Events

Come spring, amphibians will begin migrating from their woodland wintering sites to their breeding grounds which are located in lowland wetlands and vernal pools. One of the dangers for them during this time is crossing roads. Many of our roads cut through these habitats and cause a high mortality to many of these amphibians. Luckily, the Squam Salamander Brigade is to the rescue to move migrating amphibians across roads by hand during one or more “Big Nights” each spring keeping count as they go.

We are partnering with Squam Lakes Association and the Squam Lakes Natural Science Center for the Squam Salamander Brigade. Let’s put together TEAM SLCS and give these amazing creatures a helping hand.

Mandatory Training Workshop Thursday March 13th 6:30 – 9:00 p.m.

Join Squam Lakes Conservation Society, Squam Lakes Association, Squam Lakes Natural Science Center and Walter’s Basin for the 2025 Winter Science Pubs. Event is FREE but seating is limited. Registration required. If registration is full, email denise@foreversquam.org to get on the waitlist.

Doors open at 5:30pm, presentations starts at 6:00 pm. Make it date night and come at 5:30 for dinner before the talk. 

April 8, 2025 :
Studying Whale Migration Along North America’s East Coast
Dianna Schulte, Director of Research, Blue Ocean Society for Marine Conservation

For centuries—if not millennia—whales have been hunted, yet their migration patterns remained largely a mystery until recent decades. Today, our understanding is being further disrupted by a rapidly changing climate, which alters what we thought we knew about their movements.
Despite incredible advances in modern technology, these sentient beings still manage to keep us guessing and protecting whales has become a greater challenge than ever before. Join me as we explore a century of whale tracking along North America’s east coast and uncover the profound implications of recent environmental changes on their migration patterns.

Dianna Schulte is the co-founder and Director of Research at Blue Ocean Society for Marine Conservation located in Portsmouth, NH. She has been studying local whale populations since the mid-1990’s and has documented numerous changes in whale activity over the past 30 years.