• Housatonic Heritage Walks 2025

    Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area invites you to explore the wonders of this region during Heritage Walks 2025 over five weekends: September 6 & 7, September 13 & 14, September 20 & 21, September 27 & 27, and October…

  • Accessible Trails Public Forum

    Online

    The Accessible Trails Public Forum is an opportunity for people with disabilities, their loved ones, accessibility advocates, trail designers, and land managers to come together and share insights and experiences. Whether you’ve experienced challenges on trails or have ideas for…

  • Birding at the Mount – Fall Migration

    The Mount 2 Plunkett St, Lenox, MA, United States

    Birding at The Mount is now on Wednesdays! Explore Edith Wharton's original estate, including its woods, wetlands, and meadows. Learn skills to find and identify migrating and resident birds during this casual, beginner-friendly walk. Our walk will focus on the…

  • PFAS in Cape Cod Drinking Water and Community Health Concerns

    Online

    This webinar continues STEEP's (Sources, Transport, Exposure, & Effects of PFAS) focus on connecting scientific research with actionable information for community members, policymakers, and health professionals. Q&A will follow the presentations. Featured Speakers: **Laurel Schaider, PhD, is a Senior Scientist…

  • Log Lunch: Brian Donahue, Ph.D.: Greener Building from Local Forests

    The Log 78 Spring St, Williamstown, MA, United States

    LOG LUNCH: Local Food Veggie Lunch & Talk: Brian Donahue, author of “Slow Wood: Green Building from Local Forests,” Yale University Press 2024. “A radical proposal for healing the relationship between humans and forests through responsible, sustainable use of local…

  • An Evening with Brian Donahue

    Williams College Bookstore 81 Spring Street, Williamstown, MA, United States

    A radical proposal for healing the relationship between humans and forests through responsible, sustainable use of local and regional wood in home building American homes are typically made of lumber and plywood delivered by a global system of ruthless extraction,…

  • The Berkshire Reptiles: Turtles and Snakes with Tom Tyning

    Old Town Hall 9 Main St, West Stockbridge, MA, United States

    The West Stockbridge Historical Society is pleased to present its fall talk in the Berkshire Nature Series: The Berkshire Reptiles - Turtles and Snakes. Thomas Tyning, Professor of Ecology at Berkshire Community College, will share his extensive knowledge and latest…

  • Housatonic Heritage Walks 2025

    Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area invites you to explore the wonders of this region during Heritage Walks 2025 over five weekends: September 6 & 7, September 13 & 14, September 20 & 21, September 27 & 27, and October…

  • Housatonic Heritage Walks 2025

    Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area invites you to explore the wonders of this region during Heritage Walks 2025 over five weekends: September 6 & 7, September 13 & 14, September 20 & 21, September 27 & 27, and October…

  • Sun Day at Shaker Mill Books

    Shaker Mill Books 3 Depot Street, West Stockbridge, MA, United States

    As part of Third Act's Sun Day celebration, Shaker Mill Books, a longtime solar user, will be hosting area residents. Contemplating solar? Stop by and ask your neighbors who already are enjoying the benefits of solar any questions you may have! Sponsored…

  • Fire and Wildlife Habitat: A Natural Process and Management Tool

    Online

    Join a Zoom webinar about MassWildlife’s Prescribed Fire Program. Prescribed Fire Program Manager Caren Caljouw and Prescribed Fire Project Leader Alex Entrup will provide an overview of fire's ecological role on the landscape and the history of MassWildlife's prescribed fire…

  • Birding at the Mount – Fall Migration

    The Mount 2 Plunkett St, Lenox, MA, United States

    Birding at The Mount is now on Wednesdays! Explore Edith Wharton's original estate, including its woods, wetlands, and meadows. Learn skills to find and identify migrating and resident birds during this casual, beginner-friendly walk. Our walk will focus on the…

  • OLLI and BNRC Joint Hike

    Clam River Trailhead 66 Sandisfield Rd, Sandisfield, MA, United States

    Join Berkshire Natural Resources Council and the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) ​​​​​​​at BCC for a hike along the Clam River trail in Sandisfield. This easy to moderate hike takes you along the Clam River, a beautiful, now wild, stream. Once…

  • Gardening for Climate Change

    Online

    Gardening for Climate Change Workshop with Instructor Cheryl Rafuse of Plant Magic Gardens Should gardeners be changing how we garden due to the climate crisis? The answer is yes! Knowing your ecoregion and the plants native to your area can help…

  • Remarkable River Potluck 2025

    Worthington Town Hall 160 Huntington Road, Worthington, MA, United States

    The Wild & Scenic Westfield River Committee Invites YOU!! Town officials, community members, volunteers and river enthusiasts to come celebrate the river!! Feasting, 6:30 - 7:30pm. Slideshow & Sharing 7:30 -8:30 The Wild & Scenic River Stewards will be sharing…

  • Fall Migration Bird Walk

    Canoe Meadows Wildlife Sanctuary 309 Holmes Rd., Pittsfield, MA

    Learn tips to find and identify birds on their journey south during this casual, beginner-friendly walk. The site of each walk features a mix of habitats that make them ideal for spotting species that are arriving, passing through, or are…

  • WIT 2025: Catherine Coleman Flowers and Peter Hotez in Conversation with Jeremy S. Faust

    Shakespeare & Company 70 Kemble Street, Lenox, MA, United States +1 more

    Listening is a form of activism. Please note that, due to unforeseen circumstances, Catherine Coleman Flowers and Peter Hotez will be appearing virtually at this event, not in person as originally intended. The session will be introduced in person by Authors…