Trainings
FREE Stream Smart Training with HVA
Berkshire Community College 1350 West St., Pittsfield, MAThe Berkshire Clean, Cold, & Connected Partnership is hosting a workshop on how to implement Stream Smart Culvert Replacements to help conservation commissions, nonprofits, highways, and towns with navigating culvert replacements to ensure they are fish-friendly and flood resilient. Join Housatonic…
Advocate for Animals Training
Berkshire Humane Society 214 Barker Road, Pittsfield, MA, United StatesWondering how to get involved in improving animal protection in Massachusetts? Join Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (MSPCA) for an Advocate for Animals Training. You will discuss the legislative process, preview the upcoming 2023-2024 session, and cover the…
BIPOC Forest Bathing Immersion
These are all BIPOC wilderness trips in the Green Mountains of Vermont, recurring throughout the summer and autumn. Spend 4 days learning the basics of backpacking and camping in a non-competitive space centered around rest and collective accountability. Together we…
Wilderness First Aid Training
Notchview Reservation 83 Old Rte 9, Windsor, MAThe Wild & Scenic committee is helping coordinate an exciting two-day Wilderness First Aid training at Notchview Reservation in Windsor. Registration is on a first come first serve basis. This wonderful class is being offered at a reduced rate of…
BIPOC Friction Fire Campout
The BIPOC friction fire workshop is an overnight experience to learn and practice the art of fire birthing. The group will participate in a land walk to identify trees and other materials to make a bow drill kit. Participants will…
Bacteria Monitoring in the Housatonic Watershed
We are excited to begin our fourth season of bacteria monitoring thanks to Mass DEP funding. This year we will assess 9 - 10 sites for bacteria. Volunteers are needed to collect samples about 2 times a month from mid-June…
BIPOC Forest Bathing Immersion
These are all BIPOC wilderness trips in the Green Mountains of Vermont, recurring throughout the summer and autumn. Spend 4 days learning the basics of backpacking and camping in a non-competitive space centered around rest and collective accountability. Together we…
Follow the Forest Volunteer Training
OnlineJoin Berkshire Natural Resources Council for this online event with Julia Rogers, Senior Land Protection Manager at the Housatonic Valley Association (HVA). Julia will discuss the background and importance of the Follow the Forest initiative and how the public can…
BIPOC Forest Bathing Immersion
These are all BIPOC wilderness trips in the Green Mountains of Vermont, recurring throughout the summer and autumn. Spend 4 days learning the basics of backpacking and camping in a non-competitive space centered around rest and collective accountability. Together we…
BIPOC Forest Bathing Immersion
These are all BIPOC wilderness trips in the Green Mountains of Vermont, recurring throughout the summer and autumn. Spend 4 days learning the basics of backpacking and camping in a non-competitive space centered around rest and collective accountability. Together we…
Follow the Forest: Virtual & In-Person Training Opportunity
Online/In PersonJoin the Dutchess Land Conservancy at this in-person and online event to learn how you can participate in Housatonic Valley Association's (HVA) Follow the Forest initiative! Julia Rogers, Senior Land Protection Manager at HVA, will discuss the background and importance…
BIPOC Friction Fire Campout
The BIPOC friction fire workshop is an overnight experience to learn and practice the art of fire birthing. The group will participate in a land walk to identify trees and other materials to make a bow drill kit. Participants will…
Info Session with Scott Jackson: Wildlife Connectivity and Getting Trained in the NAACC Protocol
OnlineJoin UMass Extension Professor Scott Jackson for this BEAT-organized info session about the North Atlantic Aquatic Connectivity Collaborative (NAACC) and learn how you can contribute to wildlife conservation through hands-on volunteer fieldwork! Free-flowing waterways provide better habitat for many wildlife…
NAACC Aquatic Connectivity Field Training Day (BEAT Volunteer Opportunity)
Multiple Locations OutdoorsContribute to wildlife conservation through hands-on volunteer fieldwork! Natural, free-flowing waterways create ideal habitats for numerous wildlife species, particularly cold-water fish. However, culverts—those concrete, metal, or plastic pipes that allow streams and rivers to pass under roads—can hinder the movement…
Beyond Plastics Virtual Grassroots Organizing Training
OnlineJoin Beyond Plastics for a free, virtual, 2-part grassroots organizing training that will teach you practical, powerful ways to help end plastic pollution and engage your larger community. This online training is divided into two sessions that will take place…
Beyond Plastics Virtual Grassroots Organizing Training
OnlineJoin Beyond Plastics for a free, virtual, 2-part grassroots organizing training that will teach you practical, powerful ways to help end plastic pollution and engage your larger community. This online training is divided into two sessions that will take place…
NAACC Aquatic Connectivity Field Training Day (BEAT Volunteer Opportunity)
Multiple Locations OutdoorsContribute to wildlife conservation through hands-on volunteer fieldwork! Natural, free-flowing waterways create ideal habitats for numerous wildlife species, particularly cold-water fish. However, culverts—those concrete, metal, or plastic pipes that allow streams and rivers to pass under roads—can hinder the movement…
Beyond Plastics Virtual Grassroots Organizing Training
OnlineJoin Beyond Plastics for a free, virtual, 2-part grassroots organizing training that will teach you practical, powerful ways to help end plastic pollution and engage your larger community. This online training is divided into two sessions that will take place…
Beyond Plastics Virtual Grassroots Organizing Training
OnlineJoin Beyond Plastics for a free, virtual, 2-part grassroots organizing training that will teach you practical, powerful ways to help end plastic pollution and engage your larger community. This online training is divided into two sessions that will take place…
One-Day Track & Sign Certification
October Mountain State Forest Lee, MABecome a better naturalist through this One-Day Track & Sign Certification, organized by Berkshire Environmental Action Team (BEAT) and led by Daniel Hansche, founder of Spur Wander and an evaluator with Tracker Certification. This one-day evaluation will provide an excellent…