Learn by doing at Tremont’s second campus. Hands on the Land is this year’s limited series of practical, place-based programs that turn the Townsend campus into both classroom and workshop. Each program offers a different way to get curious, try something new, and deepen your relationship with the land. Learn more about our plans for the Townsend campus.
You don’t have to be a professional scientist to contribute to our understanding of the natural world. Community science invites people everywhere to make careful observations, collect useful information, and contribute to research that can help us better understand the places and species around us.
Join Tremont Manager of Research Tyler Thomas for a day of hands-on community science at Tremont’s second campus. Using birds and butterflies as our focus, you’ll see the landscape through the eyes of a field researcher, practice conducting wildlife surveys, and learn how observations made by everyday people can become meaningful scientific data.
More than anything, this program is an invitation to start paying closer attention. You’ll leave with a better understanding of how community science works and ways to continue participating in research and observing wildlife in your own backyard, neighborhood, or favorite outdoor spaces. Bring binoculars if you have them!
This is an active outdoor program. Participants should be prepared to spend the day outside and walk short distances throughout the day, up to two miles in total. Ages 15 and up are welcome.
Registration includes all materials and instruction. Bring your own lunch.
Photos by Kimberly Kendall, Karen Metcalf, and Erin Rosolina.
Cover photo by Hank Dye.
Meet Your Instructor
Tyler Thomas
Tyler Thomas is the Manager of Science Literacy and Research at Tremont. He earned a B.S. in Environmental and Field Biology at Ohio Northern University and a M.S. in Biology from Plymouth State University. For the past decade, he has been working in environmental education, ecotourism, and field research in New Hampshire, North Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee. His research interests have included horseshoe crabs, birds, sharks, butterflies, and salamanders.
A NEW PLACE TO EXPLORE
At Tremont's second campus in Townsend, the landscape is our classroom. This evolving space offers new opportunities to learn hands-on skills, follow your curiosity, and connect more deeply with the natural world. Whether it's your first visit or you've been following our plans for years, we're excited to share this next chapter of Tremont with you.
A NEW PLACE TO EXPLORE
At Tremont's second campus in Townsend, the landscape is our classroom. This evolving space offers new opportunities to learn hands-on skills, follow your curiosity, and connect more deeply with the natural world. Whether it's your first visit or you've been following our plans for years, we're excited to share this next chapter of Tremont with you.
