Land Protection

BNRC builds new trail at historic Basin Pond
With help from the Lee Land Trust, the Resources Council celebrated the opening of its new trail at Basin Pond in East Lee on November 4. The trail offers a relaxed 2.1 mile loop-and-spur tour through a landscape of stone, wetland, and historic tragedy.

Hardy family conserves 63 Alford acres

This spring Louise Hardy and her brother Rolf, both long time residents of Alford Valley, donated a conservation restriction on 63 acres on East Road in Alford. The Hardy conservation restriction was donated jointly to BNRC and the Alford Land Trust.

Adventures in Stewardship, Part 1
Apparently fueled by something that might make NASA proud, a midnight rider took a wrong turn on Yokun Ridge early one morning last summer.

APRs protect Larkin and Toporowski farms

Two sterling Berkshire farms were permanently protected by the state's Agricultural Preservation Restriction program earlier this year.

BNRC protects 85 acres in Otis
The Hidden Pond CR, donated by Philip R. Coleman and Paul A. Harsch III, is adjacent to BNRC’s 124 acre Hitt CR

BNRC announces the new Whiting River Preserve BNRC's new Whiting River Preserve in New Marlborough includes over 1600 feet of frontage on both sides of the Whiting River.

Programming

2006 RICE FELLOWS
Each year, thanks to the generousity of John H. Rice, we hire young resource professionals for help with our monitoring and trail work.

Support BNRC’s Annual Appeal
Most of you reading this have already made a membership gift this year to support BNRC's ongoing land protection and stewardship programs.

New law expands CR’s tax benefits
It turns out that 2006 and 2007 will be very good years to preserve your land! On August 17, 2006 the President signed into law significant new tax incentives for conserving land.

Beetle release to combat purple loosestrife For years, plant scientists have searched for a natural enemy of purple loosestrife, a prime threat to wetlands systems. Three European beetles, including Gallerucella spp, were found to feed and breed exclusively on purple loosestrife.

Siting guidelines needed if wind power is to be ‘green’
Volunteers have signed on to be stewards of particular properties and are donating their time doing bimonthly monitoring of trails and conditions

‘Field Notes’ author boosts BNRC membership drive
Since May, we have been pleased to offer a signed copy of "Field Notes from a Catastrophe" to any BNRC member who increases his or her membership gift by $50 or more, or to any new member who joins us at the $50 level or higher.
"Field Notes" was widely lauded at its publication. Author Bill McKibben called it one of "the few irreplaceable volumes yet written about climate change."