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SUMMARY:Volunteer: Help Restore Habitat for Rare Berkshire Butterflies + Invasive Garlic Mustard Removal
DESCRIPTION:Help remove an invasive plant that threatens the small native plants found in our forests’ understory and contribute to an ongoing study of rare Berkshire butterflies! \nJoin BEAT for a meaningful volunteer event focused on removing invasive garlic mustard and supporting two rare butterfly species found in the Berkshires: the Veined White (Pieris napi oleracea) and the West Virginia White (Pieris virginiensis). \nDATE: Saturday\, May 9\nTIME: 9:30 AM to 12:00 PM\nLOCATION: We will meet at the parking area on New Lenox Road in Pittsfield. The parking area is on the right side of the road\, about 2.2 miles from the Route 7 intersection. Coordinates: 42.3915910\, -73.2267858 (Google Maps link) \nThis effort supports Jessica Duffy’s community science research\, which is studying how garlic mustard removal affects these butterfly populations over time. By participating\, you’ll be directly contributing to the preservation of important native habitats. \nWhat to Expect: \n\nA brief overview of garlic mustard and the native toothwort plant it threatens\nSmall group garlic mustard pulling\, with plants bagged for industrial composting\nComplimentary coffee and snacks to start the day — please bring your own travel mug!\nGloves and bags provided — please bring a full water bottle\, wear sturdy footwear\, and dress for the weather\n\nThis volunteer opportunity is open to individuals of all ages. Families\, school groups\, and organizations are encouraged to attend and help out. \nIf you missed Jessica’s Green Drinks talk in March 2025 about this project\, you can watch the presentation on BEAT’s YouTube channel to learn more. Watch it here. \nRSVP: Email team@thebeatnews.org to let us know you’ll be joining us!
URL:https://www.thebeatnews.org/BeatTeam/event/volunteer-garlic-mustard-removal/
LOCATION:Pittsfield\, MA
CATEGORIES:BEAT Events,Butterflies,Insects,Invasive Plant Removals,Native Plants,Outdoor Activity,Pollinators,Volunteer
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SUMMARY:Forest\, Fields\, and Waterfalls Hike
DESCRIPTION:Join Tamarack Hollow Nature & Cultural Center in Windsor\, MA for an informative hike! Learn about the unique fauna and flora of high elevation forests and fields plus a visit to Georgie’s Falls on this 2 mile hike with Naturalist & Director Aimee Gelinas. \nTo register\, email full_circle_o@yahoo.com. To learn more\, visit www.tamarackhollow.org. \nThis event costs $20. \nDATE: Saturday\, May 16 | Saturday\, June 6\nTIME: 10:00am – 12:30pm\nLOCATION: Tamarack Hollow Nature & Cultural Center\, 1515 Savoy Hollow Rd\, Windsor\, MA 01270
URL:https://www.thebeatnews.org/BeatTeam/event/forest-fields-and-waterfalls-hike/2026-05-16/
LOCATION:Tamarack Hollow Nature & Cultural Center\, 1515 & 1516 Savoy Hollow Rd.\, Windsor\, MA
CATEGORIES:Hikes,Native Plants,Outdoor Activity,Walks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260519T090000
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SUMMARY:Volunteer to Plant Trees at Pleasant Valley!
DESCRIPTION:Join Mass Audubon for a hands-on volunteer project at Pleasant Valley as we work together to restore and improve wildlife habitat through native tree and shrub planting in key areas of our campus. Volunteers will help support biodiversity\, improve ecosystem health\, and create important habitat for birds\, pollinators\, and other wildlife. \nThis is a wonderful opportunity to spend time outdoors\, make a meaningful impact on the landscape\, and connect with others who care about conservation and the natural world. No prior experience is necessary. All are welcome! \nPlease come prepared for outdoor work with sturdy shoes\, weather-appropriate clothing\, water\, and gloves if you have them. \nTo learn more and register\, visit this link: https://volunteer.massaudubon.org/need/detail/?need_id=1263005 \nDATE: Tuesday\, May 19\nTIME: 9:00am – 12:00pm\nLOCATION: Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary\, 472 West Mountain Rd\, Lenox\, MA 01240
URL:https://www.thebeatnews.org/BeatTeam/event/volunteer-to-plant-trees-at-pleasant-valley/
LOCATION:Mass Audubon Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary\, 472 West Mountain Rd\, Lenox\, MA\, 01240\, United States
CATEGORIES:Forestry,Gardening,Native Plants,Outdoor Activity,plants,Trees
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260523T100000
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SUMMARY:Forest\, Fields\, and Waterfalls Hike
DESCRIPTION:Join Tamarack Hollow Nature & Cultural Center in Windsor\, MA for an informative hike! Learn about the unique fauna and flora of high elevation forests and fields plus a visit to Georgie’s Falls on this 2 mile hike with Naturalist & Director Aimee Gelinas. \nTo register\, email full_circle_o@yahoo.com. To learn more\, visit www.tamarackhollow.org. \nThis event costs $20. \nDATE: Saturday\, May 16 | Saturday\, June 6\nTIME: 10:00am – 12:30pm\nLOCATION: Tamarack Hollow Nature & Cultural Center\, 1515 Savoy Hollow Rd\, Windsor\, MA 01270
URL:https://www.thebeatnews.org/BeatTeam/event/forest-fields-and-waterfalls-hike/2026-05-23/
LOCATION:Tamarack Hollow Nature & Cultural Center\, 1515 & 1516 Savoy Hollow Rd.\, Windsor\, MA
CATEGORIES:Hikes,Native Plants,Outdoor Activity,Walks
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SUMMARY:Letting Nature Lead: The Promise of Passive Rewilding
DESCRIPTION:Join Shelby Perry of Northeast Wilderness Trust for an informative conversation about forest conservation. \n\n\nJoin us for a conversation about restraint\, respect\, and the long view of forest conservation. \n\n\n\n\nPassive rewilding is the practice of stepping back and allowing forests to grow and change on their own. In this event\, we’ll explore what that looks like in practice\, and why it matters. \nTogether\, we’ll consider the benefits of letting natural processes unfold\, reflect on the difference between human and forest timescales\, and think about the value of future old-growth forests whether or not we’re here to see them. \nShelby Perry is the Wildlands Ecology Director at Northeast Wilderness Trust. She oversees all aspects of the Wildlands Ecology program\, which conducts\, supports\, and shares ecological research pertaining to wildlands and inventories ecological values on the Wilderness Trust’s protected lands. She holds a B.S. in Environmental Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and an M.S. in Plant Biology – Field Naturalist from the University of Vermont\, and speaks and presents frequently around the Northeast on wildlands\, rewilding\, and old forests. When not working in them\, Shelby can usually be found playing in wild forests\, exploring them on foot\, in snowshoes\, or through the lens of her camera. \nLearn more and register at this link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/letting-nature-lead-the-promise-of-passive-rewilding-tickets-1986267147507?aff=oddtdtcreator \n\n\nDATE: Wednesday\, May 27\nTIME: 6:00pm – 7:00pm\nLOCATION: North Adams Public Library\, 74 Church St\, North Adams\, MA 01247
URL:https://www.thebeatnews.org/BeatTeam/event/letting-nature-lead-the-promise-of-passive-rewilding/
LOCATION:North Adams Public Library\, 74 Church St.\, North Adams\, MA
CATEGORIES:Community Events,Forestry,Land Protection,Native Plants,Talks
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SUMMARY:Calling all Chestnut Fans!
DESCRIPTION:Join the MA/RI Chapter of the American Chestnut Foundation\, with support from the Monterey Native Plants Group\, to help plant an amazing chestnut seedling orchard! \nYou are invited to help plant an orchard of 100 specially selected chestnut seedlings that have been hybridized for resistance to the blight that wiped out this keystone species in the early part of the last century. \nGould Farm has been chosen for this large planting (100+ seedlings) as another step toward restoring the iconic  American Chestnut to our woodlands. This effort has been ongoing for over 40 years by the American Chestnut Foundation (TACF)\, a national organization with chapters throughout the historic range of the American Chestnut from Maine to Georgia. \nThe MA/RI chapter\, which has worked closely with the Monterey Native Plants Group on a number of programs\, including several annual chestnut talks and nut and seedling distributions\, has breeding orchards throughout the state. Last year the MA/RI chapter cross-pollinated the most promising and robust trees in its orchards. It was a labor-intensive effort to take the pollen from the best tree in one orchard and pollinate the best tree in a different orchard. The effort was a success in producing a number of viable nuts. The nuts produced from that effort have been sprouted\, potted up and the young seedlings will be ready to plant later this month\, on a property near the parking lot of Diane’s Trail on Curtis Road. \nThe efforts at the state chapter level are accomplished wholly by volunteers. All are invited and welcome to be part of this major restoration effort. All help is greatly appreciated. \nFor more information\, contact John at johnkingfisher54@gmail.com. \nDATE: Saturday\, May 30 (rain date Sunday\, May 31)\nTIME: 9:00am – 4:00pm\nLOCATION: Parking lot for Diane’s Trail\, Gould Farm\, Monterey\, MA. Orchard located off Curtis Rd\, Monterey\, MA 01245
URL:https://www.thebeatnews.org/BeatTeam/event/calling-all-chestnut-fans/
LOCATION:Gould Farm\, 100 Gould Road\, Monterey\, MA\, 01245\, United States
CATEGORIES:Farming,Gardening,Native Plants,Outdoor Activity,Volunteer
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SUMMARY:Native Plant Giveaway & Exchange at BEAT’s Rain Garden
DESCRIPTION:Like previous years\, BEAT will thin out the rain garden this spring at our Environmental Leadership & Education Center\, and we’d love to spread some of these native plants out to other areas in Berkshire County! \nDATE: Saturday\, May 30 \nTIME: 10 AM to Noon \nLOCATION: BEAT’s Environmental Leadership & Education Center\, 20 Chapel Street\, Pittsfield\, MA 01201 \nFive years ago\, with the help of volunteers\, BEAT planted a pollinator-supporting rain garden at our Environmental Leadership & Education Center located along the West Branch Housatonic River in Pittsfield. Not only does this garden collect and filter stormwater before running off and draining to the Housatonic River directly behind our building\, but it also supports native pollinators. For the last two years\, we have been amazed at how huge and dense the plants get each summer\, with blue vervain and other native plants over nine feet tall! The garden is filled with pollinators all summer\, and then in the fall\, birds feast on the fruit. \nWe’ll be at BEAT’s Center (20 Chapel Street\, Pittsfield) giving out plants from 10 AM to Noon on Saturday\, May 30. Feel free to stop by at any time during those hours. Some species that will be available to take home are Sweet Joe-Pye-Weed (Eutrochium purpureum)\, common sneezeweed (Helenium autumnale)\, seaside goldenrod (Solidago sempervirens)\, blue vervain (Verbena hastata)\, great blue lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica) and likely a few other species as well. Also\, if you have an abundance of native plants in your garden and would like to share them with others\, please feel free to bring them along — but it’s also not necessary.
URL:https://www.thebeatnews.org/BeatTeam/event/native-plant-giveaway-exchange-at-beats-rain-garden-2/
LOCATION:Berkshire Environmental Action Team (BEAT)\, 20 Chapel St.\, Pittsfield\, MA
CATEGORIES:BEAT Events,Biodiversity,Gardening,Native Plants,Pollinators
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ORGANIZER;CN="Berkshire Environmental Action Team":MAILTO:team@thebeatnews.org
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SUMMARY:Forest\, Fields\, and Waterfalls Hike
DESCRIPTION:Join Tamarack Hollow Nature & Cultural Center in Windsor\, MA for an informative hike! Learn about the unique fauna and flora of high elevation forests and fields plus a visit to Georgie’s Falls on this 2 mile hike with Naturalist & Director Aimee Gelinas. \nTo register\, email full_circle_o@yahoo.com. To learn more\, visit www.tamarackhollow.org. \nThis event costs $20. \nDATE: Saturday\, May 16 | Saturday\, June 6\nTIME: 10:00am – 12:30pm\nLOCATION: Tamarack Hollow Nature & Cultural Center\, 1515 Savoy Hollow Rd\, Windsor\, MA 01270
URL:https://www.thebeatnews.org/BeatTeam/event/forest-fields-and-waterfalls-hike/2026-05-30/
LOCATION:Tamarack Hollow Nature & Cultural Center\, 1515 & 1516 Savoy Hollow Rd.\, Windsor\, MA
CATEGORIES:Hikes,Native Plants,Outdoor Activity,Walks
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