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  • Saturday Family Science Series: Tracks, Traces, and Trails!

    Hitchcock Center for the Environment 845 West Street, Amherst, MA

    Join us for seasonal nature and science programs each second Saturday of the month. Designed for children with their parents, these programs will explore cool topics in nature. February 9: […]

    FREE

  • Nature Study Club: Mammal Tracking – Program Filled

    Hitchcock Center for the Environment 845 West Street, Amherst, MA

    Join us for our sixth year of offering an in-depth natural history course for naturalists and citizen scientists. Each month, in our series of nature explorations with different local naturalists, […]

    $265 – $315

  • Nature Play Afterschool

    Hitchcock Center for the Environment 845 West Street, Amherst, MA

    Just because it’s cold outside, doesn’t mean your kids need to stay inside to play. Have them join Hitchcock’s Nature Play Afterschool Program, which is designed to let kids be […]

    $205 – $255

  • Nature Play Afterschool

    Hitchcock Center for the Environment 845 West Street, Amherst, MA

    Just because it’s cold outside, doesn’t mean your kids need to stay inside to play. Have them join Hitchcock’s Nature Play Afterschool Program, which is designed to let kids be […]

    $250 – $300

  • Winter and Early Spring Birding

    Hitchcock Center for the Environment 845 West Street, Amherst, MA

    Join Scott Surner for the 2019 winter and early spring birding class. This year because of Scott’s schedule we have him from January through mid- April. This will give participants […]

    $275 – $325

  • Ever the Land: A People, A Place, Their Building – A Film Screening

    Hitchcock Center for the Environment 845 West Street, Amherst, MA

    This film explores the sublime bond between people and their land through a landmark architectural undertaking (a Living Building) by one of New Zealand’s most passionately independent Maori tribes, Ngāi […]

  • Girls into the Wild

    Hitchcock Center for the Environment 845 West Street, Amherst, MA

    Sometimes you just need to run, explore and play! That’s what we do at Girls into the Wild, and lots more. Girls into the Wild is designed to get girls […]

    $300 – $330

  • Winter Preschool Day: Slip, Slide – Ice and Snow!

    Hitchcock Center for the Environment 845 West Street, Amherst, MA

    Celebrate the outdoors in winter with your preschooler and Colleen! Sign up for one, two or all three winter programs. Come prepared for winter outdoor exploration! With Colleen Kelley Ages […]

    $20 – $25

  • Winter and Early Spring Birding

    Join Scott Surner for the 2019 winter and early spring birding class. This year because of Scott’s schedule we have him from January through mid- April. This will give participants […]

    $275 – $325

  • Owl Prowl with Dan Ziomek – SOLD OUT

    Hitchcock Center for the Environment 845 West Street, Amherst, MA

    Dress INCREDIBLY warm because we'll be standing around in the dark a lot. Bring your sharp ears, a flashlight, and a thermos of something hot to drink. We'll meet at […]

    $12 – $16