BEAT Events
Pittsfield Green Drinks – “Conserving Flowers and Their Pollinators”
Online/ZoomTuesday, May 17 from 6:00 to 7:00 PM on Zoom Join us for our May Pittsfield Green Drinks event to hear Joan Edwards, botanist and Professor of Biology at Williams College, talk about the rapidly decreasing biodiversity that is taking…
Celebrate World Fish Migration Day at Berkshire Athanaeum
Berkshire Athenaeum 1 Wendell Ave., Pittsfield, MASaturday, May 21 from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM at the Pittsfield Public Library Join Housatonic Valley Association, Berkshire Regional Planning Commission, Berkshire Environmental Action Team, and the City of Pittsfield for this free and fun-filled day that takes place…
Open House at BEAT’s Environmental Leadership & Education Center
Berkshire Environmental Action Team (BEAT) 20 Chapel St., Pittsfield, MASaturday, May 21 @ 1 – 3 PM Join us at BEAT’s Environmental Leadership & Education Center for our 2nd open house of the year! After our World Fish Migration Day event, you can stop by and check out BEAT’s…
Kids in Kayaks at the Westside Block Party
Westside Riverway Park 181 Dewey Ave., Pittsfield, MASunday, May 29 from 12:00 to 4:00 PM at Westside Riverway Park (postponed from Saturday due to rain) Join BEAT for a fun afternoon on the Housatonic River! We'll be hosting one of our annual Kids in Kayaks events at…
Housatonic River Cleanups with HVA & BEAT
Housatonic RiverBEAT and Housatonic Valley Association (HVA) are collaborating once again to continue our efforts of cleaning up the Housatonic River. Last time we pulled out 4 shopping carts, 2 huge inflatable pools, and lots of other interesting stuff. What will…
BEAT Tag Sale
Berkshire Environmental Action Team (BEAT) 20 Chapel St., Pittsfield, MASaturday, June 18, from 9 AM to 1 PM We are hosting a tag sale at our Environmental Leadership & Education Center located at 20 Chapel Street in Pittsfield on Saturday, June 18th, from 9 AM to 1 PM. Rain…
Housatonic River Cleanups with HVA & BEAT
Housatonic RiverBEAT and Housatonic Valley Association (HVA) are collaborating once again to continue our efforts of cleaning up the Housatonic River. Last time we pulled out 4 shopping carts, 2 huge inflatable pools, and lots of other interesting stuff. What will…
Rally for Climate & Environmental Justice in Pittsfield
Park Square Pittsfield, MAMonday, July 11 | 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM | Park Square, Pittsfield Join BEAT, 350MA Berkshires, NAACP-Berkshire Branch, and Mass Power Forward, in calling on our legislators to wake up and do more for environmental and climate justice! This…
Tree I.D. Walk
Springside Park Pittsfield, MASaturday, July 16 | 9:30 AM to 11:00 AM Learn how to identify the wonderful trees that grow around us in this leisurely 2-mile walk in one of Pittsfield's urban forests — Springside Park! You'll learn key characteristics for some of…
Pittsfield Green Drinks: “North Adams’ Hoosic River: Past, Present, and Future” with Judy Grinnell and Cary Kandel
Online/ZoomTuesday, July 19 6:00 – 7:00 PM Join us for our July Pittsfield Green Drinks event to hear Judy Grinnell and Cary Kandel of Hoosic River Revival talk about the 70-mile Hoosic River that flows through Massachusetts, Vermont, and New York. Considered by…
Housatonic River Cleanups with HVA & BEAT
Housatonic RiverSaturday, July 23 9:00 AM — 1:00 PM BEAT and Housatonic Valley Association (HVA) are heading back into the west branch of the Housatonic River, with our waders on and our canoes in tow, for another river cleanup! Since beginning annual…
Programs in West Side Parks: Connecting Kids with Nature
Westside Riverway Park 181 Dewey Ave., Pittsfield, MASaturday, July 30, from 2 PM – 3 PM Thursday, August 18, from 4 PM – 5 PM BEAT is offering an environmental and outdoor education youth program at Westside Riverway Park, 181 Dewey Ave in Pittsfield, on Saturday, July 30th,…
Tree ID Walk at Bowker’s Woods, Stockbridge
Bowkers Woods 16-18 Glendale Middle Rd, Glendale, MA, United StatesSaturday, August 13 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM BEAT will lead a tree identification walk in Lower Bowker’s Woods at 9:30 AM on Saturday, August 13. This 1-mile trail meanders along the Housatonic River and through a charming upland forest.…
Pittsfield Green Drinks: “Cliff Swallows in Northeastern North America: A Conservation Adventure” with Linda Merry and Mara Silver
Thistle & Mirth 44 West Street, Pittsfield, MA, United StatesDate: Tuesday, August 16 Time: 5:15 PM – 7:00 PM » Presentation begins at 6:00 PM Location: Thistle & Mirth, Pittsfield Join us for our August Pittsfield Green Drinks event to hear conservation biologists Linda Merry and Mara Silver speak…
Programs in West Side Parks: Connecting Kids with Nature
Westside Riverway Park 181 Dewey Ave., Pittsfield, MASaturday, July 30, from 2 PM – 3 PM Thursday, August 18, from 4 PM – 5 PM BEAT is offering an environmental and outdoor education youth program at Westside Riverway Park, 181 Dewey Ave in Pittsfield, on Saturday, July 30th,…
Housatonic Heritage Walks with BEAT – Tree Identification Walk At Mass Audubon’s Canoe Meadows Wildlife Sanctuary
Canoe Meadows Wildlife Sanctuary 309 Holmes Rd., Pittsfield, MASaturday, September 3 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Location: Mass Audubon's Canoe Meadows Sanctuary Join BEAT for a tree identification walk where we will focus on individual tree species and go over some of the attributes that help to identify…
Housatonic Heritage Walks with BEAT – A Walk Through An Old Growth Forest At Ice Glen Ravine
Stockbridge, MADate: Saturday, September 10 Time: 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM Location: Ice Glen Trail, Stockbridge MA Join BEAT for a walk through one of the oldest forests in Massachusetts, where we will walk through a lush landscape of boulders, thick…
Berkshire Biodiversity Day (aka BioBlitz)
Brattlebrook Park Longview Terrace, Pittsfield, MA, United StatesDate: Saturday, September 17 – Sunday, September 18 Location: Brattlebrook Park, Pittsfield, MA (SEE DIRECTIONS BELOW - The Google location of Brattlebrook Park will lead you to a random dead end.) Celebrating local biodiversity during a time of unprecedented global biodiversity…
Berkshire Biodiversity Day: Bird Banding Demonstration with Berkshire Bird Observatory
Brattlebrook Park Longview Terrace, Pittsfield, MA, United StatesDate: Saturday, September 17 Time: 7:00 AM – 10:00 AM Location: Brattlebrook Park, Pittsfield, MA (SEE DIRECTIONS BELOW – The Google location of Brattlebrook Park will lead you to a random dead end.) Ben Nickley of Berkshire Bird Observatory (BBO) will…
Berkshire Biodiversity Day: Owl Prowl with Zach Adams
Brattlebrook Park Longview Terrace, Pittsfield, MA, United StatesDate: Saturday, September 17 Time: 8:00 PM – 9:30 PM Location: Brattlebrook Park, Pittsfield, MA (SEE DIRECTIONS BELOW – The Google location of Brattlebrook Park will lead you to a random dead end.) Zach Adams, teacher-naturalist to Mass Audubon's Berkshire…