Events for July 20, 2024
Up the Creek – StoryWalk at Margaret Lindley Park
Learn the importance of working together as you take your own journey along Hemlock Brook. The walk is approximately 0.3 miles out-and-back. The audience for this book, Up the Creek by Nicholas Oldland, are 3 - 7 year olds, but…
Canoeing the Housatonic River
Housatonic River-Decker Boat Launch 298 New Lenox Rd, LenoxThis leisurely paddle will take you through the ecologically rich Housatonic Valley Wildlife Management Area in Lenox. Watch for swallows, herons, kingfishers, muskrats, and signs of beavers along the scenic and meandering Housatonic River and learn about why the waterway…
Guided Hike: Bee Hill and Flora’s Glen via Fitch Trail
Join Williamstown Rural Lands trails committee member Dusty Griffin on July 20 from 9 a.m. - 11 a.m. for a hike across open fields, through mixed woodlands to the high point of Bee Hill and back through Flora’s Glen. This…
Walking With Thoreau
Ages 12 and older. Celebrate the historic 1844 ascent of Mount Greylock by the renown American naturalist and writer Henry David Thoreau; a prelude to his Walden Pond experience. A guided enlightening stroll around easy mountain summit paths retraces Thoreau’s…
Music Under the Trees: The Stray Dogs
Join Dyken Pond Environmental Education Center for the kick-off of their summer concert series with The Stray Dogs, the capital region’s favorite rock and bluegrass band! Light snacks will be on hand. Bench seating or bring your own chair. There…
Observing Moths at Night: Lightsheeting Demo at Flat Brook Wildlife Management Area
Every year, during the last week of July, National Moth Week celebrates the beauty, life cycles, habitats, and importance of moths and helps spread awareness of these essential insects whose global populations are rapidly declining. People of all ages and…
Canoeing the Housatonic River
Housatonic River-Decker Boat Launch 298 New Lenox Rd, LenoxThis leisurely paddle will take you through the ecologically rich Housatonic Valley Wildlife Management Area in Lenox. Watch for swallows, herons, kingfishers, muskrats, and signs of beavers along the scenic and meandering Housatonic River and learn about why the waterway…