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  • Adventures When Nothing Goes to Plan: A Story Slam from Wildlife Scientists

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

    Too often, the stories behind conducting science are kept within the science community. Conducting wildlife science research inevitably involves facing adversity like dangerous field conditions, risky data collection methods, and […]

    FREE

  • Nature Discovery Preschool

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

    Spineless Wonders - Animals without Backbones Pretend to shrink down real small to explore the spineless wonders of our natural world! This Spring, Colleen will introduce children to the crawling, […]

    $205 – $225

  • Nature Discovery Preschool

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

    Spineless Wonders - Animals without Backbones Pretend to shrink down real small to explore the spineless wonders of our natural world! This Spring, Colleen will introduce children to the crawling, […]

    $205 – $225

  • Youth and Family Birding

    Fieldtrip Location

    Spring migration is the most exciting time of year to get out and see birds! Come learn the new species returning from the south wearing their spring colors. Be the […]

    $12 – $22

  • Family StoryWalk Series with Dawn Marvin Ward

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

    Saturdays, 10:30am-11:30am April 28: Looking for a Moose May 19: A Fairy Went A-Marketing June 16: Turtle Splash! FREE Register here Looking for a fun Saturday morning activity with your […]

    FreE

  • Nature Photography: Rock, Flower, Water at the Holyoke Range (Cancelled)

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

    Join naturalist and photographer John Green to explore one or all three of these themes of nature photography. Bring tripods and extra lenses if you have them, but they are […]

    $20 – $65

  • Nature All Year Study Club: Vernal Pools

    Fieldtrip Location

    Join us for our fifth 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, […]

    $30

  • Homeschool Discovery Day

    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 […]

    $42 – $46

  • Nature Play Afterschool

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

    Spring fever is in the air, and it is time to get the kids outside to let out some of their energy! Have them join Hitchcock’s Nature Play Afterschool Program, which […]

    $275 – $300