Week of Events
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…
Monday, September 22, 2025
No events on this day.
Tuesday, September 23, 2025
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September 23, 2025Fire and Wildlife Habitat: A Natural Process and Management Tool
Fire and Wildlife Habitat: A Natural Process and Management Tool
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…
Wednesday, September 24, 2025
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September 24, 2025 -Birding at the Mount – Fall Migration
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September 24, 2025 -OLLI and BNRC Joint Hike
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September 24, 2025 -Volunteer Opportunity: Rain Garden Work Parties
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September 24, 2025 -Gardening for Climate Change
Birding at the Mount – Fall Migration
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
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…
Volunteer Opportunity: Rain Garden Work Parties
Volunteers Needed! Help keep Pittsfield's rain gardens beautiful! Pittsfield has 10 rain gardens on North Street with a few more scattered throughout the city. These rain gardens allow the stormwater from the streets and sidewalks to infiltrate and be cleaned…
Gardening for Climate Change
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…
Thursday, September 25, 2025
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September 25, 2025 -Remarkable River Potluck 2025
Remarkable River Potluck 2025
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…
Friday, September 26, 2025
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September 26, 2025 -Fall Migration Bird Walk
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September 26, 2025 -From Barriers to Blueprints: Evolving Environmental Regulations for a Resilient Future
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September 26, 2025WIT 2025: Catherine Coleman Flowers and Peter Hotez in Conversation with Jeremy S. Faust
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September 26, 2025 -Wild & Scenic Film Festival
Fall Migration Bird Walk
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…
From Barriers to Blueprints: Evolving Environmental Regulations for a Resilient Future
As the climate crisis accelerates, state and local governments are rethinking outdated policies and building a regulatory foundation for climate resilience. This forum will spotlight innovative approaches to updating regulations, many of which were originally written without climate change in…
WIT 2025: Catherine Coleman Flowers and Peter Hotez in Conversation with Jeremy S. Faust
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…
Wild & Scenic Film Festival
Kestrel Land Trust and the Center for the Environment, Ecological Design, and Sustainability (CEEDS) at Smith College are excited to present the 2025 Wild & Scenic Film Festival! This inspiring festival brings together films that celebrate the beauty of nature, spotlight…
Saturday, September 27, 2025
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September 27, 2025 -Bird Your Way! Accessible Birding
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September 27, 2025 -Invasives Removal Service Day with Lee Greener Gateway Committee
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September 27, 2025 -National Public Lands Day
Bird Your Way! Accessible Birding
Birding is for everyone, no matter their experiences, abilities, or identities. There is no one way to bird. For this outing, we will be slowing down. Instead of chasing birds, we will wait for them to come to us, as we observe…
Invasives Removal Service Day with Lee Greener Gateway Committee
Join Lee Greener Gateway Committee to work on removing invasive honeysuckle and barberry at Golden Hill Town Forest. Please bring work gloves and appropriate tools, if you have any. If you don't, some will be available to borrow. For your…
National Public Lands Day
Join Standing Trees, Sierra Club MA, Save Mass Forests, RESTORE: the Northwoods, and other groups from across New England to celebrate National Public Lands Day. Expect fun, food, music, art, and an opportunity to deepen your knowledge about New England…
Sunday, September 28, 2025
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September 28, 2025 -Riverwalk
Riverwalk
Join Hoosic River Revival for Part 3 of the RiverWalk series held on the last Sunday of each month in North Adams! On Sunday, September 28th at 4pm, meet alongside the Eclipse Mill at 230 Union Street to pick up…