• Dam Busters 201: Streamlining Permitting for Restoration

    Online

    Dam Busters 201 Webinar 1: Streamlining Permitting for Restoration Massachusetts is a leader in wetlands restoration, including dam removals. The regulatory permitting system for working in rivers and wetlands is complex and was designed to limit development impacts. Efforts are…

  • Downtown Pittsfield Cleanup

    Pittsfield, MA

    Downtown Pittsfield, Inc. will host the Annual Downtown Pittsfield Spring Cleanup on Friday, May 9, 12 to 4 pm. Early check-in/pick-up of trash bags will be available starting at 10 am. Individuals, small groups, and corporate teams are welcomed. The…

  • Tree Giveaway – Earth Day Celebration

    Tree Giveaway – Earth Day Celebration
    Berkshire Botanical Garden 5 West Stockbridge Rd., Stockbridge, MA

    Berkshire Botanical Garden is celebrating Earth Day! Join BBG's Horticulture Team on Sunday, May 4 from 10a.m. to 5 p.m. for Spring Fest, as well as Ron Kujawski on Friday, May 9 from noon to 6 p.m. for Plant Sale and receive a…

  • Volunteer: Help Restore Habitat for Rare Berkshire Butterflies

    Pittsfield, MA

    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! Join us for a meaningful volunteer event focused on removing invasive garlic mustard and…

  • Free Tree Identification Walk at Pelham Lake Park

    Pelham Lake Park Town Park Rd, Rowe, MA, United States

    Join BEAT for this free tree identification walk at Rowe's Pelham Lake Park on Saturday, May 10, at 10:00 AM. This informative and engaging event will last approximately an hour and a half and involve slow-paced stops. Participants will be…

  • The Wondrous World of Fireflies

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    Grow Native Massachusetts: Evenings with Experts Fireflies are surely among our greatest ambassadors for Earth’s natural magic. For centuries their ethereal beauty has sparked wonder and inspired poets, artists, and children of all ages. Yet they hold so many mysteries!…

  • Hoffmann Bird Club at Steepletop, New Marlborough

    Steepletop Reserve 648 New Marlborough-Monterey Rd., New Marlborough, MA

    Join Hoffmann Bird Club for a morning of birding at Steepletop, a Berkshire Natural Resource Council (BNRC) property in New Marlborough, MA. The property consists of wood roads and trails through deciduous and mixed conifer forests. The terrain has easy,…

  • Lake Mansfield Volunteer Day: Forest and Lakeside Trail

    Lake Mansfield Great Barrington

    Bring along your work gloves and shovels and join Great Barrington Land Conservancy for an ambitious work party at Lake Mansfield. Volunteers are needed to collect litter, remove invasive species, and help with the planting of trees, shrubs and perennials.…

  • Lazy Composting: 6 Ways to Keep Kitchen and Yard Waste Out of Landfills (Free Workshop)

    Lee Dontown Community Garden 42 Academy St, Lee, MA, United States

    Whether you live in an apartment, a home with a backyard, or somewhere in between, this free, hands-on workshop is perfect for beginners and those who are compost-curious! During this workshop, participants will: See real-life composting strategies in action. Learn…

  • River Cleanup and Native Tree Planting

    Housatonic Flats Great Barrington, MA

    Join Berkshire Natural Resources Council in stewarding a local waterway! In partnership with the Center for Peace Through Culture and local public schools, BNRC is hosting a workday to help restore the banks of the Housatonic River. Thanks to the…

  • Hoffmann Bird Club at Springside Park (Spring Walk)

    Springside Park Pittsfield, MA

    Join Hoffmann Bird Club for a morning of birding at Springside Park, the largest municipal park in Pittsfield, to look for migrating songbirds and sparrows, or walk some of the many woodland trails on the 237 acres. DATE: Sunday, May 18…

  • Bobolinks at Field Farm with Hoffmann Bird Club

    Field Farm Guest House 554 Sloan Road, Williamstown, MA, United States

    Join Hoffmann Bird Club leader Peter Rogers to view the breeding Bobolinks at the peak of their activity! This established seasonal community of birds has been monitored annually for over 15 years as part of a citizen science project. Easy…

  • Sunset Hike with Queer Men of the Berkshires and BNRC

    CHP Great Barrington Health Center 444 Stockbridge Rd, Great Barrington, MA

    Join Berkshire Natural Resources Council and Q-MoB (Queer Men of the Berkshires) on an evening hike from CHP Great Barrington to a series of wetlands, meadows, and forests that play home to an amazing symphony of spring peepers (frogs), beavers,…

  • Future Power: Community Discussion on the Evolution of Pittsfield Generating

    Allendale Elementary School 180 Connecticut Avenue, Pittsfield, MA, United States

    The Massachusetts Office of Energy Transformation is investigating the potential for “peaker” power plants to transition to clean energy alternatives, and Pittsfield Generating is one of the plants they’re studying. Transitioning Pittsfield Generating to renewable power would help position the…

  • Birding in Tyringham with Hoffmann Bird Club

    Big Y in Lee

    Join Hoffmann Bird Club to sarch for spring migrating and resident warblers, flycatchers, swallows, and raptors at several sites in the beautiful Tyringham Valley. Fairly easy walking on roads and trails. The trip will be approximately 3 hours. DATE: Wednesday, May…