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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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, … Read more
Scholarships are available for all programs, please inquire with Dana Williams, programs@rurallands.org! Registration for all programs will appear here! Vacation Programs Four day nature programs for Grades K-4 February Vacation, … Read more
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 … Read more
Farmland the world over is under pressure of conversion to other uses, such as for house lots, parking lots, and industrial development. A NY Times article last week tells the … Read more
Rural Lands’ Eyes on the Land Book Group launches our Winter season. We will meet on the 3rd Thursday of each month, 6 – 7:30 PM at Sheep Hill, 671 Cold … Read more
Saturday morning was a chilly one, but the sun was out. A group of hardy volunteers joined Rural Lands and HooRWA for a joint stream cleanup in south Williamstown along … Read more
Enroll your child in the wildly popular, wildly fun after-school Woodchuck Wednesdays Nature Play program at Sheep Hill. Sign up on line. Led by WRL educators and Williams College student … Read more
On Wednesday this week we found our first baby wood frogs of the year at Sheep Hill. The kids in our second session Nature Discovery Program discovered them in the … Read more
Just watching the butterflies flutter by on a hot summer day is a meditation. Around the flowers beginning to bloom in the hot July heat, the faint buzzing of bees … Read more