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Parks NH State Parks Homepage E-Newsletter Trails Bureau Toggle navigationThings to Do Parks & Trails Camping & Lodging Employment New Hampshire’s 2024-2028 Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Management Plan (SCORP). March 11, 2024 March 11, 2024 blogadmin Leave a comment By: State of NH Parks Community Recreation Bureau To help create the SCORP, we worked with UNH’s Recreation Management and Policy program (https://www.facebook.com/unhrmp/) to survey thousands of NH outdoor recreationalists and every day this week, we’re going to share with you a different priority area they helped identify. 1. A recent example of The Recreation […] Read More In Search of a More Equitable Thanksgiving November 15, 2023 November 15, 2023 Discover Power of Parks SCA Interpreters Leave a comment Joy Wetzel, SCA Interpretive Ranger As Thanksgiving once again approaches to usher in the holiday season, disputes regarding the ethics of Thanksgiving are sure to resurface. Giving thanks is not an intrinsically political act, nor is it strictly American. Harvest festivities are practiced around the world. For instance, the Chinese Mid-Autumn festival has a millennia-long […] Read More Wildlife Rehabilitation October 10, 2023 October 10, 2023 Discover Power of Parks SCA Interpreters Leave a comment Kiley Cruse, SCA Field Crew Member What is Wildlife Rehabilitation? Wildlife rehabilitation is the treatment and care of injured, orphaned, or sick wild animals with the intent to release them back to the wild. On occasion the rescued animal will be unable to be released, in these cases the licensed wildlife rehabilitator will keep and […] Read More New Hampshire State Symbols October 10, 2023 October 10, 2023 Discover Power of Parks SCA Interpreters Leave a comment David Bailey, SCA Interpretive Ranger A state symbol can hold great meaning to a state. Many of them are chosen because they represent unusual and interesting items found within the state. New Hampshire is no different. As an Interpretive Ranger one of my more popular programs involve talking about some of these symbols. Here are […] Read More An Artist’s Look at Mount Monadnock October 9, 2023 October 9, 2023 Discover Power of Parks SCA Interpreters Leave a comment Joy Wetzel, SCA Interpretive Ranger For centuries, Mount Monadnock has served as a source of inspiration for countless artists and writers. These creatives can encourage us to see the mountain with a renewed sense of wonder. Today we will be exploring some of the most famous individuals who interpreted one of New Hampshire’s most popular […] Read More How Wildfires Impact Us At Home October 2, 2023 October 2, 2023 Discover Power of Parks SCA Interpreters Leave a comment SCA Interpretive Ranger Dan Wildfires are nothing new to the United States or even the world. They are something that humans have been dealing with for as long as we have been a species. In fact, many Native American nations/groups used controlled burns to lessen the impact of wildfires allowing for the environment to recover […] Read More Hibernation, Migration, and More; How Animals Survive Winter in New Hampshire. September 27, 2023 November 15, 2023 Discover Power of Parks SCA Interpreters Leave a comment Rebecca Durinick, SCA Interpretive Ranger Come winter time, animals only have a couple strategies to deal with the cold. The three main methods are to leave (migrate), sleep (hibernate), and adapt (metabolism, insulation, etc.). In this blog post, we will discuss some of the costs and benefits of these strategies. New Hampshire has a range […] Read More A History of Fire Towers September 13, 2023 September 13, 2023 Discover Power of Parks SCA Interpreters Leave a comment Rebecca Durinick, SCA Interpretive Ranger Fire towers have been longstanding landmarks among the New Hampshire mountain skyline. For over a hundred years many of these towers have provided essential fire prevention. Over time their usefulness has declined, but the still existing towers are used to this day. All of the fire towers have spectacular views […] Read More A Day in the Life of a Field Crew Member September 13, 2023 September 13, 2023 Discover Power of Parks SCA Interpreters Leave a comment Kiley Cruse, SCA Field Crew Member Hitch season marks the true beginning for field crew members at SCA NH Corps. Hitches are projects in which field crew members are sent to a state park or national forest for eleven days at a time to complete the work assigned. Field work consists of a wide variety […] Read More Birds of Monadnock State Park September 13, 2023 September 13, 2023 Discover Power of Parks SCA Interpreters Leave a comment Dan Guider, SCA Interpretive Ranger As an interpretive ranger at Monadnock State Park a big part of my job is hiking up the mountain. Doing this for a whole season may get repetitive at some points but something that always keeps things interesting for me is the wildlife I get to observe here. 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