Thanks to our friends at the Hanover Lions Club, Dartmouth College, and the Town of Hanover, we are happy to announce a new kiosk at the Grasse Road trailhead. The kiosk offers an updated trail map and will soon display more information about current events, studies, and more at Balch Hill.
New Guide to King Bird Sanctuary
We are pleased to introduce our new guide to the Nan and Allen King Bird Sanctuary. This colorful, amply illustrated map and guide identifies the native plantings on the upper meadow of Hayes Farm Park in Etna, and describes each plant’s value to wildlife, ornamental features, and cultural requirements. More
Saturday Trip to Balch Hill
Announcing the time and location of this weekend’s trip, A New Habitat Plan for Balch Hill. The indoor part of the event will be held at the private home at the end of Hemlock Lane, where forester Ben Hudson will give a brief presentation beginning at 2:30 pm. Then we’ll walk up the Fire Trail and meet at the summit for the field trip that starts at 3:15pm. Those joining the outdoor trip only should park at the Grasse/Trescott Road intersection and hike to the summit. Thanks to Dr. Baker for opening his home for this event.
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.
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