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  • 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…

  • Berkshire Green Drinks: “Flock Together with Hoffmann Bird Club”

    The Williams Inn 103 Spring St, Williamstown, MA, United States

    Join us for the May 2025 Berkshire Green Drinks event with Audrey Werner and Steven Miller, two Hoffmann Bird Club executive committee members! Curious about local birds or looking to explore the rewarding hobby of birding? Join Hoffmann Bird Club…

  • Poetry in Motion

    Natural Bridge State Park McAuley Rd., North Adams, MA

    Poets and poetry enthusiasts of all ages are welcome to join in an Art Week celebration of the Hoosic River Watershed with the Hoosic River Watershed Association (HooRWA)! Participants will meet at Natural Bridge State Park parking area and walk…

  • Birding in October Mountain with Hoffmann Bird Club

    Washington Town Park Washington, MA, United States

    Join Hoffmann Bird Club our annual trip to October Mountain State Forest. This trip involves driving to multiple birding spots with some walking along roadsides. A possible stop to a marsh involves walking on uneven, narrow, grassy paths that may…

  • Guided Birding Walk at Lake Mansfield

    Lake Mansfield Great Barrington

    Grab your binoculars and join Greg Ward and the Great Barrington Land Conservancy at Lake Mansfield for a morning of birding. Lake Mansfield is a birding hot spot—one hundred and fifty bird species have been recorded! Song birds, water fowl,…

  • Kids in Kayaks at the Westside Block Party

    Westside Riverway Park 181 Dewey Ave., Pittsfield, MA

    Westside Legends is hosting their annual Summer Block Party at Riverway Park in Pittsfield on Saturday, May 24. There will be food, games, music, and ice cream. BEAT is also offering our Kids in Kayaks program at this event! From…

  • Collaborative Forestry in the Village: Meet a Forester Woods Walk

    Williamsburg, MA

    “Forest resilience” is a big buzzword right now, especially in the face of climate change. But what does a resilient forest – or farm or field – really look like? Join Hilltown Land Trust in this series to connect with…

  • MAPN May presentation: Native Herbivores as Control for Non-Native Plants

    Online/Zoom

    Join the Massachusetts Pollinator Network (MAPN) for their monthly presentation, this month featuring Michael LaScaleia, Putnam Postdoctoral Fellow at Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. Plant population sizes are generally regulated by herbivores, and much of the diversity of our native…