Help support the Mink Brook Stewardship Fund. This fall, we replaced the carved rails of the Brook Road gate at our Mink Brook Nature Preserve to reflect our new name. The rustic, gracefully weathered originals are now a part of history. We’re accepting bids on each until January 1, 2012. Winning bidders will receive a complimentary membership in the Hanover Conservancy. MORE
Exploring history at Mink Brook Preserve
On Saturday, Nov. 5, we’ll explore the last 250 years of history at the Mink Brook Nature Preserve with historian Jay Barrett. Join us from 2-4pm, starting at the Brook Road gate. Families welcome (best to leave 4-footed members at home); no registration required. We’ll start with a gentle walk along the Quinn and Wheelock Trails. Those ready for an off-trail scramble can continue with us as we explore the higher terrain on the preserve’s south side.
Invasives Treatment at Mink Brook – Wed. 10/5
Treatment of invasive Japanese knotweed will take place at the Mink Brook Nature Preserve on Wednesday, October 5. Trails will remain open. More
HUNTING SEASON UNDERWAY – Conservancy properties are Wildlife Safety Zones, but it’s always a good idea to wear a bit of brightly colored clothing (and avoid white) in the woods at this time of year.
CURRENT INFO ON CONSERVANCY TRIPS
Watch this space for up-to-the-minute information on Hanover Conservancy trips. For more, click here.
Hurricane Irene Visits Conservancy Lands
Conservancy volunteers fanned out across town the morning after Irene left the area, to check on trail, bridge, and forest conditions. Here’s the latest information, for your safety. [Read more…]
Wild Brook Trout at Mink Brook
The Mink Brook watershed, Hanover’s largest, harbors healthy populations of wild brook trout, even in some of its smallest tributaries. Fisheries biologists from New Hampshire’s Fish and Game Department, working with volunteers from Trout Unlimited, the Conservancy’s Mink Brook Stewardship Committee, and Hanover students conducted a thorough study of the Mink Brook watershed in July, 2011.
The study is part of the Eastern Brook Trout Joint Venture, a region-wide effort looking at habitat for wild brook trout. At Mink Brook, biologists examined details of each section’s habitat characteristics, measured water temperature, and recorded the length, weight, and species of each fish captured. Fish were “borrowed” from the water by electro-fishing – a wand sending a weak electric current through the water temporarily stuns the fish, which can then be scooped up with a net and transferred to a bucket for study. All fish were returned to the brook after their brief examination.
Mink Brook is among the streams under study by Dartmouth for survival of young Atlantic salmon, and a number of young salmon turned up.
Trails Day at Mink Brook
For Trails Day this year, the Hanover Conservation Commission Trails Committee and the Hanover Conservation Council joined together to cut a new trail section in Mink Brook. This trail connects the trail head at the gate at Brook Road to the town trails closer to the Connecticut River. With the new connecting link, it will be possible to walk along Mink Brook, without going on Brook Road.
Eleven volunteers helped work on the new trail, which took about 2 hours to clear. One of the interesting challenges were the numerous hanging vines, some of which were strong enough to swing on. There was also a lot of underlying brush that had to be dragged out.
We hope that the new trail proves popular and useful.
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