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

Sheep Hill Pathfinders - Summer Session II (Ages 7-10)

Sheep Hill Pathfinders - Summer Session II (Ages 7-10)

07/17/2023 - 07/21/2023    
9:00 am - 1:00 pm
Join WRL staff this summer at Sheep Hill to explore different ways that people live with the land, both historically and today! During this 5-day program, we will meet some [...]
Ice Cream Social

Ice Cream Social

07/21/2023    
1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
$0.00
Ice Cream Social When: July 21, 1:30 – 3:30 pm   Where: Sheep Hill Come beat the summer heat with Williamstown Rural Lands – make your own yummy sundaes, socialize [...]
Invasive Plant ID Walk at Sheep Hill

Invasive Plant ID Walk at Sheep Hill

07/25/2023    
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Invasive Plant ID walk at Sheep Hill When: July 25, 9  - 11 am Join Williamstown Rural Lands’ Sheep Hill intern, Nikhil DeNatale, for an interpretive walk at Sheep Hill. [...]
Guided Hike: Examine Local Effects of Climate Change

Guided Hike: Examine Local Effects of Climate Change

07/29/2023    
9:00 am - 11:00 am
$0.00
Examine Local Effects of Climate Change from Shepherd's Well Distance: 3 miles Difficulty: Easy-to-moderate Hike Leaders: Allen Pope, Alice Bradley Join Williams College Assistant Professor Alice Bradley on this easy-to-moderate hike. [...]

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

Hardy Souls at WRL Annual Meeting

June 2, 2023

Fifty or so hardy people, unfazed by a downpour, attended the Williamstown Rural Lands Annual Meeting for Members held on May 21 at Sheep Hill. We gathered under a big

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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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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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