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Full Moon Owl Prowl

Full Moon Owl Prowl

02/05/2023    
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Sheep Hill
Join WRL and Tommy Richey for an evening of owls at Sheep Hill!  Learn about Massachusetts owls through a short talk with wildlife biologist and owl expert Katherine Gura, owl [...]
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Knowing Your Landscape: Invasive Species Management

Knowing Your Landscape: Invasive Species Management

02/07/2023    
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
$0.00
Sheep Hill
Join us for the next conversation in the Knowing Your Landscape series on Invasive Species Management, Tuesday February 7 at 6pm at Sheep Hill or remotely. We will be joined by [...]
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Eyes on the Land Book Group

Eyes on the Land Book Group

02/16/2023    
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
$0.00
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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Interpretive Hike: Chestnut Trail

Interpretive Hike: Chestnut Trail

02/18/2023    
11:00 am - 1:00 pm
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Land Use History of the Chestnut Trail Distance: 2 miles (round trip) Difficulty: Moderate Hike Leader: Dana Williams Where: Meet at Sheep Hill (carpooling, limited parking at trailhead) Join WRL naturalist, [...]
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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.

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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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Kids Programs Schedule 2023

January 26, 2023

  Scholarships are available for all programs, please inquire with Dana Williams, programs@rurallands.org! Vacation Programs Four day nature programs for Grades K-4 February Vacation, Feb 21-24, 1 – 4 pm 

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Farmland Preservation Project Milestone!

January 19, 2023

A milestone is reached. Earlier this week Williamstown Rural Lands took a definitive step toward preserving a landmark farm and viewshed on Oblong Road. We accepted the Select Board’s assignment

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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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