; and more.

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C. Heather Moody, 10/22/19
Great place to take the family for a day trip. Lots to see, beautiful area with some unique animals & very friendly staff. Good volunteer opportunities several times per year including hiking, fall clean up & more. Also have camps (day, some overnight, week long or longer) during school vacation, etc. Nice place.
Leslie Peabody, 10/28/24
Great, as always. The only bummer was that the mountain lions weren't out since they had been naughty and chewed on their enclosure.
Ashley Arnone, 08/03/19
Lots to see, nice trails easy enough for a toddler to walk and explore. There is even a playground for kids. There is a picnic area just inside with plenty of tables and a place to buy snacks if you didn't pack your own.
Byron Styles, 09/03/19
A had a great time as did my 4 year old son. The dinosaur exhibit was awesome and I really emitted the walkthrough set up in a somewhat very natural setting. I'm normally not a big fan of caged wild animals but the broad variety of local wildlife they do have on exhibit were all injured in some way, shape, or form and wouldn't have survived had they not been rescued and prob wouldn't have survived had they been released back into the wild... So that was actual a small sigh of relief.
Michelle Richardson, 07/09/24
I took my almost 5 years old grandson to Squam Lakes Science Center while in New Hampshire visiting family. It was a bit pricey, but knowing the money helps take care of all the rescued wildlife makes it easier to bear the cost. We learned a lot about the different animals at the center and thoroughly enjoyed our time there.