Wildlife
Lake Mansfield Family Adventure Program: Scaled, Tailed and Bulging Eye Friends with Tom Tyning
Lake Mansfield Great BarringtonJoin Great Barrington Land Conservancy (GBLC), Professor Tom Tyning, and Taylor Staubach of Berkshire Family Hikes at Lake Mansfield for an adventurous family program that's hands-on! Families will have the opportunity to get up close and personal with creatures that…
Berkshire Green Drinks: Massachusetts Wild Trout Fisheries with Adam Kautza of MassWildlife (hybrid event)
The Stationery Factory 63 Flansburg Avenue, Dalton, MAJoin us at our August Berkshire Green Drinks event with Adam Kautza, the Coldwater Fisheries Project Leader for MassWildlife. After giving some background on the wild trout found here in Massachusetts, Adam will discuss the status and distribution of the…
BIPOC Forest Bathing Immersion
These are all BIPOC wilderness trips in the Green Mountains of Vermont, recurring throughout the summer and autumn. Spend 4 days learning the basics of backpacking and camping in a non-competitive space centered around rest and collective accountability. Together we…
Live Animal Program: Massachusetts Wildlife
Great Falls Discovery Center 2 Avenue A, Turners Falls, MAPut a face to the challenges wildlife must rise to meet. The Southern Vermont Natural History Museum presents a live animal program featuring wildlife of the Connecticut River Watershed. You may see snakes, birds, mammals, and reptiles! Includes a presentation…
BIPOC Forest Bathing Immersion
These are all BIPOC wilderness trips in the Green Mountains of Vermont, recurring throughout the summer and autumn. Spend 4 days learning the basics of backpacking and camping in a non-competitive space centered around rest and collective accountability. Together we…
Follow the Forest: Virtual & In-Person Training Opportunity
Online/In PersonJoin the Dutchess Land Conservancy at this in-person and online event to learn how you can participate in Housatonic Valley Association's (HVA) Follow the Forest initiative! Julia Rogers, Senior Land Protection Manager at HVA, will discuss the background and importance…
Hike Gobble Mountain with Mammal Specialist John McDonald
Hike up to one of the lookouts along the ridge and enjoy the stories written in tracks and signs that animals leave behind. John McDonald, past Wildlife Society president and professor at Westfield State University, will lead participants on this…
2023 Berkshire Biodiversity Day (BioBlitz)
April Hill 62 Undermountain Rd., South EgremontUPDATE: BIOBLITZ IS HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND! Some people have asked what will happen with Biodiversity Day this weekend if it's raining. We still plan to go ahead with the programs and the surveying, regardless of the weather forecast. We're keeping a close eye…
Wildlife Tracking Hike with Jim Pelletier and David Ellis
October Mountain State Forest Lee, MAAlthough wildlife tracking is often correlated with winter, snow isn't necessary in order to successfully find and identify track and sign left by animals. Join skilled trackers Jim Pelletier and David Ellis for a day of tracking at October Mountain…
Coexisting Humanely with Wildlife
Cummington Community House 33 Main St, Cumminton, MA, United StatesHave you had conflicts with wildlife? Join the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for an MSPCA presentation on Coexisting Humanely with Wildlife. Topics include: how to avoid negative encounters with wildlife; information about MSPCA resources, including…
Wildlife Tracking Hike with Jim Pelletier and Richard Greene
Beartown State Forest 69 Blue Hill Rd., Monterey, MA, United StatesAlthough wildlife tracking is often correlated with snow, it isn’t necessary in order to successfully find and identify track and sign left by animals. Join skilled trackers Jim Pelletier and Richard Greene for a half day (or full day —…
Wildlife Tracking Hike with Jim Pelletier and Richard Greene
Beartown State Forest 69 Blue Hill Rd., Monterey, MA, United StatesAlthough wildlife tracking is often correlated with snow, it isn’t necessary in order to successfully find and identify track and sign left by animals. Join skilled trackers Jim Pelletier and Richard Greene for a half day (or full day —…
What Mammal is That? Identification & Sign
Sheep Hill 671 Cold Spring Rd, Williamstown, MAWhy do ermine turn white in the winter? How can you tell if a porcupine is nearby? Join mammal enthusiasts Doug Lister & Dana Williams from Williamstown Rural Lands to answer these questions through a hands-on exploration of all things…
Family Winter Exploration Walk
Mount Berlin Trailhead Berlin Road, Williamstown, MA, United StatesWhat do animals do when it snows? Where do insects go in the winter? How do animals find food? Join Williamstown Rural Lands naturalist Dana Williams to explore winter animal adaptations at Berlin Mountain on this easy, slow-paced, 1-mile walk.…
Homegrown National Park
OnlineTufts University Hoch Cunningham Environmental Lectures Speaker: Doug Tallamy, University of Delaware Online Viewer Livestream Registration – Feb 29 Our parks, preserves, and remaining wildlands – no matter how grand in scale – are too small and separated from one…
Living With Black Bears in Massachusetts
Cummington Community House 33 Main St, Cumminton, MA, United Stateshttps://www.thebeatnews.org/BeatTeam/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Black-Bear-Poster-Feb-29-2024.pdf Mass Wildlife Biologist Nathan Buckhout giving a presentation on living with black bears in Massachusetts. Nathan Buckhout is a Wildlife Biologist with the Massachusetts Western Wildlife District. He will talk about the life history and status of black bears…
Info Session with Scott Jackson: Wildlife Connectivity and Getting Trained in the NAACC Protocol
OnlineJoin UMass Extension Professor Scott Jackson for this BEAT-organized info session about the North Atlantic Aquatic Connectivity Collaborative (NAACC) and learn how you can contribute to wildlife conservation through hands-on volunteer fieldwork! Free-flowing waterways provide better habitat for many wildlife…
LEARN! An Evening with Timberdoodles
OnlineJoin this BNRC-hosted online event with Kayleigh Filkins to learn about Timberdoodle ecology and fun facts as well as a scientific roundup from the eastern woodcock migration research cooperative. Kayleigh Filkins is a graduate student at SUNY Brockport doing her master’s…
NAACC Aquatic Connectivity Field Training Day (BEAT Volunteer Opportunity)
Multiple Locations OutdoorsContribute to wildlife conservation through hands-on volunteer fieldwork! Natural, free-flowing waterways create ideal habitats for numerous wildlife species, particularly cold-water fish. However, culverts—those concrete, metal, or plastic pipes that allow streams and rivers to pass under roads—can hinder the movement…
Berkshire Green Drinks: “Northeastern Cliff Swallows: A Conservation Adventure – Part II” with Linda Merry
The Williams Inn 103 Spring St, Williamstown, MA, United StatesJoin us online or in person for our May 2024 Berkshire Green Drinks event, featuring conservation biologist Linda Merry, who will update us on her ongoing cliff swallows research. Some may remember Linda from the August 2022 Pittsfield Green Drinks,…