IN THE FIELD

AGENDA

9 a.m.–11:30 a.m. – Field trips 11:30 a.m. – Registration opens 12–1 p.m. – Lunch 1–2 p.m. – Business Meeting and Awards 2 p.m. – Keynote Speaker: Dr. Michael E. Mann

Registration fee of $50 per person includes field trip, picnic lunch, and program.

Visit forestsociety.org/annualmeeting for more information and to register.

A trail winds through the Merrimack River Outdoor Education and Conservation Area in Concord.

The Forest Society’s 121st Annual Meeting Saturday, September 24, 2022 | The Forest Society Conservation Center, Concord, NH

FIELD TRIPS

1. Merrimack River Paddle Trip with North Country Kayak

This gentle paddling trip, led by Forest Society and North Country Kayak staff, explores the channel around the Concord Island Reserve, the banks of the Forest Society’s Merrimack River Outdoor Education and Conservation Area, and some of the more urban landscapes around Concord. Total paddle time: 2 hours. Total paddling mileage: 4 miles. Additional cost: $50/person; includes kayak rental. Trip limited to 15. 4. Tour of the Forest Society’s Conservation Center

Energy efficiency and green building technologies have been hallmarks of the Forest Society’s Conservation Center in Concord since its original construction in 1980. The addition of the Weeks Wing in 1990 and the French Wing in 2000 offer a showcase for evolving technologies of energy efficiency. Join Forest Society staff Carl Murphy and Matt Scaccia for a behind the scenes tour of our headquarters.

2. Stillhouse Forest Hike, Canterbury

Join Forest Society forester Steve Junkin and Stillhouse Forest volunteer land steward Craig Mabie for a tour of the Forest Society’s Stillhouse Forest. The two-hour hike is approximately 2 miles round trip and will follow informal trails, old logging roads, and might include some mild bushwhacking. This outing provides access to views of secluded parts of the Merrimack River and undeveloped forest habitat.

3. Merrimack River Floodplain Natural History Walk

On this 1.5-mile natural and cultural history tour of the Merrimack River Outdoor Education and Conservation Area, Forest Society educators Dave Anderson and Sarah Kern will guide participants through stands of white pine, mowed fields, and a silver maple floodplain forest and explain the relevance of these important habitats and the wildlife that relies on them. 5. Humans and Nature in the Monadnock Region: The First 13,000 Years

Robert Goodby, professor of anthropology at Franklin Pierce University, holds a Ph.D. in anthropology from Brown University and has more than 30 years of experience excavating Native American archaeological sites in New England. He has directed more than 400 archaeological studies authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act and his work has appeared in anthropology journals and in anthologies published by the Smithsonian Institution Press and University Press of New England. In this presentation, Goodby delves into the history of Native Americans and their habitation of the Monadnock Region for the last 13,000 years.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Dr. Michael Mann will lead a conversation at 2 p.m. on how we can avert the worst impacts of climate change. Dr. Mann is a distinguished professor of Atmospheric Science and director of the Earth System Science Center at Penn State. His research focuses on climate science and climate change.

The Forest Society thanks our business partners for their generous support

Summit Circle ($5,000 and up)

Altus Engineering Badger Peabody & Smith Realty Inc. Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson, P.A. Merrimack County Savings Bank Seaboard International Forest

Products, LLC Whalen Public & Media Relations, LLC Trustees’ Circle ($2,500 to $4,999)

Northeast Delta Dental Northland Forest Products, Inc. The Secret Agency, LLC President’s Circle ($1,000 to $2,499)

BCM Environmental & Land Law, PLLC Checkmate Payroll Services Chinburg Properties Community Toolbox, Inc. EOS Research Garden Life, LLC GMEC, Inc. Lumbard & Kellner, LLC Mallory Portraits Martin Forestry Consulting, LLC New England Private Wealth

Advisors, LLC Pennyroyal Hill Land Surveying and Forestry LLC Ransmeier & Spellman, P.C. Rockywold-Deephaven Camps, Inc. SCM Associates, Inc. Wipfli LLP Steward ($750 to $999)

Devine, Millimet & Branch, PA Post and Beam Brewery Partner ($500 to $749)

Arcomm Communications Corporation Bangor Savings Bank Blue Mountain Forest Association

Partner (continued)

Capitol Craftsman, LLC Durgin and Crowell Lumber Co., Inc. Gunstock Mountain Resort Half Moon Enterprises The Lyme Timber Company LP Meadowsend Timberlands Limited Mediation Partners of New England, LLC Mulligan Forest LLC The Music Mill NH Conservation Real Estate Pine Springs R.M. Piper, Inc. Plymouth Soapworks, LLC Whole Wealth Management, LLC Zambon Brothers Logging Colleague ($250 to $499)

Acapella Technologies, LLC Ambit Engineering, Inc. Ameresco, Inc. Black North, LLC Blaktop, Inc. C&S Wholesale Grocers Dublin Road Tap Room and Eatery Eastern Mountain Sports Fuller’s Sugarhouse, LLC Gideon Asen, LLC Great Brook Veterinary Clinic, LLC Innovative Natural Resource

Solutions, LLC J and M Morse Trucking, LLC Kozikowski Properties, LLC Lenk Orthodontics New England Flower Farms North Woodlands, Inc. Orr & Reno P.A. Rise Private Wealth Management, Inc. Robbins Lumber Samyn-d’Elia Architects, P.A. Tri-State Iron Works Inc. Twin State Sand & Gravel Co., Inc.

Matching Gift Companies

Amaresco, Inc. American Biltrite, Inc. Amgen, Inc. Amica Mutual Insurance Company Autodesk, Inc. Bank of America Bose Corporation Citizens Bank Dell, Inc. Erie Insurance Facebook, Inc. Gartner, Inc. General Electric Gilead Sciences, Inc. Google, LLC The Home Depot, Inc. IBM Corporation Liberty Mutual Insurance MassMutual The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Microsoft Corporation MilliporeSigma Motorola Solutions Novartis Oracle Corporation OSR Open Systems Resources, Inc. Shell Oil Company Subaru of America Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. The Travelers Companies, Inc. Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

We are grateful to the many businesses that support the Forest Society with gifts of less than $250. The Forest Society…Where Conservation and Business Meet

For information about business memberships, sponsorships, or to initiate a gift membership program for your clients or employees, please contact Anne Truslow at (603) 224-9945 or atruslow@forestsociety.org.