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  • Phenology All Year: Local Fish Diversity

    Directions upon registration

    with Boyd Kenard
    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

  • Wildflowers at Cave Hill

    Fieldtrip Location

    with Nancy Goodman Sunday, June 12, 9am-12pm Join naturalist and botanist Nancy Goodman to on an exploration of a beautiful, relatively new conservation area in Leverett- Cave Hill. We will […]

    $20 – $24

  • Phenology All Year: Firefly Natural History & Citizen Science

    Directions upon registration

    with Ted Watt
    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

  • Explore the Hitchcock Center’s New Grounds

    Fieldtrip Location

    Pete McLean, Education Director at Book & Plow Farm and Ted Watt, Hitchcock Center Naturalist Saturday, June 18, 9am-noon Modeled on the bioblitz approach to gathering extensive data about specific […]

    $20 – $24

  • Summer Camp Session 1: No Place Like Home

    Ages 6-7  & Ages 8-10  June 27 – July 1 (one week) $275 members/ $305 non-members Do you know who is living in your backyard and beyond? Come explore a variety […]

    $275 – $305

  • Summer Camp Session 2: Ew, That’s Gross

    Ages 6-7  & Ages 8-10  July 5-8 (one week; no camp July 4) $220 members / $244 non-members Do you love bugs, snakes and slugs? Do you love digging in the […]

    $220 – $244

  • Summer Camp Session 3: What Would Nature Do?

    Ages 6-7 & Ages 8-10  July 11-22 (two weeks) $495 members / $ 525 non-members What is the best way to cool off on a hot day? How can we save […]

    $495 – $525

  • Summer Camp Session 3: Leadership Training camp

    Ages 11-13 July 11-22 (two weeks) $595 members / $625 Leadership Training Camp is back for its third season in Summer 2016! We are thrilled to be continuing this program […]

    $595 – $625

  • Hitchcock’s new “living” building site tour

    Thursday, July 14, 4:30-5pm Join us at our our construction site for a free tour. Open to all, no registration required. Park and meet in the Red Barn parking lot at Hampshire College. Locate […]

    FREE

  • Nature Discovery Preschool

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

    Under Your Toes to Above Your Nose – Layers of the Forest with Colleen Kelley Ages 3-5 (adult required to attend with child) Fridays, Morning session: 9:30am-11:30am Afternoon session: 1:00pm-3:00pm September […]

    $205 – $225