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  • On the Same Page ’26: Beaver Tales with Dr. Bruchac

    Family Programs

    Beaver Tales: Native Traditions and Colonial Relations Thursday, March 19 at 7:00 p.m. Located at North Amherst Library Meeting Room This talk by Dr. Margaret M. Bruchac considers shifts in Indigenous approaches to hunting beaver in the Connecticut River valley. For millennia, hunting practices were rooted in reciprocity and sustainability, as recorded in oral traditions […]

  • Nature Discovery: Sky Explorers (Group A)

    Nature Discovery: Sky Explorers (Group A)
    Ages 3–5 or Grade Pre-K

    Nature Discovery Series for 3-5 year olds (Adult/Child) Spring 2026 Sky Explorers: The Great Bird Adventure with Chrissy Larson Ages 3-5 (Adult required to attend with child) All sessions 9:30-11:30 AM Alternating Weeks on Fridays (activities are the same for Group A & Group B): Please note: no classes scheduled on 4/24 or 5/22. Group […]

  • Spring Birding Course

    Spring Birding Course
    Adult Programs

    Spring Birding Course Led by Scott Surner Space is limited, and this program sells out fast! Sliding Scale: $380 / $440 /$500 Join this spring tradition.  Are you wanting to delight in birds more often, learn what you are seeing and hearing, seek new species you haven’t seen,  or just be in community with other […]

  • On the Same Page ’26: Family Beaver StoryWalk

    Family Programs

    Family Beaver StoryWalk and Program Saturday, March 21 at 10:00 a.m. – Wentworth Farm Conservation Area Katie Koerten, Hitchcock Center Education Director Wood you believe that beavers are some of nature's most important engineers? Join the Hitchcock Center for a beaver StoryWalk for young ones! We'll waddle through beaver habitat, reading the pages of a […]

  • On the Same Page ’26: Book Discussion of Beaverland

    Family Programs

    Book Discussion of Beaverland Saturday, March 21 at 3:00 p.m. – Jones Library Program Room @ 101 University Drive Join Jones Library staff member Linda Wentworth for an in-depth discussion of our selected title.  She will be joined by Conservation Agent Erin Jaque, who will bring her beaver-related expertise to the discussion. Linda Wentworth is the […]

  • Junior Nature Play Afterschool

    Wild Children of the Woods  
    Ages 5–8 or Grades K–3

    Junior Nature Play Afterschool With: Isaiah Brown Grades 1-3 Mondays 3:30-5:30 p.m. March 23 - June 8 (no program April 20 and May 25) Limited to 12 participants Come explore the outdoors as we travel in and around the Hitchcock Center’s outdoor spaces! We explore woodlands, fields, underbush and streams in this afterschool series for […]

  • On the Same Page ’26: Screening of “Beaver Family Life”

    Family Programs

    Screening of Beaver Family Life Monday, March 23 at 6:00 p.m. – Hitchcock Center @ 845 West Street Join us at the Hitchcock Center for a screening of a new documentary by New England Forests, as we follow a beaver family over a year's time, beginning in autumn as they prepare for and endure winter; and then […]

  • Girls into the Wild 

    Girls into the Wild 
    Ages 5–8/Grades K–3 or Ages 9–11/Grades 4–6

    Girls into the Wild  with: Katie Koerten Grades 4-6 Tuesdays, 3:30-5:30 p.m. March 24 - June 9 (no program April 21) Limited to 12 participants Girls into the Wild continues into 2026 for more romping wildly through the fields and forests of the Hitchcock Center. As always we’ll visit our favorite places to play in […]

  • Nature Play Afterschool

    Nature Play Afterschool
    Ages 5–8 or Grades K–3

    Nature Play Afterschool Series With Jeff Mazur Grades 1-3 Tuesdays, 3:30-5:30 p.m. March 24 - June 9 (no program April 21) Limited to 12 participants Hitchcock’s Nature Play Afterschool Program is designed to let kids be kids. Together we will run, jump, climb, invent, imagine, play and be free-range kids all while developing self-confidence and […]

  • Little Bear Nature Walk

    Little Bear Nature Walk
    Family Programs

    Little Bear Nature Walks With Chrissy Larson Ages 0-5 (Adult required to attend with child) 10:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. Walks are outdoors and take place unless there is extreme weather. See dates and locations here Little Bear Nature Walks are guided, open-ended walks that allow toddlers, preschoolers and their caregivers explore nature in an […]