Education & Training Opportunities
At NHACC we offer guidance and training to our conservation commissioners on a variety of issues including conservation funding, developing natural resource inventory, and many other topics. We help educate our members with programs like the on-line Lunch & Learn presentations, Regional Roundtables and our electronic newsletter, NHACC Enews.
Restoring the American Chestnut
Wednesday, October 23, 2024
12 noon to 1 pm, presented on Zoom
Will Abbott, VT/NH TACF Chapter
Will Abbott will present “Restoring the American Chestnut,” an overview of the work of The American Chestnut Foundation (TACF) to restore a blight resistant American Chestnut (TACF) to its native range from Georgia to Maine. Learn more about the latest TACF research and the work of TACF’s VT/NH Chapter and how to apply this research at chestnut orchards managed by the Chapter In the two state region. Will recently retired from the Forest Society and serves on the Board of Directors of the TACF VT/NH Chapter. Register here.
Tracking Trends in the White Mountains
Wednesday, November 6, 2024
12 noon to 1 pm, Presented on Zoom
Georgia Murray, Staff Scientist with the Appalachian Mountain Club.
The Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC) has been monitoring cloud and rainwater on the slopes of Mount Washington for the last 40 years, adding high elevation measurements to the story of acid rain in New Hampshire. The AMC has tracked other air pollutants (ozone and fine particle haze) and ecological contaminants in stream water for decades in collaboration with the White Mountain National Forest and NH Air Resources. Air quality has dramatically improved, which aligns with stronger federal and state air pollution regulations. Conversely, climate indicators AMC and partners have monitored in the region since the 1930’s, such as air temperature and precipitation, are telling a different story but solutions are similar. Join Murray as she shares data and lessons learned from air and climate trends in the White Mountains and discusses opportunities to take action. Register here.
Climate Up Close; Conversations with Climate Scientists
Wednesday, November 20, 2024
12 noon to 1 pm, Presented on Zoom
Dr. Andrew Williams (Princeton), Dr. Nathaniel Tarshish (Harvard),
& Dr. Aaron Match ( NYU, Cornell).
Join climate scientists from Climate Up Close for a non-partisan and non-prescriptive presentation that addresses major questions in the public climate conversation: What climate knowledge is settled, versus what remains uncertain? How has climate change impacted extreme weather? What does the future hold? Have we crossed a tipping point? Our main presentation is followed by an extended Q&A. Register here.
Handbooks and Guidance Documents
We publish the Handbook for New Hampshire’s Municipal Conservation Commissions, and the NH Municipal Conservation Fund Guidebook. We keep our members up-to-date with monthly E-newsletter with a current list of training opportunities. We provide wetlands guidance documents and sample templates for policies and procedures. Contact the NHACC office if you are looking for examples from other conservation commissions.