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Habitat Restoration - Volunteers at Lake Mansfield!

On Saturday April 4th a great group of GBLC volunteers (10 in all, from age 3 to 70ish) handily completed a first round of invasive plant management on the lakeside trail at Lake Mansfield. While we worked we witnessed the early budding and blooming stages of willows, hazelnuts, blueberries, and spicebush. We focused weed management on barberry, multiflora rose and buckthorn. The Great Barrington DPW will help by taking away a couple large piles of plant cuttings near the boat launch. Along with cutting invasives, we even had time to plant a few red maple saplings!

 

Three cheers for W.E.B. Du Bois Middle School volunteers and Greenager leaders at River Walk!

On Tuesday March 24th a group of 11 students from the W.E.B Du Bois Middle School arrived at the W.E.B Du Bois Rain Garden Park to learn about River Walk, Du Bois, William Stanley, and the Housatonic River. The group visit was provided through Greenagers Middle School After School Program and led by education director Aretha Whitehead.
 

Let's celebrate the success of our premier Walk for Conservation - a Joyful day of Community action!

On Sunday, October 12th, 2025 a strong volunteer team and 75 champion walkers helped to provide our community with Great Barrington Land Conservancy’s premier Walk for Conservation. Friends and families used the event to connect with each other and show their support for a walkable community.

THANK YOU HEVREH! You made a BIG difference on the Riverfront Trail!

On Sunday, October 19th, twenty- two Hevreh volunteers gathered to help on the southern portion of the Riverfront Trail located on Bridge Street. 

Their mission was to battle the invasive plants that are overwhelming this riparian ecosystem area. The industrious adults and kids quickly learned to identify and remove bittersweet, burning bush, and multiflora rose.  

GBLC Board Member and work party leader Jane Angelini was impressed!  " The group was so well organized and ambitious! I couldn't believe how hard they all worked and how much they accomplished! "