By Molly Ryan, SCA Interpretative Ranger for Bear Brook State Park, Wallis Sands State Park, and Odiorne Point State Park. If you have ever visited Bear Brook State Park, you may have used the bathhouse at Catamount Pond, hiked one of the over 40 miles of trails, or rented a restored cabin at Bear Hill […]
Bear Brook State Park
Wildflower Watch: Spring Blooms
By: Simone Maule, 2019 SCA Interpretive Ranger Now that the warmer spring weather is here we have had a number of new neighbors pushing their way into the forest understory: wildflowers! Here is a closer look and some more information about a few of the common species you can find growing in Bear Brook State […]
Lichen: Colors and patterns of the forest you might have overlooked.
Written by Matt Pyster, a member of the SCA NH Americorps program – soon to be interpretive ranger at White lake and Ellacoya State Parks. Lichen. These beautiful and oddly simplistic organisms are a focus of attention for me right now. Until recently I didn’t realize just how many types of lichen are in the […]
What a Bear Brooker’s Day Looks Like
By: Thomas Cummings, 2019 Student Conservation Association New Hampshire AmeriCorps Member For the past nine weeks, myself and my twenty six of my now closest friends have been teaching in elementary schools in the Manchester and Concord areas. Our lives in this short amount of time have been filled with countless adventurers to schools, designing […]
Bear Brook Trail Fever
By: Charles Ferens, 2019 Student Conservation Association New Hampshire AmeriCorps Member As a member of the SCA New Hampshire Corps we have the great opportunity of living in one of New Hampshire’s largest State Parks: Bear Brook. With this great opportunity comes the ability to explore the park and all of its natural wonders. When […]
Animal of Interest: Bobcat
By: Simone Maule, 2019 Student Conservation Association New Hampshire AmeriCorps Member Animal sightings are always an exciting event here at Bear Brook State Park. Our entire corps was thrilled to have the opportunity to see a porcupine in action during one of our training weeks and the wildlife has kept on coming. As a collective […]
Hiking in Bear Brook: Always an Adventure!
By: Angela Spain, 2019 Student Conservation Association’s New Hampshire AmeriCorps Member Since arriving at Bear Brook State Park, I have noticed that the park is full of all sorts of interesting things that are either natural or man-made. Hiking in Bear Brook allows you to discover some cool things you wouldn’t expect! Two weekends ago, […]
Come for the Mountains, Stay for the Silence
By: Kate Seader, Interpretive Ranger at Franconia Notch State Park Silence was never something I was particularly fond of. The room goes silent when someone has spoken out of turn. Two friends fighting have a tense silence between them. For me, silence gave my overactive brain a canvas on which to paint everything that could […]
Bear Hill Pond Camp Reopens: A Living Historical Camp!
By: Renee Rosenbaum, SCA New Hampshire Corps, Americorps; Conservation Steward There is nothing quite like the experience of camping. The benefits of living in the outdoors – even if just for a couple days – does wonders for the mind, body, and soul. In some cases, it also provides a historical reference to past times […]
Home is Where the Heart is
By: Kelly Graner, Interpretive Ranger at Crawford Notch State Park My time living at Bear Brook State Park has taught me many things, some expected and some not so much. I will be honest and share that I was hesitant when accepting this job last September, I thought to myself ‘New Hampshire? There is nothing […]