FRANCONIA — Learn about reindeer from Scandinavia to Jefferson in the next program, All About Reindeer, presented by Jessica Fury at Weeks State Park on Aug. 7 at 7 p.m. in the State of N.H. Forests and Lands building at the North Country Resource Center on Route 3 (629 Main Street, Lancaster), one mile north of the Lancaster Fairgrounds.

Reindeer originated in Lapland of the Scandinavian Peninsula. From here, wild subspecies traveled to different parts of Europe, North America and Russia. The Sami people of Lapland domesticated reindeer for herding by 800 AD. Reindeer continue to play a huge role in their native culture, with 900 active Sami reindeer herders in the region.

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