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Enjoy a hike and maple sugaring with BNRC

BNRC Celebrates Maple Sugaring Season at Holiday Brook Farm

Holiday Brook Farm 100 Holiday Cottage RoadDalton,

Join Berkshire Natural Resources Council and Berkshire Family Hikes to celebrate the New England tradition of maple sugaring at Holiday Brook Farm in Dalton. Highlights of this family-friendly event include a short hike on the farm and a fun activity. Participants will also get to visit the farm animals (including emus!) and bring home a […]

Family Friendly, Nature and Recreation, Outdoor Event

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Animal Tracks and Traces hike at the Boulders
Family Self-Guided Storywalk at The Boulders

Family Self-Guided Storywalk at The Boulders

The Boulders Reserve Dalton Avenue TrailheadPittsfield,

Animals are all around us. While we may not often see them, we can see signs that they have been there. Some signs might be simple footprints in snow or mud (tracks) and other signs include chewed or scratched bark, homes or even poop and pee (traces). In Animal Tracks and Traces children will become […]

Family Friendly, Nature and Recreation, Outdoor Event

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Learn to co-exist with coyotes via the BNRC

Learn to Co-Exist with Coyotes

Online

Join John Maguranis, a former Army veterinary technician and retired Animal Control Officer, for an engaging webinar on living with coyotes. With over 20 years of experience and a passion for wildlife advocacy, John has delivered more than 200 presentations on coyote ecology, their vital role in ecosystems, and strategies for coexistence. John is a dedicated educator […]

Class, Workshop, and Open Studios, Online Event

Close up of a fish egg sack held gently in cupped hands

Vernal Pool Exploration

The Boulders Reserve Dalton Avenue TrailheadPittsfield,

Vernal pools are unique and vital breeding grounds for amphibians and a host of other fascinating creatures. They also play a critical role in supporting the larger food web. Join this Earth Day exploration (and celebration!) of a vernal pool, looking for egg masses, amphibians, and invertebrates, and learning why it is important to protect […]

Family Friendly, Nature and Recreation, Outdoor Event

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Red Trillium found at the Boulders

iNaturalist City Nature Challenge

Berkshire Natural Resources Council 20 Bank Row, Pittsfield, MA

Learn how to use the iNaturalist app on your phone and practice on the variety of beautiful spring wildflowers found at The Boulders reserve, all while participating in a global bioblitz! You’ll come away from this program as a community scientist ready to participate in the next 3 days of the City Nature Challenge, contributing meaningful data […]

Nature and Recreation, Outdoor Event

A woman in a blue coat with binoculars looks for birds

All Ages Spring Bird Walk

Housatonic Flats Reserve 439 Stockbridge Rd, Great Barrington, MA

Join us for an early Spring birding experience at Housatonic Flats in Great Barrington. Enjoy a bird walk on a 0.9-mile trail along the banks of the Housatonic River. We will be using our eyes and ears to identify early spring migrants and resident birds in beautiful surroundings. Get ready to Look, Listen, and Learn! […]

Class, Workshop, and Open Studios, Outdoor Event

Purple hepatica flowers against green moss

Spring Wildflowers

Old Mill Trail Old Dalton RoadDalton,

Early spring wildflowers (also known as spring ephemerals) race to bloom before the nearby trees leaf out. Their brief lifespan is part of what makes them so special, and easy to miss! Join us for a walk along the Old Mill Trail to catch these beautiful flowering plants before they are gone. This walk will be […]

Class, Workshop, and Open Studios, Outdoor Event

Tall grasses appear black against a purple and red sunset sky

Q-MoB Sunset Hike

CHP Great Barrington Health Center 444 Stockbridge RoadGreat Barrington,

Join BNRC 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, bats, and birds. If we have time we’ll make our way up to Fountain Pond State Park, and […]

Class, Workshop, and Open Studios, Diversity and Inclusion, Nature and Recreation, Outdoor Event

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Tom Ball Mountain Reserve Opening Weekend
Opening Celebration for the Tom Ball Mountain Reserve

Opening Celebration for the Tom Ball Mountain Reserve

Tom Ball Mountain Reserve 152 Alford RoadGreat Barrington,

Berkshire Natural Resources Council (BNRC) invites the public to a free celebration of the opening of the Tom Ball Mountain Reserve. Come experience this spectacular new reserve firsthand with a weekend of activities, tunes, treats, and community connection! Guests can enjoy trail walks, a DIY hiking stick station, a trail mix bar provided by Berkshire […]

Nature and Recreation, Outdoor Event

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Tom Ball Mountain Reserve Opening Weekend
Opening Celebration for the Tom Ball Mountain Reserve

Opening Celebration for the Tom Ball Mountain Reserve

Tom Ball Mountain Reserve 152 Alford RoadGreat Barrington,

Berkshire Natural Resources Council (BNRC) invites the public to a free celebration of the opening of the Tom Ball Mountain Reserve. Come experience this spectacular new reserve firsthand with a weekend of activities, tunes, treats, and community connection! Guests can enjoy trail walks, a DIY hiking stick station, a trail mix bar provided by Berkshire […]

Nature and Recreation, Outdoor Event

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