NH-VACATIONS.COM - March Events

Mar 15 - Maple Sugar Madness - Prescott Farms Audubon Society - Weirs Beach

Prescott Farm Audubon Center will offer hands-on maple sugaring programs for all ages. Scott Fitzpatrick. This program differs from all the other sugaring operations in that we offer up-close participation in all the aspects of sugaring, from tapping, gathering, boiling, and tasting maple syrup, to discovering the natural history of maples and the maple sugaring process. Each hour and half program takes place both outdoors in the sugar bush and inside the sugar house. There is a short walk from parking at the Samuel P. Pardoe Building through our quiet woods back and forth to the sugar house. Be sure to dress for the outdoors, and especially wear boots. We have made pathways through our incredible cover of snow right now, but sugar season can be mud season. One of Audubon’s purposes is to help people enjoy their experience of the outdoors.

Contact: Elizabeth Obelenus of Scott Fitzpatrick 603) 366-5695

Website: www-NH-VACATION.com/PrescottFarmEvents.htm

Mar 15 - WISE ABOUT TURTLES

Squam Lake Natural Science Center - Holderness
10:00-11:30 a.m. Ages 5+, Why do turtles disappear in winter? Join us for a fun, active learning experience through outdoor activities, crafts, story-telling, a wild snack, and a meeting with live turtles. The secret lives of turtles in cold weather will be revealed!

(603)968-7194 Website: http://www.nhnature.org/

Mar 15 - 1-4 PM - MAPLE SUGARING: A SWEET EDUCATIONAL JOURNEY! - Remick Museum - Tamworth

Visit Remick Museum with your family during maple sugaring season!

Our annual Maple Sugaring special event will take place on Saturday, March 15, 2008, from 1-4pm. Come inside the new Remick Museum Sugar House with its modern evaporator system. Sample some maple treats, such as sugar-on-snow. Take a tractor-drawn wagon ride to the sugar bush, and view demonstrations of Native American, Colonial, and backyard boiler "sugaring off" methods.

603 323-7591 Website: http://www.remickmuseum.org Email: info@remickmuseum.org

Hidin' of Leprechaun - find one and win a prize. Going on throughout the day at Gunstock Mountain Resort. Bring the little ole chap to the Welcome Center to receive your prize. Come enjoy a special lunch for two including lift tickets, Irish specialties, green beer! What better reason to play hooky on a Monday.

Mar 19 - Free Fishing Talks! - Downriggers and Trolling, New Hampshire Fish and Game headquarters, Hazen Drive, Concord
Get in on free fishing talk by expert anglers featuring registered N.H. fishing guide Jason Parent and Travis Williams. A great chance to find out about equipment and techniques that can help you catch salmon all summer long.
Programs begin at 7 p.m. Admission is free. No pre-registration required.

Prescott Farm Audubon Center celebrates the sweet season with its special Sugar House Open House. On this day, staff from the Center help participants experience the heritage of sugaring. “We make yummy treats such as leather aprons and maple candies. And we make spiles, or spouts, to bring home, the same way traditional Native Americans made them, by using twigs from the sumac tree, which is spongy and therefore easily hollowed,” says Program Director, Cathy Duffy. The special Open House also offers tours of the sugar house and sugar bush, and a raffle for a jug of fresh syrup.

Mar 26 - Free Fishing Talks! - Smallmouth bass fishing on Lake Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire Fish and Game headquarters, Hazen Drive, Concord
Get in on free fishing talk by expert anglers, a guide's perspective, with registered N.H. fishing guide Curt Golder. Golder has guided on Winnipesaukee for over 20 years and in this talk, he'll share the skills for successful tactics for taking smallmouth bass all season long. Whether you're spin fishing or fly fishing, Golder shows you what, when and how to use this gear.
Programs begin at 7 p.m. Admission is free. No pre-registration required.