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  • Living Building Tour

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

    Public Building Tours Did you know the Hitchcock Center is a Living Building? It is designed to model systems in nature, it's net zero energy and water, has composting toilets, […]

    FREE

  • 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

  • Nature Study Club: Dam Demolition and Riparian Restoration

    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

  • Homeschool Discovery Day: Life of a Tree

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

    Do you love science and nature? Do you want to see what the Hitchcock Homeschool program is all about? Sign up for our Discovery Days, our one-time programs about science […]

    $45 – $55

  • Big Night (Salamander Migration) Volunteer Training

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

    We will be observing and gathering data during Big Night, the annual salamander migration from their year-round forest territories to their breeding pool at Henry Street in North Amherst. These […]

    FREE

  • Spotted Salamander Slide Show

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

    Hitchcock’s mascot, the spotted salamander, is a fascinating creature. Ted will describe the salamander’s life history and some of its fascinating adaptations to a life largely underground; except for the […]

    FREE

  • 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

  • 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 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