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  • Salamander Crossing Brigade: Live Virtual Training

    Spotted salamanders, with their surprising size and charm, highlight the importance of vernal pools and wetland health. On rainy spring nights, salamanders, Jefferson salamanders, and wood frogs migrate from forests to breeding pools, offering a rare chance to see these remarkable creatures. For many years, we’ve organized brigades of volunteers […]

  • Mud Season Speaker Series - Salamander Crossing Brigade and Training

    Brooks Memorial Library 224 Main St, Brattleboro, VT

    Presented by Patti Smith In partnership and taking place at the Brooks Memorial Library Free Event BEEC and the Brooks Memorial Library invite you to a series of programs based on the Vermont Reads 2025-26 selection, The Light Pirate. The themes of the book and our program series are climate […]

  • Salamander Tea Party

    Brooks Memorial Library 224 Main St, Brattleboro, VT

    In partnership and taking place at the Brooks Memorial Library Free Event Enjoy salamander story books read by our salamander mascot, snack on salamander cookies, and learn all about salamander season in Vermont! Naturalists will be on hand to answer questions about how and where you can take a peek […]

  • Mud Season Speaker Series - Vermont Reads Book Discussion: "The Light Pirate"

    Brooks Memorial Library 224 Main St, Brattleboro, VT

    Presented by Rachael Cohen In partnership and taking place at the Brooks Memorial Library Free Event Join us for a thoughtful, guided conversation centered on The Light Pirate, a novel that follows one girl’s life as climate change reshapes Florida’s coast—and the meaning of home, resilience, and community. This 90-minute […]

  • Volunteer Spring Work Party

    Bonnyvale Environmental Education Center 1221 Bonnyvale Road, Brattleboro, VT, United States

    Saturday, April 18 & Sunday, April 19; drop in anytime between 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM Shake off winter and help us get the trails and grounds ready for spring! Join us for a flexible, feel-good weekend of outdoor work, fresh air, and community connection. 🌱 Clear the WayTake a […]

  • Vernal Pool Explorers with UVM and 4-H

    Bonnyvale Environmental Education Center 1221 Bonnyvale Road, Brattleboro, VT, United States

    This spring break, become a vernal pool explorer and community scientist! Bonnyvale is excited to collaborate with UVM Extension and 4-H to offer middle-school youth a chance to contribute to community science by mapping and spotting salamander and amphibian activity in vernal pools around BEEC’s property. Explore the magical world […]

  • Spring Bird Walk

    Bonnyvale Environmental Education Center 1221 Bonnyvale Road, Brattleboro, VT, United States

    Start your day with birdsong at BEEC! Join us for an early morning bird walk with Daniel Dubie as we explore BEEC’s 40 wild acres, spanning a rich variety of habitats—from mature hardwood and mixed forests to open meadows and forest edges. With fresh morning light and active wildlife, this […]

  • May Birding Walk

    Bonnyvale Environmental Education Center 1221 Bonnyvale Road, Brattleboro, VT, United States

    Start your morning with birdsong at BEEC! Join us in May for an early morning bird walk with Cory Ross of the Vermont Audubon Association and Daniel Dubie as we explore BEEC’s 60 wild acres in the heart of peak songbird breeding season. During this time, the landscape comes alive […]

  • Fireflies: Solstice Light Show

    Free; suggested donation of $15 This summer, the firefly show will be underway. BEEC invites you to up your firefly game. Between 20 and 30 species of fireflies inhabit the Northeast, each with a distinctive flash pattern. Learn to recognize a handful of the common flashers. Firefly displays can’t be […]

  • Whip-poor-wills by Moonlight

    This outing features a parade of oddities; the vast Montague Sandplains developed on a sandy delta that formed in Glacial Lake Hitchcock. This fire-prone land of scrub oak and pitch pine hosts birds that are rare elsewhere in our region, including grasshopper and vesper sparrows, prairie warblers, rufous-sided towhees, and […]

  • The Psychedelic Renaissance—Hope or Hype?

    Retreat Farm 45 Farmhouse Sq., Brattleboro, VT, United States

    In Partnership with The Retreat Farm's Wild Wisdom event series Suggested Donation of $10 At the Retreat North Barn Food and cash bar available Join a panel of experts to explore the possibilities and realities of psilocybin and other plant medicines, from healing potential to their impact on Vermont’s economy. Curious […]

  • Botany and the Body series: Forest and Field First Aid & Medicine Chest

    Bonnyvale Environmental Education Center 1221 Bonnyvale Road, Brattleboro, VT, United States

    $55 members/$65 non-members In the second workshop in our Botany and the Body series, we'll explore local plants and trees that can be used for first aid, including poultices, salves, oils, and rapid hydrators. Participants will explore the BEEC loop to identify these plants in their natural environment, then return […]

  • Botany and the Body series: Healing the Emotional Body on the Land

    Bonnyvale Environmental Education Center 1221 Bonnyvale Road, Brattleboro, VT, United States

    $55 members/$65 non-members In the third and final workshop in our Botany and the Body series, we'll explore how to nurture the emotional body through connection with the land. Participants explore practices for grieving and healing with the support of plants, trees, and the surrounding landscape. Deciduous and evergreen trees […]