Sunday, February 28, 10am Hitchcock Center Volunteers and Staff We’ll head over to Henry Street and prepare the tunnels for the salamander migration. Timing is everything for this project because the salamanders will move on the first rainy night when temperatures are above 40 degrees after the snow is mostly gone from the woods. So […]

Come young, old, novice or seasoned and join one of our naturalists to see what you can see each month on our new fourth Sunday of the month nature walk around Larch Hill.

When you pour syrup on your pancakes do you wonder how it’s made? Today we’ll go on a field trip to a sugar shack to see for ourselves how maple sap is made into syrup, and discover how the other parts of the tree are part of the process.

Do you just wanna play outside? Do you love building snow forts and making friends? Need more outdoor recess in your life? Then Nature Play Afterschool at the Hitchcock Center is for you! Each Wednesday afterschool we play outside all afternoon, building shelters, playing games and exploring the woods.

Fridays, March 4, April 1 and May 6 12:30pm – 1:00pm Join us at our our construction site for a free tour on the 1st Friday of each month. Open to all, no registration required. Park and meet in the Red Barn parking lot at Hampshire College located at 893 West Street.

Do you just wanna play outside? Do you love building snow forts and making friends? Need more outdoor recess in your life? Then Nature Play Afterschool at the Hitchcock Center is for you! Each Wednesday afterschool we play outside all afternoon, building shelters, playing games and exploring the woods.

with DeAnne and Chris Riddle
“Tar Sands' refers to vast sand and bitumen deposits in northern Alberta, Canada. The Keystone Pipeline would carry treated bitumen from these deposits to refineries on the Gulf of Mexico. Extracting this bitumen does profound environmental damage. To see it for themselves, the Riddles traveled to Fort McMurray, Alberta, in July of 2015.

Get to know nature, and make friends at the same time! This afterschool program is designed to bring girls together in a supportive environment that fosters creativity, nature skills and inquiry. Each afternoon will consist of hands-on projects and free outdoor exploration at the Larch Hill Conservation Area.

Do you just wanna play outside? Do you love building snow forts and making friends? Need more outdoor recess in your life? Then Nature Play Afterschool at the Hitchcock Center is for you! Each Wednesday afterschool we play outside all afternoon, building shelters, playing games and exploring the woods.

with Dan Zoimek
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.

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? It’s a nature superhero! In Homeschool I this spring we will learn about superheroes of survival in nature. We’ll explore super senses, and learn how sight, hearing, and smell are used to capture prey and avoid detection.

Have you ever wondered why animals act the way they do, or what they are thinking? Why do coyotes howl at night? Is the cardinal pecking my window because it’s angry? Do the two crayfish you caught like each other? During this spring’s Homeschool II class we’ll be exploring these and many other questions about the inner lives of the animals around us.

with Ralph Taylor, Connecticut Valley District Manager at MassWildlife
You may have heard about the challenges facing moose populations in northern New England – warming winters, brain worm, winter tick…

Sally Pick, SJP Environmental Consulting  CANCELLED Thursdays, March 24, 31, & April 7, 7-8:30pm Thinking about solar? Want to know how to make your home cozy, reduce energy wasted from heat and electricity losses, and eliminate drafty spots, all while lowering your home’s carbon emissions? In this 3 part workshop Sally Pick, who consults with […]

We will head in to spring in full flight! Children and their adult companions will explore the world of birds through movement, songs, crafts and live animal observations. We will investigate what makes a bird a bird, bird adaptations, bird language and much more. By the end of our time together we will be amateur ornithologists!

We will head in to spring in full flight! Children and their adult companions will explore the world of birds through movement, songs, crafts and live animal observations. We will investigate what makes a bird a bird, bird adaptations, bird language and much more. By the end of our time together we will be amateur ornithologists!

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? It’s a nature superhero! In Homeschool I this spring we will learn about superheroes of survival in nature. We’ll explore super senses, and learn how sight, hearing, and smell are used to capture prey and avoid detection.

Have you ever wondered why animals act the way they do, or what they are thinking? Why do coyotes howl at night? Is the cardinal pecking my window because it’s angry? Do the two crayfish you caught like each other? During this spring’s Homeschool II class we’ll be exploring these and many other questions about the inner lives of the animals around us.

Julie Johnson, Hitchcock Executive Director Wednesday, March 30, 7pm Join Hitchcock's Executive Director on our proud journey to undertake the Living Building Challenge (LBC) in the building of our new environmental education center.  LBC’s holistic standards incorporate the most progressive thinking from architecture, engineering, planning, interiors, landscape design and policy. We are deeply committed to […]

Thursday, March 31, 10am We think it is good to know where our water comes from and where it goes. We just turn on our faucets and flush our toilets but what’s the infrastructure that makes that possible. Come tour the facility that treats Amherst’s water for drinking and see what happens there, it is […]

Sally Pick, SJP Environmental Consulting  CANCELLED Thursdays, March 24, 31, & April 7, 7-8:30pm Thinking about solar? Want to know how to make your home cozy, reduce energy wasted from heat and electricity losses, and eliminate drafty spots, all while lowering your home’s carbon emissions? In this 3 part workshop Sally Pick, who consults with […]

We will head in to spring in full flight! Children and their adult companions will explore the world of birds through movement, songs, crafts and live animal observations. We will investigate what makes a bird a bird, bird adaptations, bird language and much more. By the end of our time together we will be amateur ornithologists!

Fridays, March 4, April 1 and May 6 12:30pm – 1:00pm Join us at our our construction site for a free tour on the 1st Friday of each month. Open to all, no registration required. Park and meet in the Red Barn parking lot at Hampshire College located at 893 West Street.

We will head in to spring in full flight! Children and their adult companions will explore the world of birds through movement, songs, crafts and live animal observations. We will investigate what makes a bird a bird, bird adaptations, bird language and much more. By the end of our time together we will be amateur ornithologists!