Webinar Series: Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund & Highlands Grant Programs
Online/ZoomThursday, January 20th @ 12:00 p.m. Join Land Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) experts from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and partner organizations to learn key ins and outs from projects to programs. On the heels of the one year…
Expanding the Scope of Landscape Design: Ecology, People, and Time
Online/ZoomThursday & Friday, January 20, 21, 27 & 28 @ 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. Landscape designers who successfully employ an ecology-based approach typically draw from a variety of sources. The inextricable link between people and ecology only increases the need to…
ASK A NATURALIST: WINTER EDITION
Online/ZoomThursday, January 20th @ 5:30 — 6:30 p.m. Closed captioning will be available. Join the Harris Center for a fun, informal, nature-focused happy hour — via Zoom! Come prepared with questions about nearby nature, or just sit back and listen…
Volunteer w/ BEAT: Cut & Pull Invasive Hardy Kiwi
Burbank Park Boat Launch 309 Lakeway Drive, Pittsfield, MA, United StatesEvery Friday from 10:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Please consider joining us to help cut invasive hardy kiwi vines at Burbank Park in Pittsfield. Anyone and everyone is welcome regardless of age or experience. However, you must be able to walk on a…
Mountain Mindfulness: Winter Walk with Micah Mortali
Mount Greylock State Reservation Visitor Center 30 Rockwell Road, Lanesborough, MAFridays, JAN 21, at 1:00 pm Fridays, FEB 4 and FEB 18, at 1:00 pm Fridays, MAR 4 and MAR 18, at 1:00 pm Join Micah Mortali M.A., Author of “Rewilding” and Founder of the Kripalu School of Mindful Outdoor…
Expanding the Scope of Landscape Design: Ecology, People, and Time
Online/ZoomThursday & Friday, January 20, 21, 27 & 28 @ 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. Landscape designers who successfully employ an ecology-based approach typically draw from a variety of sources. The inextricable link between people and ecology only increases the need to…
Cyber Tracker Track & Sign Certification
Outdoors Chatham, NY, United StatesSaturday / Sunday, January 22 & 23rd Come test your skills while receiving many hours of expert instruction on interpreting animal track and sign. Nate Harvey will be leading the process. As he circles a specific set of prints or…
Birding Workshop: Winter Bird Feeding and Birding Basics – Mass Audubon
Mass Audubon Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary 472 West Mountain Rd, Lenox, MA, United StatesSaturday, January 22nd @ 10:00-11:30 a.m. Winter is a perfect time to start birdwatching. Birds often come close to our feeders and hardy winter birds can become familiar friends. We'll explore how to use shape, size, color, and sounds to…
Beginner Snowshoe/Winter Hike
Housatonic Flats Great Barrington, MASaturday, January 22 @ 10:00 a.m. — 12:00 p.m. Join GBLC and BNRC for a 1-mile beginner winter hike. We hope to snowshoe! If you don’t have your own, we will have some adult and kids pairs to loan. If there’s…
The American Chestnut: An Environmental History
Online/ZoomJanuary 15, 16, 22, & 23 @ 1–3PM Before 1910 the American chestnut was one of the more common trees in the eastern United States. An important natural resource, chestnut wood was used for woodworking, fencing, and building construction, as it…
Early-Winter Tracking Programs
Quabbin TrailsJanuary 2nd, 9th, 23rd, or 30th @ 10 a.m.-3 p.m. David Brown's Wildlife Services is offering a slate of early-winter, single-day tracking programs in the North Quabbin area of Massachusetts. These programs meet at the country store in Petersham, are…
The American Chestnut: An Environmental History
Online/ZoomJanuary 15, 16, 22, & 23 @ 1–3PM Before 1910 the American chestnut was one of the more common trees in the eastern United States. An important natural resource, chestnut wood was used for woodworking, fencing, and building construction, as it…
Environmental Studies Institute: The Natural History of Deer and Moose in New Hampshire
Online/ZoomTuesday, January 18th, 25th & February 1st @ 10:00 —11:00 a.m. Join wildlife biologist Mark Ellingwood for a four-week course on deer and moose ecology in New Hampshire. You'll learn about seasonal behavior, habitat use, and population dynamics of these…
Ecological, silviculture, and cultural consideration for ash preservation in northern forests
Online/ZoomTuesday, January 25th @ 12:00-1:00 p.m. Professor Tony D'Amato will discuss potential strategies for prioritizing ash preservation to meet ecological, silvicultural, and cultural objectives. The introduced emerald ash borer threatens to functionally eliminate ash from forests in the northeastern United…
Vernal Pools
Online/ZoomTuesday, January 25, 5:00-6:30pm This webinar will provide an in-depth look at vernal pools and their importance for a special group of amphibians that live in the forest. How do these small, seemingly insignificant wetlands play such an important role…
Jumping Worm Conference
OnlineThe two-day conference, being held 9 a.m. to 11:45 a.m., Jan. 26 and 27, 2022, will offer live presentations with scientists who specialize in jumping/snake work research. Presenters will discuss the latest understanding of these earthworms, how to identify jumping…
Webinar: Engaging Landowners in Sustainable Stewardship
Online/ZoomWednesday, January 26th @ 12:00 — 1:00 p.m. This presentation will share experiences and lessons from a multi-year landowner outreach project in the MassConn Woods, a rural, largely forested region on the border of central Massachusetts and northeastern Connecticut, as…
Responding to Change, Pivoting for Profitability — Training Series
OnlineSeries 1: Mondays - Jan 31, Feb 7, 14, and 28: 10 AM to 12:30 PM Series 2: Wednesdays – Jan 12, 19, 26, and Feb 9: 3:30 PM to 6:00 PM Join farmer and Carrot Project business advisor and…
Advocacy Hour: Campaign Updates (MA Sierra Club)
Online/ZoomEvery Wednesday @ 5 p.m. Join Sierra Club Massachusetts leaders on Zoom for a campaign update, every Wednesday at 5pm. This is an opportunity to get plugged into our campaigns, learn about timely issues and ongoing projects, and talk directly…
The Science of Saw-Whet Owls
Online/ZoomWednesday, January 26th @ 5:30 — 6:30 p.m. Closed captioning will be available. The Northern Saw-whet Owl (Aegolius acadicus) is one of the most common, and most elusive, predators in our backyards. These diminutive birds of prey migrate by the…