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Volunteers needed to control and eliminate water chestnut at Lake Mansfeild

Volunteers Needed! Lake Mansfield Water Chestnut Control Team

Volunteers needed to control and eliminate water chestnut at Lake Mansfeild! Join Dale Abrams to help with the hand pulling of this invasive aquatic weed.

Volunteers need to support Saturday Morning Exploreres Club at Lake Mansfield  in July

Lake Mansfield Nature Explorer’s Club - Call to Volunteers! 

Join the fun! Share your love of nature! Help connect the next generation to the natural world! 

Kids and thier adults are invited to join the Lake Mansfeild Nature Explorers Club in July

Lake Mansfield Nature Explorer's Club

Lake Mansfield Nature Explorers Club invites young explorers and their adult explorers on a joyful mission of discovery and problem solving in the natural world. We will play active nature games, investigate nature science, and create with nature arts. Most of all, our adventures will feed our sense of wonder about the world.

Crosslake swimming event to benefit Lake Mansfeild

Beyond the Buoys: Open Water Swim Fundraiser for Lake Mansfield

Abenaki Author and Story teller is coming to Lake Mansfeild for a kids program

Family Program: Listening to the Land with Joseph and James Bruchac

Families with school age children are invited to join us as we welcome performers, Joseph and James Bruchac for a special program of traditional Native American Songs, Tales, and music focused on the natural world.

Volunteers needed to inventory plants at Lake Mansfield in midsummer

Lake Mansfield Volunteer Team - Plant Inventory

We are looking for botanically-minded individuals with identification experience to assist with surveying plants along the Lake Mansfield Road shoreline.

Yoga on the beach in July at Lake Mansfield in Great Barrington

Summer Yoga at Lake Mansfield

YOGA! There is no better way to start a summer day!
See details for morning lakeside classes for June 25th - August 27th

Fall Tree program with Michael Wojtech offered by Great Barrington Land Conservancy

Fall Tree Exploration - The Growth of Trees: A Journey Through Time

A fun, in depth, hands-on workshop and guided Walk with freelance naturalist, writer, photographer, illustrator and educator, Michael Wojtech.  Registration required

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Recent Blog Posts

Jun 22 Lake Mansfield Special Program! Listening to the Land with Joseph and James Bruchac
Mar 30 River Walk says Goodbye to Silver Maple
Mar 8 GBLC Admin Arianna Collins Featured in Northern Woodland Spring 2022
Nov 29 View Recorded Community Meeting & Presention: Town's Dec. 6 Update on Lake Mansfield Improvement Plans
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Lake Mansfield - Newsletter - 2022

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Sep 3 - Sep 10 Housatonic Heritage Walks: Interpretive Stroll on the River Walk
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