Great Spots to Catch a Fish in Berkshire CountyBy Breanna Steele, iBerkshires Staff
10:03AM / Saturday, September 27, 2025 | |
Windsor Lake in North Adams is regularly stocked with trout. Summer may be winding down, but there is still plenty of time and great weather to catch some fish. Most major lakes, ponds, and rivers, including the Housatonic, are open to fishing year-round with catch limits; smaller rivers and brooks have catch limits of three after Sept. 11 and eight after April 1. Find a list of fishing seasons and limits here. Berkshire County has scenic places to sail this fall as well as stand on the edge and cast out. North Adams Affectionately known as Fish Pond, this small lake is stocked with rainbow trout, some brook and brown trout, and chain pickerel. Restrooms and dairy bar >> Read More |
Clarksburg Receives $445K for Four Corners Hazard Mitigation ProjectStaff Reports, iBerkshires
05:31PM / Thursday, September 18, 2025 | |
 CLARKSBURG, Mass. — The town's a step closer to redesigning the area surrounding the town field to better prepare for flooding. The Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs is providing $445,020 for design and permitting of the Four Corners Project, an initiative to improve the field and prepare for better flood solutions in the face of climate change. "I appreciate Berkshire Regional Planning for going after the money for us and having all the meetings," said Robert Norcross, a member of the MVP committee. "We're very grateful that we go in the next stage of engineering for our town field." The Massachusetts >> Read More |
HooWRA Workshop Focuses on Poetry| 03:31PM / Tuesday, September 09, 2025 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — There will be a poetry workshop aimed at drawing inspiration from the Hoosic River on Saturday, Sept. 13. The workshop will be facilitated by Arianna Alexsandra Collins, executive director of the Hoosic River Watershed Association. Meet at Natural Bridge State Park parking area outside the gate at 9:30 a.m. Participants will walk up from the Hudson Brook to the Hoosic's North Branch confluence. Writing prompts will given, and there will be time to share poems, phrases, or whatever else. This program will last one hour. This workshop is free and open to the public and is made possible by a grant from the Cultural >> Read More |
Second Chance Composting has Moved and ExpandedBy Breanna Steele, iBerkshires Staff
05:38PM / Monday, July 21, 2025 | |
SAVOY, Mass. — Second Chance Composting recently expanded and relocated. The composting company used to be in Cheshire but moved to 96 Main Road in Savoy in March. "We're operating full scale out of here. So all the material, all the food scraps that we pick up and haul, we bring here, and then we mix them with material. So kind of the real big benefit to the community here is that this is a place where homeowners can bring their leaves for free," said owner John Pitroff. Second Chance also partners with landscaping companies which can drop off loads of leaves and wood chips to be put to good use. Residents can also drop off scraps if they are signed up for the
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State Awards Greylock Elementary Project Green Grant | 03:49PM / Friday, June 27, 2025 | |
BOSTON — The Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) awarded North Adams Public Schools $300,000 to support the Greylock Elementary School project. North Adams Public Schools will use the $300,000 in funding to help cover the cost difference between ground-source heat pumps and conventional HVAC at their newly built Greylock Elementary School, serving PreK through 2nd grades. "Investing in clean energy to modernize our schools is one of the smartest steps we can take to create healthier, safer learning environments for our students and educators," said Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary Rebecca Tepper. "By improving >> Read More |
Hoosic River Revival Celebrates Billboards, Kicks Off 'Placemaking'By Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
07:24AM / Sunday, May 04, 2025 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Eighteen years ago, Judith Grinnell asked 30 like-minded people if they wanted to make North Adams prettier. "Most of them have still been working on it," said the founder of the Hoosic River Revival on Saturday as she touched on the "roller coaster ride" the nonprofit has been on ever since. The effort to integrate the Hoosic River into the city it runs through while still maintaining the flood control protocols that prevent it from endangering North Adams has been a multistep process that has been tripped up over the years. Tropical Storm Irene, economic upheavals, competing (then disappearing) projects >> Read More |
MCLA Green Living Seminar: Green Roofs and Urban Rewilding| 08:01AM / Thursday, April 03, 2025 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – Mark Winterer, co-founder and owner of Recover Green Roofs will give a presentation on Green Roofs: Rewilding Our Cities on April 9 as part of MCLA's Green Living Seminar Series and the MCLA Environmental Studies Department. According to a press release: With experience in landscaping, operational logistics, and supply-chain management, Winterer has led the development of hundreds of green roofs nationwide. His presentation will showcase case studies from Recover's diverse portfolio, illustrating the real-world impact of green roofs on biodiversity, climate adaptation, and community well-being. Attendees will gain insights >> Read More |
MCLA Green Living Seminar: Restoring Rivers and Rewilding Wetlands in Massachusetts| 03:26PM / Tuesday, April 01, 2025 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Beth Lambert, director of the Massachusetts Division of Ecological Restoration (DER) will give a presentation on Restoring Rivers and Rewilding Wetlands in Massachusetts on April 2 as part of MCLA's Green Living Seminar Series and the MCLA Environmental Studies Department. With 20 years of experience in river and watershed restoration across Oregon, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts, Lambert brings a wealth of knowledge on ecological restoration. Her presentation will highlight key restoration initiatives in Massachusetts, the benefits of rewilding wetlands, and how these efforts contribute to climate adaptation and biodiversity >> Read More |
Forest Restoration Lecture at MCLA's Green Living Seminar| 03:41PM / Monday, February 10, 2025 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Dr. Paula Prist, Senior Programme Coordinator of the Forest and Grasslands Unit at the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), will present on restoring forests to reduce the spread of disease on Feb. 12 as part of MCLA's Green Living Seminar Series. Prist will talk about how forest restoration can be implemented in order to provide positive outcomes for human health. According to a press release: A biologist by training, Prist holds a master's, doctorate and post-doctorate in landscape ecology from the University of São Paulo, with a sandwich period at Columbia University and the University of Queensland. Her >> Read More |
MCLA Environmental Studies Department 2025 Green Living Seminar| 08:16AM / Monday, January 27, 2025 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — MCLA's annual Green Living Seminar Series returns with a series of lectures on the theme of "Rewilding Our World." Presentations occur every Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. in the Feigenbaum Center for Science and Innovation (FCSI) Room 121. Every semester the Green Living Seminars center around a different topic, timely and relevant in current sustainability issues. The series, which runs through April, will kick off on Jan. 29 with Chief Scientist of Conservation Science, Inc. Dr. Reed Noss and his talk "What is Rewilding?" Future Green Living Presentations include: January 29: What >> Read More |
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