Call for Submissions: Arts & Literature Review

A celebration of the northern Berkshire natural and working landscapes through literature and art Rural Lands is pleased to partner with Tupelo Press to produce an inaugural volume on art and literature centered on northern Berkshire natural and working landscapes.  We invite submissions by writers, photographers and fine artists (whether just emerging, professional, or anywhere ... 

Upcoming Events

Drawing the Landscape

Drawing the Landscape

06/10/2023    
9:30 am - 11:30 am
$20.00 - $30.00
Sheep Hill
When: Saturday, June 10, 9:30 -11:30 am Where: Sheep Hill An introduction to perceptive drawing: we'll observe and sketch some of the forms that a landscape presents, and consider how [...]
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Guided Hike: Haley Brook & Waterfall

Guided Hike: Haley Brook & Waterfall

06/18/2023    
9:00 am - 11:00 am
$0.00
Mt. Berlin Trailhead
Haley Brook & Waterfall Distance: ~2 miles Difficulty: Easy Hike Leader: Elayne Murphy This gentle, 2-mile hike -- in collaboration with HooRWA -- is one in a series exploring the [...]
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Summer Bird Walk with Chuck Johnson and Carrie Jones

Summer Bird Walk with Chuck Johnson and Carrie Jones

06/23/2023    
7:30 am - 9:00 am
$0.00
Sheep Hill
Join us on Friday, June 23 at 7:30 am to search for our nesting neighbors! Join Chuck Johnson and Carrie Jones of the Hoffman Bird Club to see which migratory [...]
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Guided Hike: Haley Farm to Hopper Trail Loop

Guided Hike: Haley Farm to Hopper Trail Loop

06/24/2023    
9:00 am - 1:00 pm
$0.00
Haley Farm Trailhead
Haley Farm Trail to Stony Ledge, back down the Hopper Trail                                        [...]
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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

Farmland conserved, farming preserved on Oblong Road

April 14, 2023

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. – Through a combined effort of the Town of Williamstown Select Board and peer land trusts, and with generous support from the community, Williamstown Rural Lands (WRL) last

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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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