Campaign for Farmland Protection

Join us to preserve farmland in Williamstown Help us meet the Cook Family Challenge to raise $55,000 from the community for farmland preservation. The Cook siblings will meet your contribution dollar-for-dollar for a total of $110,000 towards the purchase and conservation of farmland and forest on Oblong Road. Contribute online below or with a check ... 

Upcoming Events

Woodchuck Wednesdays- Registration full!

Woodchuck Wednesdays- Registration full!

04/05/2023    
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Sheep Hill
Who: Grade 1 - 4 When: April 5, 12, 26, May 3, 10, 3:30 - 5 pm Catch the WES bus or a ride to Sheep Hill for the 5 [...]
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Amphibian Night Walk

Amphibian Night Walk

04/07/2023    
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Amphibian Night Walk When: Friday, April 7 at 6 pm Where: Sheep Hill Grab your headlamps and join WRL educators for a family-friendly evening of amphibians at Sheep Hill! Learn [...]
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Eyes on the Land Book Group - April

Eyes on the Land Book Group - April

04/13/2023    
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Sheep Hill
Eyes on the Land Book Group Join us for good food, good company and good conversation on contemporary books related to environmental issues, our connection to the land, nature and [...]
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Hike Leader Training

Hike Leader Training

04/16/2023    
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
$0.00
Sheep Hill
Williamstown Rural Lands will offer a hike leader training workshop at Sheep Hill.  While this workshop is primarily intended for people leading hikes sponsored by Williamstown Rural Lands, it is [...]
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WRL Overview

In this video, actress and Williamstown Theater Festival alumna Jessica Hecht introduces our land trust in northern Berkshire County, Massachusetts. Consider it your invitation to join us at our many WRL properties and events.

Williamstown Rural Lands News

Call for submissions: Rural Lands Arts & Literature Review

March 20, 2023

A celebration of Williamstown natural and working landscapes through literature and art We are pleased to partner with Tupelo Press, and with the support of the Northern Berkshire Cultural Council,

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Light and airy

March 20, 2023

Dear Public: You may notice that there’s a farmhouse visible now on Cold Spring Road! We’ve had a few tremendous and aging non-native trees removed from the front of our

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Ways of Drawing class with Julia Morgan

January 26, 2023

Coming soon to Sheep Hill: Ways of Drawing- Part 1: Drawing with graphite and pen with Julia Morgan! Mondays, 5 – 7:15 pm, February 6 – March 20 (6 weeks,

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Land Acknowledgement

It is with gratitude and humility that we acknowledge that we are learning, speaking, hiking and gathering on the ancestral homelands of the Mohican people, the Indigenous people of this land. Despite tremendous hardship in being forced from here, today their community resides in Wisconsin and is known as the Stockbridge-Munsee Community. We pay honor and respect to their ancestors past and present as we commit to building a more inclusive and equitable space for all.

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