Calendar of Past Events

Events From 2018

Saturday 7:30 AM. Spring Bird Walk with Brian Kane. Brian is an associate professor of commercial arboriculture at UMass Amherst, and he is passionate about bird watching. He is the author of a scholarly study on tree-cavity-dwelling birds. Meet at parking lot at Jug End State Reservation. Free.

Saturday, 10 AM. Riverside Wildflower and Plants Walk with Stephanie Bergman, who holds a Master’s degree in Environmental Education and a Bachelor’s degree in Biology. Carpooling is encouraged. Meet at ELT property (a field) on Rt. 71 which is .8 miles north/west on Rt 71 from the N. Egremont Store. You’ll see our ELT sign on a post there, on the right. Pull well off the road to park. Free.

Sunday noon. Annual benefit Spring Luncheon at the Old Mill Restaurant in South Egremont. Members will receive invitations. Guest speakers will be Jenny Hansell, new president of Berkshire Natural Resources Council, and Will Conklin of Greenagers.

Sunday, 9 am. Invasives Plant Walk with Patrick Riordan. Patrick, an Egremont resident, is a 2018 graduate of Berkshire Botanical Garden Level I Horticultural Certificate program. Meet at French Park, North Egremont. Free.

Wednesday 5 pm. Come celebrate the dedication of Egremont's Community Garden in French Park in North Egremont. The Garden was a collaborative effort with Greenagers who built the Garden's 8 raised beds, the 12 local businesses who sponsored it (ELT is a sponsor), and the Town who offered it a home. Each bed will be given to an income eligible family from Egremont for home-based food growing. If you or someone you know would be interested in cultivating a bed, contact Lucinda Vermeulun of Kenver’s in South Egremont at 528-2330.

Saturday 11 AM. Annual, free, nature-oriented event with speaker Tom Tyning on “Why Frogs and Turtles Love Egremont”, at French Park, North Egremont. Our annual meeting (see event below) will follow this presentation.

Tom received both his BS (Wildlife Biology) and MS (Organismic and Evolutionary Biology) from the University of Massachusetts (Amherst), where he focused on the biology and conservation of the timber rattlesnake. Since 1999, he has been a Professor of Environmental Science at Berkshire Community College. Prior to that, he was a Field Biologist and Master Naturalist for the Massachusetts Audubon Society for 24 years.

Saturday noon - Annual ELT meeting at French Park, North Egremont. Our brief business meeting will be followed by a lunch provided by ELT. We welcome all interested residents to our annual meeting.

Saturday, 7:30 AM Fall Bird Walk with Brian Kane, Jug End State Reservation. Free.

Events From 2017

Sunday, 7:30 AM. Bird walk with Brian Kane. Brian is an associate professor of commercial arboriculture at Umass Amherst, and he is passionate about bird watching. He is the author of a scholarly study on tree-cavity-dwelling birds. Meet at parking lot at Jug End State Reservation.

Saturday, 10 AM. Riverside Wildflower Walk with Stephanie Bergman, who holds a Master’s degree in Environmental Education and a Bachelor’s degree in Biology. Carpooling is encouraged. Meet at ELT property (a field) on Rt. 71 which is .8 miles north/west on Rt 71 from the N. Egremont Store. You’ll see our ELT sign on a post there, on the right. Pull well off the road to park.

Sunday noon. Annual benefit Spring Luncheon at the Old Mill Restaurant in South Egremont. Members will receive invitations. Guest speaker will be Will Conklin of Greenagers.

Saturday 11 AM. Annual, free, nature-oriented event with speaker Tom Ricardi, expert on birds of prey. Tom operates a rehabilitation center for a variety of raptors at his home in Conway, MA, and he will bring several birds to show us. Our annual meeting (see event below) will follow this presentation.

Saturday noon - Annual ELT meeting at French Park, North Egremont. Our brief business meeting will be followed by a lunch provided by ELT. We welcome all interested residents to our annual meeting.

Saturday, 7:30 AM Fall bird walk with Brian Kane, Jug End State Reservation.

Saturday, 10 AM. Invasives walk and lecture by Bryan Hamlin. Meet at French Park pavilion, N. Egremont (rain date: Oct 15, same time & place). Bryan Hamlin has a PhD in biochemistry and is the former President of the New England Botanical Club. Bryan will talk about what is meant by 'invasive plants', why they need to be taken seriously, and what might be done to combat them.

Events From 2016

Saturday,10:00 am - Riverside Wildflower Walk with Stephanie Bergman. Carpooling is encouraged. Meet at ELT property (a field) on Rt. 71 which is .8 miles north/west on Rt 71 from the N. Egremont Store. You'll see our ELT sign on a post there, on the right. Pull well off the road to park.

Sunday, 12 noon - Annual benefit Spring Luncheon at the Old Mill Restaurant in South Egremont. Members will receive invitations. Guest speaker is Rikke Borge, who will speak about her father, Victor Borge.

Saturday, 7:30 am - Birding walk with Brian Kane. Brian is an associate professor of commercial arboriculture at Umass Amherst, and he is passionate about bird watching. He is the author of a scholarly study on tree-cavity-dwelling birds. Meet at parking lot at Jug End State Reservation.

Saturday, 11:00 am Rain or Shine - ELT will present an informative, nature-oriented event for all ages at French Park, North Egremont. All are welcome. Our program this year is Rhonda's Reptiles. Rhonda, from New Lebanon, NY, provides reptile rescue for lizards, snakes and turtles in need of a forever-home. The animals that she will bring have been handled on a regular basis and are used to people. Our annual meeting (see event below) will follow this presentation.

Saturday, 12 noon - Annual meeting at French Park, North Egremont. Our brief business meeting will be followed by a lunch provided by ELT. We welcome all interested residents to our annual meeting.

Events From 2015

Rescheduled - see April 12 below. Sunday, 1 pm  seasonal walk. Meet at French Park.

Sunday, 1 pm  seasonal walk. Meet at French Park.

Saturday, 10:00 am - Riverside Wildflower Walk with Stephanie Bergman . Meet at Stephanie's house next to ELT's Green River property on Route 71 in North Egremont.

Sunday, 12 noon - Annual benefit Spring luncheon at the Old Mill Restaurant in South Egremont. Our guest speaker will be Bryan Hamlin who is a botanist and the son-in-law of Egremont's own Bev Almond. Members will receive invitations.

Saturday, 7:30 am - Birding walk with Brian Kane. Meet at parking lot at Jug End State Reservation.

Sunday, Noon - seasonal walk. Meet at French Park.

Saturday, 11:00 am - Nature of My Backyard , presented by the Creature Teachers  fun and informative for all ages. Come to French Park to meet and learn about our box turtle, flying squirrel, skunk, woodchuck, gray fox, and opossum, and even a fisher! Our annual meeting (see next event listed) will follow this presentation.

Saturday, 12 noon - Annual meeting at French Park, North Egremont  Following the Creature Teachers, we will have our brief business meeting, which is open to the public, followed by a lunch provided by ELT.

Sunday, 1 pm - seasonal walk. Meet at French Park.

Events From 2014

Saturday - Riverside Wildflower Walk and viewing beavers' activities - with Stephanie Bergman 10 am meet at Stephanie's house next to ELT's Green River property on Route 71 in North Egremont.

Sunday  Annual benefit Spring luncheon, 12 noon  at the Old Mill Restaurant in South Egremont. Members will receive invitations.

Saturday - Bird walk with Brian Kane 7:30 am - meet at parking lot at Jug End State Reservation

Saturday - Annual meeting  11 am at French Park, North Egremont - We will first enjoy a reptile show, Rhonda s Reptiles, presented by Rhonda Leavitt. Next we ll have our brief business meeting,followed by a lunch provided by ELT.

Saturday -  Fall Walk  led by Dave Johnson, chair of Egremont Conservation Commission. We will leave from French Park parking lot on Prospect Lake Road after our ELT Annual Meeting and the lunch. We will walk on the new trail, called Sidewalk in the Woods , that runs parallel to Prospect Lake Road.

History Walk  to be announced.

Events From 2013

Bird walk with Brian Kane - 7:30 am - meet at Jug End State Reservation.

Bird walk rain date.

Riverside Wildflower and Plants Walk with Stephanie Bergman - 10 am - meet at Stephanie's house next to ELT's Green River property on Route 71 in North Egremont.

Annual benefit Spring luncheon, 12 noon at the Old Mill Restaurant in South Egremont. Members will receive invitations.

History walk with Nic Cooper - 10:30 am. History of Baldwin Hill and its farms. Meeting place to be determined.

Annual meeting - 10:30 am at French Park, North Egremont - Our brief business meeting will be preceded by a program on birds of prey, presented by Tom Ricardi and will be followed by a lunch provided by ELT. Tom runs a MA Birds of Prey Rehabilitation Facility.

Events From 2012

Annual benefit Spring luncheon, 12 noon - at the Old Mill Restaurant in South Egremont. Members will receive invitations.

Bird walk with Brian Kane
7:30 am - meet at Jug End State Reservation.

Riverside Wildflower and Plants Walk with Stephanie Bergman - 10 am - meet at Stephanie's house next to ELT's Green River property on Route 71 in North Egremont.

Annual meeting - 11 am at French Park, North Egremont - Our brief business meeting will be followed by a lunch provided by ELT.

Events From 2011

Bird walk with Brian Kane - 7:30 am - meet at Jug End State Reservation.

Riverside Wildflower and Plants Walk with Stephanie Bergman - 10 am - meet at Stephanie's house next to ELT's Green River property on Route 71 in North Egremont.

Annual benefit Spring luncheon, 12 noon at the Old Mill Restaurant in South Egremont. Members will receive invitations.

History walk with Nic Cooper - 10 am - "Industrial South Egremont" - meeting place to be determined.

Annual meeting - 11 am at French Park, North Egremont - Our brief business meeting will be followed with a lunch provided by ELT.

Events from 2010

Annual benefit Spring luncheon, 12 noon at the Old Mill Restaurant in South Egremont. Members will receive invitations.

Bird walk with Brian Kane (Rain date May 30) 7:30 am - meet at Jug End State Reservation.

Blue Hill Troupe performance of Gilbert & Sullivan's Gondoliers at Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 8 pm. This performance will benefit the Sheffield-Egremont Agricultural, Ecological and Scenic Corridor.

Riverside Wildflower and Plants Walk with Stephanie Bergman - 10 am - meet at Stephanie's house next to ELT's Green River property on Route 71 in North Egremont.

History Walk with Nic Cooper - The Old Inns of Egremont - 10-11:30 am - meet in the parking lot of the old Academy building (now the Egremont Library and Archives), Buttonball Lane, South Egremont.

Annual meeting 11 am at French Park, North Egremont - Our brief business meeting will follow a guest speaker's presentation, and the event will end with a lunch provided by ELT.

Events from 2009

Annual bird walk, 7:30 am, at Jug End State Reservation led by Brian Kane. (Rain date April 19)

Annual benefit spring luncheon, 12 noon — at the Old Mill Restaurant in South Egremont. Members will receive invitations.

Wildflower walk, 10:00 am, at ELT’s Green River property in North Egremont led by Stephanie Bergman

History walk, 10:00 am, “Turnpikes in Egremont”, led by Nic Cooper. Meet at 304 Egremont Plain Road (Route 71),North Egremont

Annual ELT Meeting, please come at 11 am at French Park, North Egremont, for conversation before Tom Tyning, our featured guest, takes the stage at 11:30 to share his on-going research of rattlesnakes in Egremont. Our brief business meeting will follow, and the event will end with a lunch provided by ELT.

Events from 2008

Baby bear cub visit at the North Egremont fire station - Bernadette Hoffman presented a talk about our native black bears

Annual bird walk - at Jug End State Reservation led by Brian Kane

Annual Spring luncheon - at the Old Mill Restaurant in South Egremont - Kim Bach presented a talk about tea

Visit to ELT's office by South Egremont School children - board members spoke about the role of the land trust in the community

River walk along ELT's Green River property - led by Stephanie Bergman

North Egremont history walk - led by Nic Cooper