Fall Field Trip at Quabbin Reservoir
Join us for a guided trip through the Quabbin Reservation. Registration is required and limited. Preference will be given to ABNC members. Successful requests will be confirmed by Dave@atholbirdclub.org. This trip will be behind Quabbin Gates. Participants are expected to spend the day until 2:00 PM. The gravel roads can be rough so only high clearance 4 passenger vehicles will be used during the trip. Read last year’s trip report.
Registration Link
Meeting/Car Pool Location: DCR HQ Parking Lot 21 Elm Street New Salem opposite Gate 29.
All About Bees and How We Can Support Their Continued Existence
Event is cosponsored with the North Quabbin Garden Club.
Aliza Fassler, a PhD candidate in the Environmental Conservation Department at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, will discuss the different kinds of wild bees in Massachusetts, a little bit about her research, and a little bit about what we can do to support wild bees. Aliza grew up in Greenfield, Massachusetts with a love for forests. Her PhD research focuses on improving habitats for wild bees as part of sustainable logging practices in the Lower Midwest. She also serves as the co-chair of the UMass Bee Campus USA Committee and a Renaissance of the Earth Fellow. In these roles she is working on increasing pollinator habitats on campus and exploring our relationships with insects across time. She is passionate about sharing her love for wild bees and other insects!
Garlic & Arts Festival 2026
The Athol Bird and Nature Club will have a booth at the Garlic & Arts Festival. We’ll be there all day both days so please stop by and say hello!
Learn more about the festival: https://garlicandarts.org/
Garlic & Arts Festival 2026
The Athol Bird and Nature Club will have a booth at the Garlic & Arts Festival. We’ll be there all day both days so please stop by and say hello!
Learn more about the festival: https://garlicandarts.org/
Lawn Alternatives with Dan J. Wilder (In-person and Zoom)
Every house in America should be fronted with a non-native monoculture with the maintenance requirements of a golf course and the ecological value of a strip mine; a place where all flowers are called weeds and signs to the extent of ‘keep off’ are the norm.
Does the idea seem a bit odd to you? It’s time to take a second look at this idea we call lawn. Join Dan Jaffe Wilder, author of Native Plants for New England Gardens and Director of Applied Ecology at Norcross Wildlife Foundation to learn about the various options available to us, from whole lawn replacement to strategies for reducing inputs and increasing ecological value. From well-known plants to new introductions, we will discuss various options that fit the needs of any lawn space.
Speaker: Dan J. Wilder
Location: in-person at Millers River Environmental Center or online via Zoom*.
(*After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.)
