We’re Hiring!
After nine amazing years, Elia Del Molino is moving on to a full-time position with another wonderful organization, Greenagers. We are so sorry that we will no longer have Elia with BEAT all the time, but he is only a phone call…
Jane Winn honored as a Commonwealth Heroine
We are thrilled to announce that our own executive director Jane Winn was named one of the 2020 Commonwealth Heroines of Massachusetts. From the awards, "Jane is widely known in the Berkshires and beyond as a tireless advocate for the…
BEAT and Food & Water Watch go to federal court against FERC
Berkshire Environmental Action Team has partnered with Food & Water Watch to bring the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) before the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. The case has already been getting national attention, and if we win, and…
BEAT locates raw sewage flowing into Housatonic
On Wednesday, May 27th, Berkshire Environmental Action Team (BEAT) and the City of Pittsfield found and fixed a major source of sewage contamination in the southwest branch of the Housatonic River. During a regularly scheduled sampling event, BEAT staff discovered…
License Plates Fund BEAT Water Quality Project
The Berkshire Environmental Action Team (BEAT) received a financial boost with a $35,000 grant from the Massachusetts Environmental Trust. This funding will enable BEAT to continue their work surveying and sampling stormwater outfalls (e.g. pipes emptying into our rivers) in Berkshire…
Connectivity Report
In the winter of 2013-2014 BEAT collaborated with it's affiliate the Berkshire Wildlife Trackers BWT and it's partners The Nature Conservancy TNC and Wild and Scenic Westfield River WSWR to conduct one of the most ambitious tracking projects ever endeavored in Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Over…
Thank you to all the volunteers who helped cleanup the river!
We have the most wonderful volunteers! Thank you all for helping cleanup the river! We could not do nearly so much without you as part of the Team. You can see photos from this year's cleanups on BEAT's Facebook…
Troubled Bridge Over Troubled Water
Although much of the damage caused by Hurricane Irene last fall was immediately apparent, one of the storm’s victim’s was hidden from view in a secluded area of Pittsfield near New Lenox Road. An old metal bridge that seemed to…
BEAT Surveys Stream-Crossings
Some people look at road construction as an inconvenience. BEAT looks at road construction as an opportunity.
Pittsfield Fined for Bright Green into the Housatonic River
Update Dec 1, 2010 - Pittsfield fined for violation. - BEAT received an email with a photograph showing a bright green liquid flowing into the Housatonic River at the Elm Street bridge in Pittsfield.