Guided Hike: Examine the Local Effects of Climate Change

Petersburg Pass Parking Lot Top of Petersburg Pass/Rt. 2, Petersburg, NY

Join Williamstown Rural Lands board member Allen Pope on July 27 from 9 a.m. - 11 a.m. for a hike along the Taconic Crest & Shepherd's Well Trails while discussing how the local climate has shifted through the history of Williamstown. Views from the hike across to Mt. Greylock and along the Taconics show evidence […]

StoryWalk® at Margaret Lindley Park: Up the Creek by Nicholas Oldland

Margaret Lindley Park 1201 Cold Spring Rd., Williamstown

Follow along with Bear, Moose and Beavers' canoe trip as they navigate rapids and disagreements to learn the importance of working together as you take your own journey along Hemlock Brook. The walk is approximately 0.3 miles out-and-back. The audience for this book, Up the Creek by Nicholas Oldland, are 3 - 7 year olds, […]

StoryWalk® at Margaret Lindley Park: Fungi Grow

Margaret Lindley Park 1201 Cold Spring Rd., Williamstown

Follow this poetic and beautifully illustrated book to learn all about the mysterious lives of fungi. Discover where mushrooms live, what they look like, what they do in the ecosystem and how they help (or hurt) humans. The walk is approximately 0.3 miles out-and-back. The reading level for this book is Grades 1 – 3, […]

StoryWalk® at Margaret Lindley Park: Fungi Grow

Margaret Lindley Park 1201 Cold Spring Rd., Williamstown

Follow this poetic and beautifully illustrated book to learn all about the mysterious lives of fungi. Discover where mushrooms live, what they look like, what they do in the ecosystem and how they help (or hurt) humans. The walk is approximately 0.3 miles out-and-back. The reading level for this book is Grades 1 – 3, […]

StoryWalk® at Margaret Lindley Park: Fungi Grow

Margaret Lindley Park 1201 Cold Spring Rd., Williamstown

Follow this poetic and beautifully illustrated book to learn all about the mysterious lives of fungi. Discover where mushrooms live, what they look like, what they do in the ecosystem and how they help (or hurt) humans. The walk is approximately 0.3 miles out-and-back. The reading level for this book is Grades 1 – 3, […]

StoryWalk® at Margaret Lindley Park: Fungi Grow

Margaret Lindley Park 1201 Cold Spring Rd., Williamstown

Follow this poetic and beautifully illustrated book to learn all about the mysterious lives of fungi. Discover where mushrooms live, what they look like, what they do in the ecosystem and how they help (or hurt) humans. The walk is approximately 0.3 miles out-and-back. The reading level for this book is Grades 1 – 3, […]

Invasive Species Workday: Berlin Road Preserve

WRL Berlin Road Parking Berlin Rd., Williamstown

Feeling helpless in the face of climate change and biodiversity loss? Want to take a break from the computer and get outside? Roll up your sleeves and join Williamstown Rural Lands in our effort to restore the local landscape! Come help us clear invasive plants along the trails and road at the Berlin Road Preserve […]

Late Summer Butterflies of Sheep Hill

Sheep Hill 671 Cold Spring Rd., Williamstown

Join Williamstown Rural Lands and local butterfly enthusiast Doug Lister on August 24 from 9:30 – 11 a.m. for a slow-paced butterflying experience in search of our late summer Lepidopteran neighbors. The group will walk a slow-paced, ~1.5-mile loop to the top of Sheep Hill to look for blues, skippers, coppers, wood nymphs and more! […]

StoryWalk® at Margaret Lindley Park: Fungi Grow

Margaret Lindley Park 1201 Cold Spring Rd., Williamstown

Follow this poetic and beautifully illustrated book to learn all about the mysterious lives of fungi. Discover where mushrooms live, what they look like, what they do in the ecosystem and how they help (or hurt) humans. The walk is approximately 0.3 miles out-and-back. The reading level for this book is Grades 1 – 3, […]

Williamstown Hemlock Monitoring Group Meet-up & Training

Cold Spring Preserve Cold Spring Rd./Rt. 7, Williamstown

Help monitor the health of our Eastern Hemlocks! Eastern Hemlocks are a vital part of our landscape but are under threat from pests like Hemlock Woolly Adelgid. Join Williamstown Rural Lands on August 25 from 1 – 3 p.m. to survey Eastern Hemlock health at the Cold Spring Preserve. No experience necessary – we will […]