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Sixth Annual Woods, Water and Wildlife Festival Coming Saturday, August 2

MILTON MILLS, NH – Moose Mountains Regional Greenways and UNH Cooperative Extension will present the sixth annual Woods, Water and Wildlife Festival on Saturday, August 2 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Underwritten by the Siemon Company and the Carl Siemon Family Charitable Trust, this fun, educational celebration of the natural world will take place at Branch Hill Farm, 307 Applebee Road in Milton Mills, NH.

 

This year’s activities include:

  • A live bluegrass concert performed by the Dave Geddes Band.
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  • The ever-popular “Hayrides to the Salmon Falls River,” where riders rendezvous at the river with Dave Kellam of the NH Estuaries Project, who will describe the connection between the river and the Atlantic Ocean.
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  • Presentations on “New Hampshire Wildlife” and “Have to Have a Habitat” by nature experts from the Squam Lakes Natural Science Center. Both presentations feature live animals.
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  • Ruth Scruton’s Traveling Barnyard, an interactive educational agricultural display.
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  • A field workshop in which participants can learn how to “Identify Trees and Shrubs by their Bark, Buds and Branches” presented by renowned educator Phil Auger from UNH Cooperative Extension.
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  • A Corn Maze.
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  • UNH Cooperative Extension educators presenting one of the school’s most popular workshops: “Working Your Woodlot.”
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  • A pacing event organized by Piscataqua Hounds on a beautiful, well-marked course along the Salmon Falls and Branch Rivers for horsemen and women.
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  • Hands-on Wildlife Awareness Activities for kids facilitated by UNH Cooperative Extension Coverts Cooperators.
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  • A Kids Craft Corner featuring Matt Chagnon from the UNH Thompson School, who will help parents cut “tree cookies” for kids to paint and decorate.
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  • A chance to win $1,000 at Cow Chip Bingo
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  • Plus displays that describe the history of Farming in New Hampshire (presented by the NH Farm Museum), how watersheds work (presented by the UNH Marine Docents and the Action-Wakefield Watershed Alliance), and ideas on how individuals can help change the world in which we live, with help from Global Awareness, Local Action (GALA).

 
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