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 […]

Berkshire Kickoff Classic Soccer Tournament

The Berkshire Kickoff Classic Youth Soccer Tournament is an annual event hosted by Pittsfield Soccer Club to kick off the youth soccer season in the Berkshires.  Teams with kids in grades 3rd - 8th will compete in Pittsfield on Saturday August 31st and Sunday September 1st, 2024.

Birding at Springside Park with Hoffmann Bird Club

Springside Park 874 North Street, Pittsfield

Visit the largest municipal park in Pittsfield to look for migrating songbirds and sparrows, or walk some of the many woodland trails on the 237 acres. Meet at 874 North Street at the park entrance.

Free to Run Trail Races 2024

Pittsfield State Forest 1041 Cascade Street, Pittsfield

The Berkshire Ultra Running Community for Service (BURCS) is excited to present 2024's Free to Run Trail Races! Distances: 15k/25k/50k/50 mile Start Times: 50 Miler, 6:00AM. All other distances, 8:00 AM Location: Pittsfield State Forest, Pittsfield MA. Course: This is designed to be BURCS most challenging, technically demanding race. The course features long climbs, fast […]