Cheshire County UNH Cooperative Extension

12/16/2025

12/10/2025

Learn how nature can be used as a tool to help alleviate some of the mental and physical symptoms associated with changing seasons.

Winter’s shorter daylight hours can negatively affect mental health, with many experiencing fatigue, mood changes, and in some cases, Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), a more severe depressive condition. Reduced sunlight impacts serotonin levels and disrupts circadian rhythms, but spending time o...

11/20/2025

We've extended registration to Friday, Dec 5th!
4-H Science Bonanza 2025
December 13, 2025 | 9:00am - 1:15pm
McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center

Youth ages 5-12 are welcome at this day filled with activities that fuel their interest in science, technology, engineering and math. Teams of educators will help your little ones safely learn about electricity, nutrition, controlling robots, insects, a planetarium show and more!
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STEM learning day in Manchester NH, December 14, from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., youth ages 5-11 and their families.

10/31/2025

10/29/2025

10/29/2025

There's still time to register. This promises to be a great time - and it's close by!

10/22/2025

This full-day conference features presentations on a diversity of natural history research projects, with a focus on the Monadnock Region. Learn more here!

10/13/2025

Living Well with Diabetes [Online]
1:00 - 3:30pm
Weekly series of six (6) dates beginning October 20
Pre-Registration is required by October 15
If you or someone you care for has diabetes this workshop is for you! Learn techniques to deal with the symptoms of diabetes, such as fatigue, pain, hyper- and hypoglycemia, stress, and emotional problems such as depression, anger, fear, and frustration.

In this workshop, you will learn ways to maintain and improve strength and endurance and so much more. Create a weekly action plan to help you meet your goals so that you can do the things in life YOU want to do!

10/08/2025

Join us in celebrating and supporting New Hampshire 4-H youth by making a gift TODAY. Your donation helps provide hands-on learning opportunities, leadership development, and community impact across the state. 💚🍀

Every contribution — big or small — makes a difference in helping young people thrive!

Give here: https://give.unh.edu/nh-4-h-day-of-giving-2025/?a=10821560

Thank you for supporting the next generation of leaders!

10/06/2025

09/10/2025

🍁 CALL for ABSTRACTS! The Monadnock Region Natural History Conference returns November 15 at Keene State College — and we want to feature your work on wildlife, wetlands, forest ecology & management, Mount Monadnock, community science, human connections to nature, belonging in the outdoors, and more.

📋Proposals for oral presentations (20-minute talks + 5-minute Q&A) & poster presentations (up to 24" x 36") are both welcome. Students & backyard naturalists encouraged!

🔗 Deadline for submissions: September 19, 2025. Learn more & submit your abstract at tinyurl.com/monadnock-conf-abstracts.

🐦 This one-day conference will feature presentations on a range of natural history topics, with a keynote address by cartoonist, naturalist, and author Rosemary Mosco of Bird and Moon Comics. We hope you’ll join us! Learn more & register at tinyurl.com/MonadnockNaturalHistory.

📸: Tom Momeyer

The Monadnock Region Natural History Conference is brought to you by the Harris Center for Conservation Education, Keene State College, Antioch University New England, Franklin Pierce University, UNH Extension, the Historical Society of Cheshire County, and the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests, with generous support from the Bailey Charitable Foundation, Savings Bank of Walpole, The Nature Conservancy in New Hampshire, Moosewood Ecological, the Monadnock Conservancy, Northern Woodlands, Northeast Conservation Services, and the Inn at Valley Farms.

State Academic Life Cooperative Extension Forestry and Wildlife Program