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Transit to Trails Guided Hike

Field Park Williamstown

Wouldn’t it be nice to have a hike you don’t have to drive to? This is just the hike for you! Join Williamstown Rural Land board member Allen Pope for this moderately strenuous, 5-mile hike through lush woods, beautiful meadows,…

Wildlife Walk at Dyken Pond

Dyken Pond Environmental Education Center 475 Dyken Pond Rd., Cropseyville, NY

Explore the scenic shoreline trail while learning about some semi aquatic wildlife with Dyken Pond's temporary 4H Natural Resource Educator Cat LaPorta. Perfect for any age that can hike a half mile, this short hike allows for the viewing of…

Volunteer with BEAT: Riverbank Restoration

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

Consider joining BEAT to help restore the riverbank behind our Environmental Leadership & Education Center by removing invasive plant species and planting native ones! With the help of many volunteers and several hours of work, we have been able to…

Flower, Tree, Wild Edibles & Waterfall Hike

Tamarack Hollow Nature & Cultural Center 1515 & 1516 Savoy Hollow Rd., Windsor, MA

Boreal Spruce-Fir Forest Flower, Tree, Wild Edibles & Waterfall Hike at the Tamarack Hollow Nature & Cultural Center in Windsor, MA with Naturalist & Director Aimee Gelinas M.Ed. Learn about the unique fauna and flora of high elevation forests and…

Muddy Boots Trail Crew

Dyken Pond Environmental Education Center 475 Dyken Pond Rd., Cropseyville, NY

Join the Dyken Pond trail crew to clear trails, enjoy the outdoors and help out with light trail work to keep Dyken Pond's 11 miles of trails in good shape through the year. Option to bring your lunch and have…

Event Series Birding at the Mount

Birding at the Mount

The Mount 2 Plunkett St, Lenox, MA, United States

Explore Edith Wharton's original estate, including its woods, wetlands, and meadows. Learn skills to bird by sight and sound as we look for numerous bird species, including bobolinks, woodpeckers, vireos, and warblers. Walks depart from the main parking lot. For…

U.S. Paint EPR: Insights from a Decade of PaintCare Programs

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Over the past decade, U.S. paint EPR programs have performed extremely well – collecting more than 70 million gallons of leftover paint with over 2,400 year-round locations currently (two-thirds of which are paint and hardware stores that have volunteered to…

Event Series Tuesday Treks at Dyken Pond

Tuesday Treks at Dyken Pond

Dyken Pond Environmental Education Center 475 Dyken Pond Rd., Cropseyville, NY

Join Len Tremblay on a moderately paced 3 mile hike every Tuesday in June to explore the wilds of the Dyken Pond Center. Learn the trail system one at a time with a knowledgeable guide. Each week discover new ground…

Solstice Evening Guided Hike

Join Williamstown Rural Lands committee member Jeff Strait for this moderate 1.5-mile hike to view the sunset just before the summer solstice. Follow along the Taconic Crest Trail and down the Shepard’s Well Trail through beautiful woods and see spectacular open…

Fantastic Fireflies Family Hike

Thomas & Palmer Brook Reserve Rt. 23, Great Barrington, MA

What’s all that flashing about? Bring the kids out to join BNRC and Berkshire Family Hikes to learn the how and why of firefly’s light display and search for these amazing critters in the meadows and woods of Thomas &…

Mass Audubon 2024 Wild Thing 5k/10k Race and Walk

Mass Audubon Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary 472 West Mountain Rd, Lenox, MA, United States

Ready, set, GO! Grab your running sneakers and get wild at one of the most scenic trail runs in the area. Wild Thing racers will start and end at Mass Audubon’s Pleasant Valley, traversing trails and carriage roads of varying…

Early Summer Butterflies of Sheep Hill

Sheep Hill 671 Cold Spring Rd, Williamstown, MA

Join Williamstown Rural Lands and local butterfly enthusiast Doug Lister for a leisurely butterflying experience in search of our early summer Lepidopteran neighbors. The group will walk a slow-paced, ~1.5 mile loop around Sheep Hill to look for hairstreaks, whites,…

Birds of the Berkshires – Community Program and Annual Meeting

Saint James Place 352 Main St., Great Barrington, MA

GBLC Presents Birds of the Berkshires: Great Barrington Land Conservancy invites you to learn more about our avian friends from two local experts, Chip Blake and Ben Nickley.  Each year our fields, forests, lakes and rivers provide the habitat needed…

Event Series Birding at the Mount

Birding at the Mount

The Mount 2 Plunkett St, Lenox, MA, United States

Explore Edith Wharton's original estate, including its woods, wetlands, and meadows. Learn skills to bird by sight and sound as we look for numerous bird species, including bobolinks, woodpeckers, vireos, and warblers. Walks depart from the main parking lot. For…

Event Series Tuesday Treks at Dyken Pond

Tuesday Treks at Dyken Pond

Dyken Pond Environmental Education Center 475 Dyken Pond Rd., Cropseyville, NY

Join Len Tremblay on a moderately paced 3 mile hike every Tuesday in June to explore the wilds of the Dyken Pond Center. Learn the trail system one at a time with a knowledgeable guide. Each week discover new ground…

Lightning Bug Light Show at the Mount

The Mount 2 Plunkett St, Lenox, MA, United States

Experience a magical summer light show and learn how best to view or gently catch and release fireflies! After a short presentation, take an evening walk in the meadows for firefly viewing while keeping our eyes open for the stars,…

Invasive Species Workday: Fitch Woodlands Clean-up

Fitch Woodlands Bee Hill Road, Williamstown

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! Help…

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