As part of its campaign to evade its responsibility to clean its PCBs from the Housatonic River, GE has been arguing for years that any remediation of vernal pools would be devastating to such fragile habitats. BEAT responded to GE’s…
For the past five years, BEAT has been photographing and measuring all of the places in Berkshire County where roads cross streams. The study is part of a project organized by the University of Massachusetts, The Nature Conservancy, and…
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…
Puppets are a great way to engage people in learning about our water and how to keep it clean. BEAT has teamed up with Dr. Augies under a grant from the Berkshire Environmental Endowment, a fund of the Berkshire…
