Land Protection
BNRC purchase secures high ground on Hoosac Range
It wasn’t quite eBay, but a tip from North Adams resident Andy Kawczak about an Internet auction led directly to the establishment of an important new BNRC reservation in North County.
104 years later, owners conserve Mt. Washington gem
In 1893, Gustav Walter went in with Leonard Hosford to establish the Berkshire Hills Park Association, an entity formed to hold some 613 acres in the Town of Mount Washington. ve
Mt. Washington gem
Land Conservation Report 2007
- Boynton, 73 acres, Richmond, Co-held with Richmond Land Trust
- Smith, 56 acres, Richmond, Co-held with Richmond Land Trust
- Taylor, 47 acres, New Marlborough
- Donnelley, 146 acres, New Marlborough, Co-held with New Marlborough Land Preservation Trust
- Walker, 182 acres, New Marlborough, Co-held with New Marlborough Land Preservation Trust
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Programming
Would you buy a used-car lot from this organization? 
We give our properties file numbers that correspond with the order in which they were acquired, and we’re pleased to include this photo of our most recent purchase
Berkshire Grown seeks to put farms and farmers together
Under the rubric of “More Farms, More Food,” Berkshire Grown is exploring ways to help start-up farmers overcome one of their greatest obstacles, the high price of land in the Berkshires.
 Thinking beyond ‘bucks and acres’
Peter Forbes, executive director of the Center for Whole Communities (www.wholecommunities.org), has traveled the country over the last five years urging groups like Berkshire Natural Resources Council to stop talking about “dollars and acres” and start thinking about values that speak not to “how much” we accomplish, but to “why?” and “for whom?”
 Volunteers boost BNRC stewardshi
We are proud of our staff’s capacities, and we are lucky enough to work with some great contractors, but when it comes to land stewardship,
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