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NAACC Aquatic Connectivity Field Training Day (BEAT Volunteer Opportunity)

Multiple Locations Outdoors

Contribute 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…

State of the Hemlocks

Mt Hope Park Green River Rd, Williamstown, MA

Join Williamstown Rural Lands for an introduction to the Eastern Hemlock. Covering the importance of Eastern Hemlocks to the forest, their historical significance to humans, threats to their populations, their status in Massachusetts, and the importance of community science. The…

Bird Walk with David McGowan

The Spruces 60 Main St., Williamstown, MA

Bird Walk at The Spruces with David McGowan on Wednesday, May 22 at 8AM David McGowan, former director of Williamstown Rural Lands, leads a leisurely bird-watching walk at The Spruces and Hoosic River. Gather by the picnic tables at the pond near the pollinator garden (60 Main St.…

In the Life of Nocturnal Pollinators

Online

Join Xerces pollinator conservation biologist Emily May to learn more about the pollinators that come out to work as others turn in for the evening. Moths, flies, beetles, and other dusk and night-time pollinators can play important roles in pollinating…

Invasive Species Workday: Multiflora Rose Pull

Williamstown, MA

Feeling helpless in the face of climate change and biodiversity loss? Want to take a break from the computer and get outside? Roll up your sleeves and join Williamstown Rural Lands in their effort to restore the local landscape! Come…

Pesticides and Children’s Health

Online

Pesticides and Children's Health: How can we protect our community? Sarah Evans, Assistant Professor of Environmental Medicine and Public Health at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, will share the latest science on how pesticides impact health, children’s…

Three Hills Guided Hike

Taconic Trail State Park Rt. 2, Williamstown, MA

Join Williamstown Rural Lands for a moderately strenuous, 4.5-mile hike across the Three Hills in Williamstown. Hike leader Dusty Griffin will guide participants up and over Tenney Hill, Bee Hill, and Foxcroft Hill in the Taconic Trail State Park which…

Field & Forest Tai Chi

Williamstown, MA

Join Williamstown Rural Lands and certified Tai Chi instructor Mary Hannah Parkman to learn the art of mindful movement through Tai Chi. Mary Hannah will guide participants in slow-paced movements that encourage mindfulness and thereby deepen capacity for connection with…

Haiku on the Hoosic Celebration

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

https://www.thebeatnews.org/BeatTeam/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/2024-Haiku-On-the-Hoosic-May-Event-Flyer.pdf Join the Hoosic River Watershed Association for Haiku on the Hoosic Celebration on May 25, 10am-12noon at TOURISTS in North Adams, MA. Enjoy music and readings. The event is part of this year’s Haiku on the Hoosic project. HooRWA…

Westside Summer Block Party

Westside Riverway Park 181 Dewey Ave., Pittsfield, MA

Westside Legends annual summer block party DATE: Saturday, May 25 TIME: 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM LOCATION: Riverway Park, 185 Dewey Ave, Pittsfield

Parkitecture – Building Into The Landscape at Mount Greylock

Mount Greylock State Reservation

PARKITECTURE – BUILDING INTO THE LANDSCAPE, 1:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. All ages. Discover the planned “Parkitecture” of historic Bascom Lodge. This rustic structure, built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s, was designed to fit into the landscape…

Kids in Kayaks at the Westside Block Party

Westside Riverway Park 181 Dewey Ave., Pittsfield, MA

Westside Legends is hosting their annual Summer Block Party at Riverway Park in Pittsfield on Saturday, May 25. There will be food, games, music, and ice cream. BEAT is also offering our Kids in Kayaks program at this event! From…

Event Series A Tower of Remembrance

A Tower of Remembrance

Mount Greylock State Reservation

A TOWER OF REMEMBRANCE 1:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. Free for all ages. This Memorial Day Weekend explore and honor the story of Mount Greylock’s historic Massachusetts Veterans War Memorial Tower. This 93-foot tall monument, crowned with a beacon light,…

Event Series A Tower of Remembrance

A Tower of Remembrance

Mount Greylock State Reservation

A TOWER OF REMEMBRANCE 1:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. Free for all ages. This Memorial Day Weekend explore and honor the story of Mount Greylock’s historic Massachusetts Veterans War Memorial Tower. This 93-foot tall monument, crowned with a beacon light,…

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