BEAT Events
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…
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: Early Morning Bird Walk with Hoffmann Bird Club
Brattlebrook Park Longview Terrace, Pittsfield, MA, United StatesDate: Sunday, September 18 Time: 7:30 AM – 9:30 AM Location: Brattlebrook Park in Pittsfield, MA (SEE DIRECTIONS BELOW – The Google location of Brattlebrook Park will lead you to a random dead end.) Greg Ward and Chip Blake of Hoffmann…
Pittsfield Green Drinks: “Berkshire Bird Observatory: tales from the field during BBO’s pilot season” with Ben Nickley
Berkshire Environmental Action Team (BEAT) 20 Chapel St., Pittsfield, MADate: Tuesday, September 20 Time: 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM » virtual will begin at 6 PM Location: BEAT's Environmental Leadership & Education Center, 20 Chapel St, Pittsfield MA // or online by Zoom Join us for our first HYBRID…
Tree Identification Walk in Lower Bowker’s Woods, Stockbridge
Lower Bowker's Woods 16 Glendale Middle Rd, Glendale, MA, United StatesJoin us for an autumn tree walk before the leaves fall! BEAT will lead a tree identification walk in Lower Bowker’s Woods at 9:30 AM on Saturday, October 8th. It’s FREE and open to the public. Anybody is welcome to…
NAACC Terrestrial Connectivity Training Webinar
Online/ZoomThe Housatonic Valley Association (HVA) and BEAT are co-sponsoring an upcoming webinar on the NAACC terrestrial protocol led by Scott Jackson, a professor in the Department of Environmental Conservation at UMass Amherst. The NAACC (North Atlantic Aquatic Connectivity Collaborative) tool is a protocol…
Pittsfield Green Drinks: “Reduce, Reuse, and Rethink Your Trash” with Mary Stucklen
Online/ZoomAre you tired of huge, stinky bags of trash? Are the critters that you love to watch also wreaking havoc on your garbage cans? If you feel exhausted about the confusing world of recycling or about the plastic crisis, there…
Pittsfield Green Drinks – “The Green Mountains to Hudson Highlands Linkage: From wildlife tracking to transportation planning, an update on a partnership working to connect habitat” with Laura Marx
Online/ZoomJoin us for our November Pittsfield Green Drinks event to hear Laura Marx, a Climate Solutions Scientist from The Nature Conservancy in Massachusetts, talk about The Staying Connected Initiative and the cross-border effort to protect and connect wildlife habitat across the…
Geology Hike with Expert Mark Brandriss at Hoosac Range, North Adams
Hoosac Range North AdamsJoin Berkshire Natural Resources Council (BNRC) and BEAT for a hike that will take us through the geologic remnants of a Himalayan-scale mountain range formed in western New England during a massive tectonic collision nearly 500 million years ago. Mark…
Winter Tree I.D. Walk in Springside Park
Springside Park Pittsfield, MAWanna get to know your trees a little better with winter tree ID? It may be surprising, but winter is an excellent time for learning tree and shrub identification. Join us for a free tree identification walk in Springside Park on Saturday, December…