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  • Hitchcock’s New “Living” Building Site Tour

    Fridays, March 4, April 1 and May 6 12:30pm – 1:00pm Join us at our our construction site for a free tour on the 1st Friday of each month. Open to all, no […]

    FREE

  • Nature Play Afterschool

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

    Do you just wanna play outside? Do you love building snow forts and making friends? Need more outdoor recess in your life? Then Nature Play Afterschool at the Hitchcock Center is for you! Each Wednesday afterschool we play outside all afternoon, building shelters, playing games and exploring the woods.

    $230 – $255

  • Destination Tar Sands

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

    with DeAnne and Chris Riddle
    “Tar Sands' refers to vast sand and bitumen deposits in northern Alberta, Canada. The Keystone Pipeline would carry treated bitumen from these deposits to refineries on the Gulf of Mexico. Extracting this bitumen does profound environmental damage. To see it for themselves, the Riddles traveled to Fort McMurray, Alberta, in July of 2015.

    FREE

  • Girls into the Wild

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

    Get to know nature, and make friends at the same time! This afterschool program is designed to bring girls together in a supportive environment that fosters creativity, nature skills and inquiry. Each afternoon will consist of hands-on projects and free outdoor exploration at the Larch Hill Conservation Area.

    $135 – $160

  • Nature Play Afterschool

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

    Do you just wanna play outside? Do you love building snow forts and making friends? Need more outdoor recess in your life? Then Nature Play Afterschool at the Hitchcock Center is for you! Each Wednesday afterschool we play outside all afternoon, building shelters, playing games and exploring the woods.

    $230 – $255

  • Phenology All Year: Owl Natural History & Night Field Trip

    Directions upon registration

    with Dan Zoimek
    Join us for our third 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, we explore a focused, seasonal, natural history topic.

    $250 – $275

  • Homeschool I: Nature’s Superheroes

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

    Is it a bird? Is it a plane? It’s a nature superhero! In Homeschool I this spring we will learn about superheroes of survival in nature. We’ll explore super senses, and learn how sight, hearing, and smell are used to capture prey and avoid detection.

    $375 – $404

  • Homeschool II: Understanding Animal Behavior

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

    Have you ever wondered why animals act the way they do, or what they are thinking? Why do coyotes howl at night? Is the cardinal pecking my window because it’s angry? Do the two crayfish you caught like each other? During this spring’s Homeschool II class we’ll be exploring these and many other questions about the inner lives of the animals around us.

    $375 – $404

  • Moose in Massachusetts

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

    with Ralph Taylor, Connecticut Valley District Manager at MassWildlife
    You may have heard about the challenges facing moose populations in northern New England – warming winters, brain worm, winter tick…

    DONATION

  • Steps to Solar & a Greener Home – Workshop Series – Cancelled

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

    Sally Pick, SJP Environmental Consulting  CANCELLED Thursdays, March 24, 31, & April 7, 7-8:30pm Thinking about solar? Want to know how to make your home cozy, reduce energy wasted from […]