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Enjoy a digital copy of the good news, spectacular views, and anticipation of ewes in our Winter 2024 Newsletter.   ... 

Upcoming Events

Invasive Species Workdays: Garlic Mustard Challenge at Lehovec

Invasive Species Workdays: Garlic Mustard Challenge at Lehovec

04/25/2024    
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Lehovec Natural Area
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! [...]
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Repair Café at Sheep Hill

Repair Café at Sheep Hill

04/27/2024    
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Sheep Hill
Wobbly chair? Lamp that flickers? A hole in that knee? Want to catch up with neighbors? Bring your tired sweater, your broken chair, the cast-away knife without a handle -- [...]
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Trail Workday: Trail sign installation at Sheep Hill

Trail Workday: Trail sign installation at Sheep Hill

05/01/2024    
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
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Sheep Hill
After 20 years and a few lost hikers, we're going to post trail signs along our Sheep Hill walking trails! Come join us as we install the sign posts and [...]
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Sheep to Shawl Festival 2024

Sheep to Shawl Festival 2024

05/04/2024    
11:00 am - 3:00 pm
Williamstown Rural Lands
The beloved biennial Sheep to Shawl Festival is back at Sheep Hill! This celebration of all things sheep, natural fibers, and rural artisanry features the farmers and artisans who carry [...]
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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

Goodbye, Hello

February 8, 2024

We wish long-time Assistant Director Cathy Talarico a long and fruitful retirement. She is leaving Rural Lands at the end of February after sixteen years  managing the Rural Lands administration,

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Farewell to a force of engagement

December 7, 2023

Anita Bradshaw Barker, one of our founding directors and dedicated supporters, has died. Ever the consummate engaged citizen, Anita’s legacy of volunteering includes service on many municipal and charitable boards,

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Kids Programs Schedule 2024

December 1, 2023

Scholarships are available for all programs, please inquire with Dana Williams, programs@rurallands.org! Registration for all programs will appear here! Nature Explorers School Vacation Programs School break nature programs for Grades

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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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