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2024 Housatonic Heritage Walks

Multiple Locations

Explore with knowledgeable & local historians, naturalists, and environmentalists at sites within the Housatonic River Valley: tours of historic buildings and town centers, hikes on the Appalachian Trail and other trails, walks through industrial heritage sites, a canoe paddling trip…

Tree Identification Walk at Lower Bowker’s Woods (Housatonic Heritage Walk)

Lower Bowker's Woods 16 Glendale Middle Rd, Glendale, MA, United States

Join Chelsey Simmons, BEAT's programs director, for a tree identification walk in Lower Bowker’s Woods to learn key characteristics of common trees in western Massachusetts and get tips to help identify them. The 1-mile trail meanders along the Housatonic River…

Rediscovering the Lost Mill Villages of West Pittsfield: Stearnsville, Barkerville, and the Tillotson Osceola Mill

BEAT's Environmental Leadership & Education Center 20 Chapel St, Pittsfield, MA, United States

https://www.thebeatnews.org/BeatTeam/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Mill-Village-Tour-Color.pdf Learn the rich history of the Mill Villages of West Pittsfield and the Southwest Branch of the Housatonic River. Mills date back to 1768 and provided virtually all of the social and economic growth of the area in the…

2024 Housatonic Heritage Walks

Multiple Locations

Explore with knowledgeable & local historians, naturalists, and environmentalists at sites within the Housatonic River Valley: tours of historic buildings and town centers, hikes on the Appalachian Trail and other trails, walks through industrial heritage sites, a canoe paddling trip…

Winter Tree Identification Walk with BEAT + TOURISTS

TOURISTS 915 State Rd, North Adams, MA, United States

Join BEAT’s programs director, Chelsey Simmons, for a winter tree identification walk on the TOURISTS grounds in North Adams, and learn how to identify trees throughout all the seasons with a local naturalist and tree enthusiast! It may be surprising,…

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