Birds of Prey: Saturday September 9, 11 a.m. Join Egremont Land Trust and Wingmasters (from Adams) for a free event featuring falcons, hawk, and owls (all native to New England). Wingmasters is dedicated to increasing public understanding of North American birds of prey. French Park, North Egremont, rain or shine. Afterwards, ELT will conduct its annual meeting, followed by a lunch provided by ELT. Everyone is welcome.
September 25, 2022 at 1 p.m. The Forested Landscape of Bow Wow Woods.
Author and ecologist Tom Wessels will lead a walk interpreting the forest history of Bow Wow
Woods. Wessels is professor emeritus at Antioch University, where he founded the master’s degree
program in conservation biology.
Bow Wow Woods was recently acquired by Greenagers and will soon be protected by a
conservation restriction to be held by the Egremont and Sheffield land trusts.
The walk will start at Bow Wow Rd., just off Route 41, and will follow the property’s old logging
roads. Good shoes and long pants are advised!
Please park at Greenagers’ headquarters, just up theroad at 62 Undermountain Rd. (Route 41) in South Egremont.
There will be cider and seasonal refreshments, and we’ll be running a van shuttle to the walk site.
Please arrive early so the walk can start on time. RSVPs requested but not required: shefland@bcn.net or 413-644-9090.
2022 Sept 25 Forest Walk flier for website
We are sad to write that Lois Ginsberg, past Vice President of Egremont Land Trust, passed away on February 13, 2020.
Lois’ commitment to conserving land in Egremont began in the late 1980’s when a developer bought the bankrupt Jug End Resort (1200 acres) and wanted to put a major housing development there . An organization called Egremont Environmental Action, whose slogan was “Keep Egremont Small and Beautiful,” was formed to block the development. After the developer went bankrupt, Lois was instrumental in forming Egremont Land Trust in 1998 as the next step beyond EEA.
Lois and her husband, Arthur, conserved 68 acres of their property on Jug End Road in 1994. They divided their time between Egremont and New York City. A former supervisor of Special Education in New York City, Lois was a member of ELT since its inception, was the Membership Chair for over 6 years, and was Vice President from 2006 until 2017. She organized ELT’s annual luncheons for many years.
Egremont Land Trust is grateful for Lois’ commitment and for her years of service to ELT. We shall miss her very much.
