Families played in a stream and learned about nature
Thanks to Kari Lygren and Amy Gardner for photos of our Follow a Stream activity.
On one of the first warm Saturdays this spring, MMRG offered a ‘Follow a Stream’ outing for kids and their families as part of its outdoor discovery program for members called ‘MOOSE-ies for Families’. Led by NH Coverts Project volunteer Tom Gardner and other MMRG volunteers and staff, 16 children accompanied by 13 adults had a great time exploring and learning about nature alongside a stream that flows through Bob and Debbie Leary’s ‘Forty to One’ farm in Farmington.
Education Coordinator Kari Lygren laughed as she described how much fun everyone had that day. “We never completed the planned loop walk because we spent our whole time exploring and playing around the stream. The kids had a great time jumping from rock to rock across it and splashing and wading in the water. One boy even went swimming! Kids discovered salamanders and newts by turning over logs and picking through leaves and they caught frogs and minnows in dip nets.”
The Leary farm will soon have another 63 acres of field and forest protected by a conservation easement in addition to 77 acres already conserved.
MRP Manufacturing of Pittsfield, NH is the underwriter of MMRG’s 2019 ‘MOOSE-ies for Families’ program. ‘MOOSE-ies for Families’ stands for Members Only Outdoor and Social Events for Families. MMRG’s program of six free ‘MOOSE-ies for Families’ activities per year creates opportunities for member families to have fun together outdoors while learning about nature, in order to foster future generations of conservationists.
Upcoming ‘MOOSE-ies for Families’ events include the 17th annual Woods, Water & Wildlife Festival on August 10, a ‘Family New Moon Walk’ on September 22 and more. Interested families may join MMRG with a minimum $25 membership donation per household per year. Scholarships are available by inquiring of MMRG Interim Executive Director Dan Coons at (603) 473-2020.