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
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, 2023WILLIAMSTOWN, 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
Light and airy
March 20, 2023Dear 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

Ways of Drawing class with Julia Morgan
January 26, 2023Coming 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,
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.
