Week of Events
Planting for Climate Resilience Q&A with Wild Seed Project
Planting for Climate Resilience Q&A with Wild Seed Project
Wild Seed Project's 2024 Guide is all about Planting for Climate Resilience, and they want to hear from you, their community, about the questions you have regarding caring for plants and other life in a changing world. Wild Seed Project…
Creating and Enhancing Native Bee Habitat in Your Garden With Heather Holm
Creating and Enhancing Native Bee Habitat in Your Garden With Heather Holm
There is a great deal that home gardeners can do to provide habitat for our native bees without sacrificing other garden goals. When creating and managing thriving habitats for native bees, many factors such as seasonal phenology, nesting strategies, and…
Conservation in Your Community – Conserving Nature Close to Home Series
Conservation in Your Community – Conserving Nature Close to Home Series
How can you make the world a better place for people and wildlife? This free online series by Mass Audubon will explore what you can do in your community to address climate change by supporting nature. Learn how climate change…
How Wildlife is Responding to Climate Change in the Northeast
How Wildlife is Responding to Climate Change in the Northeast
Climate change is having strong impacts on the ecosystems of the northeastern U.S. As snowpack declines, summers dry, falls flood, and temperatures soar, species struggle to keep up. Alexej Sirén and Toni Lyn Morelli have been working with federal and…
In the Life of the Bumble Bee Queen (and the Cuckoo too!)
In the Life of the Bumble Bee Queen (and the Cuckoo too!)
Join Rich Hatfield, Xerces Senior Endangered Species Conservation Biologist, to take a deep dive into the reproductive females of bumble bees, including cuckoo bumble bees. We'll primarily look at the solitary phase of the lifecycle, including what is known about…
Spread, Impact, and Control of Jumping Worms
Spread, Impact, and Control of Jumping Worms
Join Josef Görres, Professor of Ecological Soil Management, Department of Plant and Soil Science, University of Vermont, for an important presentation summarizing new research on jumping worm invasions in New England. The lecture will report on mechanisms of their spread,…
Waiting for Wildflowers: Spring’s Gifts
Waiting for Wildflowers: Spring’s Gifts
Splashes of color on the forest floor Late winter has all of us waiting and watching for the first wildflowers. By the end of March, we’ve seen pussy willows and maple flowers, alders and elms, but the ground-dwelling wildflowers are…
Volunteer with BEAT: Invasive Hardy Kiwi Plant Removal
Volunteer with BEAT: Invasive Hardy Kiwi Plant Removal
Consider joining BEAT to help eradicate invasive hardy kiwi vines at Burbank Park in Pittsfield! We go out into the woods every Friday* at 10:00 AM to cut and pull invasive hardy kiwi vines that are overtaking the trees and…
Kidleidoscope Story Hour at Great Falls Discovery Center – Salamanders
Kidleidoscope Story Hour at Great Falls Discovery Center – Salamanders
For ages 3-6, accompanied by an adult. Learn more about our wildlife neighbors in the Connecticut River Watershed. Program includes a story, activities, and crafts. Activities are indoors and outdoors, weather permitting. Siblings and friends welcome. Meet in the Great…
Guided Bird Walks on the Riverfront Trail with Ben Nickley
Guided Bird Walks on the Riverfront Trail with Ben Nickley
Starting on Saturday, December 30, and continuing on (most) Saturdays through March 2024, Ben Nickley of Berkshire Bird Observatory will lead a walk along the River Front Trail in Great Barrington. Meet at Berkshire Co-op Market at 10 AM. Registration…