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  • Girls into the Wild

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

    with Katie Koerten Ages 8-11, Grades 3-5 Thursdays, January 5–March 16 (no class February 23) 3:30pm-5:30pm Members: $270/Non-members: $320 Calling all girls ages 8-11! Get to know nature, and make […]

    $270 – $320

  • The Latest in Efficient Heating and Cooling: What are Air Source Heat Pumps?

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

    with Jamie Overby, Center for EcoTechnology Thursday, January 26, 7pm Free registration appreciated An air source heat pump is a system which transfers heat from outside to inside a building, […]

    FREE

  • Winter Quabbin Walk – CANCELLED

    Directions upon registration

    with John Green Saturday, January 28, 9-11am Members $12/Non-members $15 Register here Join naturalist John Green in one of his favorite habitats for winter nature walk,  see signs of all […]

    $12 – $15

  • Prowling For Owls

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

    with Dan Ziomek, local birder and naturalist Saturday, January 28, 8pm-10pm Saturday, February 11, 8pm -10pm Saturday, February 25, 4:30-6:30am Members $10/Non-members $15 per night, youth 8 and older welcome […]

    $10 – $15

  • Community Read (1 of 5) with Dr. Richard Palmer

    Jones Library 43 Amity Street, Amherst, MA, United States

    Community Read The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert This year we will be collaborating with the Jones Library for the 2017 community read On the Same Page—Amherst. […]

    FREE

  • It All Starts at Home: What YOU Can Do for the Climate

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

    with Sally Pick, SJP Environmental Consulting Tuesday, January 31, 7-8:30pm FREE registration appreciated In a time when policies addressing climate change are being challenged, find out what you can do to reduce […]

    FREE

  • Nature Play Afterschool

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

    Winter Session with Jeff Mazur Wednesdays – 3:30pm-5:30pm, extended days 1:30pm-5:30pm January 4 – March 15 (no class February 22) Extended day: February 8 Members: $230/Non-members: $254 Open to all […]

    $230 – $254

  • Spring Birding

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

    with Scott Surner Classes: Wednesdays, 6:30pm-8pm – 2/1, 3/1, 4/12, 5/3, 5/17 Field Trips: 2/3-4, 3/5, 3/18, 4/8, 4/15, 4/29, 5/6, 5/13, 5/20, 6/10-11 Join this Hitchcock tradition! Scott has […]

    $275 – $315

  • Girls into the Wild

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

    with Katie Koerten Ages 8-11, Grades 3-5 Thursdays, January 5–March 16 (no class February 23) 3:30pm-5:30pm Members: $270/Non-members: $320 Calling all girls ages 8-11! Get to know nature, and make […]

    $270 – $320

  • From Hurricane to Climate Change Film Screening and Panel Discussion

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

    Thursday, February 2, 7pm FREE, registration appreciated Doug Challenger, Film Director and Editor, Professor of Sociology, Franklin Pierce University Dwayne Breger, Director of Clean Energy Extension, UMass Center for Agriculture, Food and […]

    FREE