A rare butterfly in our area, the Giant Swallowtail, has been spotted flying around Bartholomew’s Cobble. It is currently being sighted regularly at the Trustees of Reservations property in Sheffield. Since Rene Wendell, Cobble ranger and Berkshire Environmental Action Team…
Join BEAT and Project Native for a fascinating, entertaining, and informative workshop with Charley Eiseman and Noah Charney to learn about local insects and other invertebrates and the signs they leave while exploring Project Native’s 54-acre farm. We are offering…
BEAT is pleased to announce this year's river-cleanup schedule. We are currently planning 5 cleanups in and along the Housatonic River in partnership with the Housatonic Valley Association (HVA). In the past, every one of these events has been hard…
The second annual Berkshire BioBlitz will take place June 10 and 11, 2011, on Mount Greylock in Adams, Massachusetts, and once again, BEAT is one of the sponsors for the event. Bioblitz is an action-packed day designed as part scientific…
The great migration is on. Each spring, frogs and salamanders come out from their over-wintering retreats and migrate to their breeding pools. The big night is usually in late March or early April, and is typically on a rainy and…
Spring is near, and its time for fairy shrimp and for wood frog and salamander migrations. Many of our amphibians and invertebrates depend on small, often temporary pools called vernal pools. Some aren't much bigger than large puddles - others…
The EPA has announced that it will be holding mini workshops in response to public requests for more information related to the cleanup of PCBs from the Housatonic River. The three mini workshops and one day-long charrette will also provide…
Dr. David Carpenter of the University at Albany, who has extensively researched the health effects of PCBs, spoke to an audience in Great Barrington on the evening of March 1. Dr. Carpenter focused on the threat of airborne PCBs and…
Wednesday evening, January 19, at the Lenox Community Center, representatives from two companies presented their innovative technologies for dealing with the Housatonic River's PCB problem. One company described their technology for dredging the bottom of the river. A second company…