The data behind conservation: WRL posts trail counters
By Ellie Davis, 2023 Summer Trail Intern for WRL Williamstown Rural Lands recently invested in a new data collection system with the purchase of three trail counters that will shed … Read more
Hardy Souls at WRL Annual Meeting
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 … Read more
Farmland conserved, farming preserved on Oblong Road
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
Light and airy
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
Ways of Drawing class with Julia Morgan
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
Kids Programs Schedule 2023
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 … Read more
Farmland Preservation Project Milestone!
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 Preservation in Williamstown
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
Book Group Re-launches
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
Treasure hunting on the West Branch
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
Woodchuck Wednesdays – registration open
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
News From the Pond
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