Wildlife Trail Camera Workshop

Join us for a hands-on Wildlife Trail Camera Workshop on Sunday, September 28, 2025, from 10:00 am to noon at Distant Hill Nature Trail in Alstead, NH.

Discover how trail cameras can open a window into the secret lives of wildlife with Jaime McGuigan, a trail camera specialist from the nonprofit Access Conservation. Jaime will share tips on choosing the right camera, ideal placement for capturing animals, and how to interpret the images and videos you collect.

This workshop will combine both classroom-style learning and field demonstrations along the trails, giving participants practical experience in setting up cameras and exploring the ways these tools support conservation, research, and personal enjoyment of nature.

Whether you’re new to trail cameras or already using them, you’ll leave with the knowledge and confidence to capture wildlife activity in your own backyard or on your favorite trail.

Join us for a unique experience at Distant Hill Nature Trail!

Come for just an hour or the whole day as we transform Distant Hill Nature Trail into an immersive forest theater. Part art installation, part nature documentary, part nature walk, this unique event brings wildlife to the big screen beneath the trees. Along the accessible trails, screens will be set up to showcase real wildlife moments filmed with trail cameras by Jaime McGuigan, co-founder of Access Conservation, and Antioch New England alum, on-site with intimate glimpses of hidden behaviors, surprising visitors, and the everyday drama of local species.

Explore at your own pace for a self-guided experience or join Jaime for one of two guided walks at 9:30 AM and 1:00 PM. Jaime will share stories about habitat diversity, the conservation value of smaller parcels, and the wild neighbors that make this land come alive.

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Two Special Demonstrations With Conservation Detection Dog, Scout

We are proud to welcome Lindsey Shaklee, an environmental educator and CPDT-KA dog trainer, who will join us to conduct two live demonstrations with her conservation detection dog, Scout. One at 11:00 AM and another at 2:30 PM. She will show how dogs are assisting with wildlife and habitat research.

Please register here for this event.