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  • Tuesday, May 18, 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm – Upriver Journey, Online

    On Tuesday, May 18 from 5:30 – 6:30, learn about the fascinating lives and epic migrations of American Shad and Sea Lamprey. These fish play an important role in our river ecosystems as they migrate to and from the sea. Author John McPhee nicknamed American Shad our founding fish. Sea Lamprey have been called hero of our revires and vampire of the sea. Find out why this keystone species is misunderstood and underappreciated. Join Kim Noyes, Northfield Mountain’s Education Coordinator, for this free online presentation on the history and natural history of these unusual fish as this spring’s upriver migration is underway.

    The program is co-sponsored by Firstlight’s Northfield Mountain Recreation and Environmental Center and the Northfield Bird Club. Registration requests must be received at least 24 hours before the program begins. Click HERE to register.

  • Sunday, April 22, 8:30 am – 4:30 pm – Earth Day 2018 Climate Justice and Democracy

    This Earth Day, the Northfield Bird Club will welcome and hear from longtime activist, writer and publisher Iris Morales, who spent many months after the devastating hurricanes hit Puerto Rico working to support communities there. “This critical situation is a defining and turning point in Puerto Rican history. Hurricanes Irma and Maria have laid bare the result of centuries of colonial control, austerity, and exploitation. But people in Puerto Rico are organizing themselves, creating communities of support.” Join them for an evening of exchange and discussion, about our eco-history and the situation in Puerto Rico. The event takes place Sunday, April 22 beginning at 5 pm at the Wendell Town Hall, 6 Center Street in Wendell, Massachusetts, followed by a potluck community supper at 7 pm.

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  • Tuesday, March 20, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm – Attracting Pollinators to Your Landscape

    Celebrate the first day of spring with this illustrated evening program on transforming gardens and landscapes into native bee habitat. Learn about native bees and what steps we can take to create pollinator friendly landscaping including providing food for bees and nesting opportunities to raise their young. Join Tom Sullivan, M.A.L.D, of PollinatorsWelcome.com, for an evening filled with ideas and inspiration – from simple techniques to community practices focusing on connectivity. Tom is a pollinator habitat designer, land consultant, and educator with a special focus on native bees. He gives talks and workshops on the nesting, foraging and life cycles of native bee species in New England. A beekeeper in his youth, Tom switched his interest from honeybees to native bees in 2008 after Colony Collapse Disorder emerged and it became clear how intricately tied whole ecosystem health is to pollinator well-being and human survival. This event is co-sponsored with the Northfield Bird Club and the Athol Bird and Nature Club. Free and open to all, at the Northfield Mountain Recreation and Environmental Center 99 Millers Falls Road Northfield, MA 01360. For more information contact (413)659-4462 or visit http://www.h2opower.ca/recreation/northfield-mountain-recreation-and-environmental-center/

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