WRL works to educate on environmental, community, and land use issues, and connect the community to the region’s natural heritage through natural and cultural history programs for all ages.
![StoryWalk® at Margaret Lindley Park: Up the Creek](https://rurallands.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/upthecreek.jpg)
StoryWalk® at Margaret Lindley Park: Up the Creek
Follow along with Bear, Moose and Beavers' canoe trip as they navigate rapids and disagreements to learn the importance of working together as you take your own journey along Hemlock [...]
![Guided Hike: Examine the Local Effects of Climate Change](https://rurallands.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Shepherds-Well-solstice-summer-JStrait-400x600-1.jpeg)
Guided Hike: Examine the Local Effects of Climate Change
Examine Local Effects of Climate Change via Shepherd's Well Distance: 3 miles Difficulty: Moderate Hike Leader: Allen Pope Climate change is a global challenge with impacts right here in Williamstown. Come [...]
![StoryWalk® at Margaret Lindley Park: Fungi Grow](https://rurallands.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/fungi-grow.jpg)
StoryWalk® at Margaret Lindley Park: Fungi Grow
Follow this poetic and beautifully illustrated book to learn all about the mysterious lives of fungi. Discover where mushrooms live, what they look like, what they do in the ecosystem [...]
![Sheep Hill Scientists - Summer Session III (Ages 8 - 12)](https://rurallands.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/429682861_791017926401200_6849544491841838969_n.jpg)
Sheep Hill Scientists - Summer Session III (Ages 8 - 12)
Come be a Sheep Hill Scientist this summer for ages 8-12! Session III Theme - Junior Ecologists - Join WRL staff to explore what it means to be a scientist. [...]
![Invasive Species Workdays: Berlin Road Preserve](https://rurallands.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/IMG_9521.jpg)
Invasive Species Workdays: Berlin Road Preserve
Help us restore our local ecosystems! Feeling helpless in the face of climate change and biodiversity loss? Roll up your sleeves and join our effort to restore the local landscape! [...]
![Guided Hike: Stony Ledge](https://rurallands.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/from-stony-ledge.png)
Guided Hike: Stony Ledge
Stony Ledge Hike Distance: 6.0 miles Difficulty: Moderate to strenuous, some technical footing, especially descending the Hopper Hike Leader: Barbara Carr Join us for a 6 mile moderately strenuous loop-hike featuring a [...]