Milton NH Conservation Commission

10/08/2026

Slow down and connect to the forest with all your senses. Certified forest therapy guides Robin Schumaker and Aimee Dion will lead our Forest Immersion Walk at Jones Brook Park on Saturday, October 24, 10-noon. Free but limited to 12 participants. Email [email protected] to pre-register. No pets please.

10/06/2026

We had a great Fungi Walk on Saturday! Many thanks to Colleen Bellows Brown and Megan Winder of NH Mycological Society for leading our explorations and sharing their knowledge. I learned a lot, such as: if you think you find a honey mushroom, check the color of the spore (should be white) -- you can sometimes see the color of the spore deposited by one mushroom on top of another, where honey mushrooms crowd together.
At the end of the day, Megan and Colleen discussed our finds then invited us to throw the mushrooms back to compost in the woods.
Thanks to Jim Pollard for some of these photos.

09/30/2026

The woods are full of fungi! Recent rains have brought the mushrooms out so I expect we'll have great success in our hunt for them this Saturday. We still have a few more spaces for participants at our Fungi Walk -- email us if you want to join the fun: [email protected]
Thanks to Callie Amick for these photos!

09/21/2026

The rains have brought out the mushrooms! I found these tasty shrimp of the woods (Entoloma abortivum) mushrooms this morning, which parasitize honey mushrooms (Armillaria spp.). Be sure to sign up for the guided fungi walk Saturday, Oct 3rd at 10am. Limited space.

And just a reminder, never eat mushrooms unless you are 100% positive on their identification.

09/20/2026

Our most popular event last year is back! Join our Fungi Walk with NH Mycological Society at 10 am on Saturday, October 3. Limited to 30 participants so please pre-register: email [email protected]. Families welcome, no pets please. Bring a basket for collecting; NHMS Board members will help identify.

09/09/2026

Many thanks to Liam and Kathy Moses! They efficiently dispatched a birch log lying across the trail down to the brook at Casey Road Conservation Land yesterday. Thanks also to Trail Volunteers Mike Schneider and Lisabeth Wotherspoon for keeping us updated on the status of the trails.
If you ever notice something amiss, feel free to let us know at [email protected]. Or if you'd like to join our intrepid trail volunteers, we always appreciate helping hands!

08/16/2026

Here's the full Forestry Basics Workshop announcement with registration link. Don't miss this free educational event, this Thursday, August 20 at Teneriffe Mountain Forest in Milton, 120 Sam Plummer Rd.

🌳Upcoming Workshop🌳

One month from today, we will be hosting a Forestry Basics Workshop at Teneriffe Mountain in Milton, NH. This walk will be led by UNH-CE foresters, Wendy Scribner and Lindsay Watkins!

This event is free and open to anyone, but we ask that you register through the Carroll CCD website (www.carrollccd.org under the “Workshops” tab).

Please email [email protected] for any questions!

08/16/2026

You may know our local ornithologist Scott Weidensaul, who leads hawk watches for MCC and MMRG. He has a new book, Return of the Oystercatcher, which he talks about with the hosts of NHPR's Something Wild. Take a listen!

The team recently sat down with author and naturalist Scott Weidensaul to talk about his latest book The Return of the Oystercatcher: Saving Birds to Save the Planet. His new book explores the recovery efforts that are not only preventing declines in bird populations but are helping them to thrive. Take a listen on your favorite podcast platform or here: https://www.nhpr.org/show/something-wild/2026-08-06/something-wild-saving-birds-to-save-the-planet