Join us for the August 2025 Berkshire Green Drinks event to learn about Breathe Easy Berkshires — an ongoing air quality monitoring project in Pittsfield — and find out what its research reveals about the air we breathe. Attendees will…
Come hear from Laura Orlando, a Senior Scientist at Just Zero and an Adjunct Professor of Environmental Health at the Boston University School of Public Health, at the July Berkshire Green Drinks event where you'll learn about PFAS and how…
Come hear from local activists Peggy White and Richard Clapper at the June Berkshire Green Drinks event, as they share their work on a growing movement to protect Massachusetts’ birds of prey and other predators from deadly rodent poisons. Supported…
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…
Join us for the April 2025 Berkshire Green Drinks event, where Rubén Parrilla, a soil scientist with the Massachusetts Chapter of Northeast Organic Farming Association (NOFA/Mass) will discuss the relationship between glyphosate use and soil health. Glyphosate is a commonly used…
Join Hoffmann Bird Club for their second annual Winter Roost! On January 26, gather at Hot Plate Brewing in Pittsfield to catch up and socialize with other Hoffmann members and friends. All bird enthusiasts are welcome – you don't have…
Join Hoffmann Bird Club for their second annual Winter Roost! On January 26, gather at Hot Plate Brewing in Pittsfield to catch up and socialize with other Hoffmann members and friends. All bird enthusiasts are welcome – you don't have…
Join us for the March 2025 Berkshire Green Drinks event, where Jessica Duffy will discuss two rare butterfly species found in the Berkshires: the Veined White (Pieris napi oleracea) and the West Virginia White (Pieris virginiensis). Jessica will review the…
Join us for the first Berkshire Green Drinks of 2025 featuring MassWildlife biologist Nathan Buckhout, who is joining us to tell us all about black bears, the only bear species found in Massachusetts! Nate will review the natural history of…
Wildlife tracking has contributed significantly to our awareness of the species cohabitating in the Berkshires alongside our human population. Especially valuable to the conservation and management of the more nocturnal and crepuscular mammals, tracking allows us to identify or verify…