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Berkshire Green Drinks Feature BEAT Update

Berkshire Green Drinks presents: "Protecting the Environment of the Berkshires: BEAT's Year of Progress" with Berkshire Environmental Action Team staff

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Berkshire Green Drinks: Pittsfield Power Possibilities

This free virtual event will take place online via Zoom and start at 6:00 PM.

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One-Day Track and Sign Certification with BEAT and a TCNA Evaluator

Learn how to recognize tracks of mammals, birds, reptiles, and invertebrates on your landscape and interpret animal movement and behavior.

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Berkshire Green Drinks: Tracking: Out-of-Sight, Out-of-Mind

Learn about local wildlife and how to be more aware of them at October Berkshire Green Drinks

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BEAT Awarded Funding for a Community Commercial Dishwasher

The award will be used to purchase and install a commercial dishwasher at BEAT's Environmental Leadership and Education Center, located in Pittsfield, as well as to purchase supplies for a stock of at least 100 reusable place settings.

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Annual Berkshire Biodiversity Day

The 24-hour event to be held on Sept. 13–14 at Berkshire Community College campus in Pittsfield

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Berkshire Green Drinks: All About Bats

September Berkshire Green Drinks will focus on bat conservation with MassWildlife guest speaker

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Volunteers Needed To help Clean Housatonic River

Volunteer to help clean up the Housatonic River with BEAT and HVA on Saturday, August 10

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Two Berkshire Peaker Plants Have Been Put in the Past

Two peaker plants in Berkshire County have been out of service for two years and are in the process of demolition. Local environmentalists are rejoicing.

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Volunteers Clean Up the Housatonic River

With the help of over a dozen volunteers, they cleaned out trash and other dumped items from six locations along the River in Pittsfield.

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Volunteers Needed to Clean Up the West Branch Housatonic River

After the cleanup, volunteers will be provided a free lunch from a local restaurant. Volunteers must RSVP in advance to reserve a free lunch.

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Volunteer to Clean Up the West Branch Housatonic River

After the cleanup, volunteers will be provided a free lunch from a local restaurant. Volunteers must RSVP in advance to reserve a free lunch.

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BEAT: Volunteer Fieldwork

This spring, BEAT is offering training to anyone interested in conducting volunteer fieldwork by surveying culverts and road-stream crossings. The first field day training is Tuesday, April 30.

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BEAT: Bringing Pollinators Home

This free and open-to-the-public event will be held on Wednesday, April 17, from 6 PM to 8 PM, on the lower floor of the Berkshire Athenaeum, Pittsfield's Public Library, 1 Wendell Ave.

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BEAT: The Invasive Spotted Lanternfly

Elizabeth Barnes is the Forest Pest Outreach Coordinator with the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources and previously worked as the Exotic Forest Pest Educator at Purdue University.

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Online Public Input Session With BEAT

Online Public Info Session with BEAT and UMass Extension Professor Scott Jackson on Tuesday, March 19 at 6 PM

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Berkshire Green Drinks: Pollinator Paradise Lawns

This free hybrid event is taking place online via Zoom and in person at Barrington Brewery, 420 Stockbridge Rd, in Great Barrington. The in-person social gathering begins around 5:15 PM; the presentation and Zoom meeting start at 6:00 PM.

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Buds, Twigs, and Bark: How to Identify Trees and Shrubs in Winter

February Berkshire Green Drinks will discuss tree and shrub identification in winter

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Composting Company Talks Bettering Municipal Waste at BEAT's Green Drinks

Second Chance Composting picks up food scraps and other organic matter and processes it into compost, covering the Berkshires and parts of Southern Vermont.

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Berkshire Green Drinks: Second Chance Composting in The Berkshires

January Berkshire Green Drinks will feature John Pitroff, owner of Second Chance Composting

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Berkshire Green Drinks: Twenty Years of Protecting the Environment for Wildlife

The virtual gathering will take place by Zoom on Wednesday, Dec. 13, from 6:00 to 7:15 PM.

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BEAT Invites Community To Celebrate 20th Anniversary

BEAT was established in 2003 when a vernal pool at Berkshire Community College (BCC) was being threatened by the development of soccer fields on the campus.

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Forest Conservation and Management Strategies for Climate Mitigation

The in-person gathering begins at 5:15 PM at Big Elm Brewery Sheffield Taproom, 65 Silver Street. The presentation and Zoom meeting start at 6:00 PM.

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Berkshire Green Drinks: 'Snakes Are More Interesting Than You Can Imagine'

The in-person gathering begins at 5:00 PM at The Barn at Williams Inn, 103 Spring St, Williamstown.

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Mayor Tyer Recognizes BEAT for International Award

BEAT was one of more than 235 presentations at the conference from 18 countries and 34 U.S. states.