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SUMMARY:Nature Days Camp
DESCRIPTION:Offered on Teacher-in-Service Days and Select Holidays\n9am - 3pm\nFor children in grades K – 5 \nBring your child during their days out of school for Nature Days of fun at BEEC. We will romp and stomp as we play and learn\, and benefit from the fresh air and exercise. Investigating the changing fields and forest around us we will learn through exploration\, games and activities. Our adventures will be inspired by what is happening in the natural world. \n2026 Dates:\n\nJan 19 & 23\nFeb 16\nMarch 2 & 3\n\nPayment info:\n \n\nDaily rate: $90\nBonnyvale Environmental Education Center is dedicated to making our programs accessible to all. We do this by offering state subsidies through the VT Child Care Financial Assistance Program (CCFAP) and further by directly offering scholarship funds.\n\nIf you would like to contribute to our scholarship fund\, you can donate online here. Thank you!
URL:https://beec.org/event/nature-days-camp-8/
LOCATION:VT
CATEGORIES:Day Camps,Nature Days Camp
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SUMMARY:Nature Days Camp
DESCRIPTION:Offered on Teacher-in-Service Days and Select Holidays\n9am - 3pm\nFor children in grades K – 5 \nBring your child during their days out of school for Nature Days of fun at BEEC. We will romp and stomp as we play and learn\, and benefit from the fresh air and exercise. Investigating the changing fields and forest around us we will learn through exploration\, games and activities. Our adventures will be inspired by what is happening in the natural world. \n2026 Dates:\n\nJan 19 & 23\nFeb 16\nMarch 2 & 3\n\nPayment info:\n \n\nDaily rate: $90\nBonnyvale Environmental Education Center is dedicated to making our programs accessible to all. We do this by offering state subsidies through the VT Child Care Financial Assistance Program (CCFAP) and further by directly offering scholarship funds.\n\nIf you would like to contribute to our scholarship fund\, you can donate online here. Thank you!
URL:https://beec.org/event/nature-days-camp-9/
LOCATION:VT
CATEGORIES:Day Camps,Nature Days Camp
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260306T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260306T160000
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CREATED:20260126T213409Z
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SUMMARY:Forest First Fridays: A Nature-Based Recovery and Wellness Program
DESCRIPTION:Bonnyvale has partnered with Turning Point of Windham County and the Windham Foundation to offer a yearlong\, nature-based wellness pilot supporting individuals in recovery. We'll be offering individuals the chance to gather monthly on BEEC’s campus for guided sessions that blend outdoor skills\, nature exploration\, and peer support. Through hands-on activities and shared experiences in nature\, this program fosters resilience\, connection\, and healthy habits. \nIn our second program in this series\, we will be focused on outdoor recovery support\, drawing from our February session covering fire-building\, cooking\, birding\, and animal tracking. \n \nTurning Point of Windham County (TPWC) is a local recovery center located in downtown Brattleboro. TPWC's core mission is to support and improve the lives of our neighbors who are experiencing substance use and addiction\, at any stage of their recovery. They do this through peer-led social connection\, community education\, counseling groups\, recovery support\, outreach\, and advocacy. \n  \n 
URL:https://beec.org/event/forest-first-fridays-a-nature-based-recovery-and-wellness-program/
LOCATION:Bonnyvale Environmental Education Center\, 1221 Bonnyvale Road\, Brattleboro\, VT\, 05303\, United States
CATEGORIES:Wellness Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260309T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260309T200000
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SUMMARY:Mud Season Speaker Series - Thirty-Eight: The Hurricane That Transformed New England
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Stephen Long\nIn partnership and taking place at the Brooks Memorial Library\nFree Event\n \nBEEC 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 resilience through community and the unstoppable power of the natural world. \nA hurricane will never surprise us again. But that’s what happened to the people of New England on September 21\, 1938. Without any warning\, the most destructive weather event ever to hit the Northeast pummeled the coast and blasted its way to Vermont and New Hampshire with torrential rain\, flooding\, and sustained winds over 100 miles per hour. \nStephen Long tells the story of New England’s Katrina\, focusing on the devastation to the region’s forests and the daunting challenge facing New Englanders still in the throes of the Great Depression. His presentation is richly illustrated with archival photos of storm damage and the unprecedented recovery operation\, making the storm and its aftermath come alive. A journalist and co-founder of Northern Woodlands magazine\, Stephen Long is the author of Thirty-Eight: The Hurricane that Transformed New England. \nFor more than 30 years\, Stephen Long has been exploring and writing about New England’s forests. Learning from experts in various forest-relatedBlack and white headshot of Stephen Long wearing a black sweater and white collared shirt. disciplines\, he jumped into forest stewardship with the zeal of the newly converted. Before long\, he was so taken with the world of forestry\, conservation\, and wildlife that he and a forester friend started a magazine called Northern Woodlands. Spending time with loggers\, birders\, other landowners\, foresters\, hunters\, and botanists\, he saw the common vision shared by all: this forest has tremendous value\, both economic and ecological\, and we should do everything we can to keep it intact. \nAfter 17 years at the helm of Northern Woodlands\, he was longing to bring his full attention back to his own writing. After leaving the magazine he founded\, Long was awarded a Bullard Fellowship at Harvard Forest in 2011. In his fellowship year\, he began research on the 1938 hurricane\, New England’s most devastating weather event. His own forest in Corinth had been blown down in 1938\, a fate shared by Harvard Forest and by 30\,000 families. His book\, Thirty-Eight\, tells the story of how the people and forests recovered from this cataclysmic event. As with all of his work\, Thirty-Eight attempts to shed further light on the age-old theme of man’s place in nature. \n 
URL:https://beec.org/event/thirty-eight-the-hurricane-that-transformed-new-england/
LOCATION:Brooks Memorial Library\, 224 Main St\, Brattleboro\, VT\, 05301
CATEGORIES:Community Programs,Mud Season Speaker Series
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260313T113000
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SUMMARY:Little Explorers Nature Playgroup
DESCRIPTION:Select Fridays\, January - June 2026\n10:00am to 11:30am at BEEC\nFor children ages 3 to 5 plus caregivers \n\nJoin a BEEC Naturalist Educator for a delightful walk in nature! Together\, we’ll explore and engage in discovery\, wonder and play. We’ll also enjoy seasonal songs\, stories and crafts. \nProgram Details\nDress for the weather\, but if it’s unpleasantly cold/wet/windy\, we’ll move inside the classroom. Littles in tow are welcome. We have snacks to share. \nNote:  if the road is muddy during March/April we will meet at the Living Memorial Park trailhead - please register to get an email notification when this change applies. Thank you Brattleboro Recreation & Parks Department! \nCome for the whole series or drop in\, but please sign up to let us know you’re coming. \nPlease consider donating to support this program and BEEC’s work.\n\n This family program series is supported in part by the Block Foundation and the Windham Foundation – thank you! \nQuestions? Call: 802-257-5785 or email Kristina@beec.org
URL:https://beec.org/event/little-explorers-nature-playgroup-23/
LOCATION:Bonnyvale Environmental Education Center\, 1221 Bonnyvale Road\, Brattleboro\, VT\, 05303\, United States
CATEGORIES:Little Explorers Nature Playgroup,Youth & Family Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260320T100000
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SUMMARY:Little Explorers Nature Playgroup
DESCRIPTION:Select Fridays\, January - June 2026\n10:00am to 11:30am at BEEC\nFor children ages 3 to 5 plus caregivers \n\nJoin a BEEC Naturalist Educator for a delightful walk in nature! Together\, we’ll explore and engage in discovery\, wonder and play. We’ll also enjoy seasonal songs\, stories and crafts. \nProgram Details\nDress for the weather\, but if it’s unpleasantly cold/wet/windy\, we’ll move inside the classroom. Littles in tow are welcome. We have snacks to share. \nNote:  if the road is muddy during March/April we will meet at the Living Memorial Park trailhead - please register to get an email notification when this change applies. Thank you Brattleboro Recreation & Parks Department! \nCome for the whole series or drop in\, but please sign up to let us know you’re coming. \nPlease consider donating to support this program and BEEC’s work.\n\n This family program series is supported in part by the Block Foundation and the Windham Foundation – thank you! \nQuestions? Call: 802-257-5785 or email Kristina@beec.org
URL:https://beec.org/event/little-explorers-nature-playgroup-24/
LOCATION:Bonnyvale Environmental Education Center\, 1221 Bonnyvale Road\, Brattleboro\, VT\, 05303\, United States
CATEGORIES:Little Explorers Nature Playgroup,Youth & Family Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260321T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260321T120000
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SUMMARY:Hike and Seek: Sweetness Rising at Deer Ridge Farm
DESCRIPTION:Hike and Seek: Family Adventures: Saturdays\, 10 am – 12 pm \nWant a refreshing start to the weekend? Gather your family\, and join naturalists & educators from BEEC and the Boys & Girls Club of Brattleboro as they lead us on a short\, themed walk in a cool local spot. Each Hike and Seek is unique and designed to inspire family fun in the great outdoors. \nSweetness Rising at Deer Ridge Farm \nJoin us for a tour of a sugar house while the maple sap is running! We will also play some forest games.  \n\nEach walk will provide a snack and include basic trail safety.\nTransportation is available from downtown Brattleboro.\nOutdoor gear is available depending on the season and the program.\nQuestions?  Please email admin@beec.org
URL:https://beec.org/event/hike-and-seek-sweetness-rising/
LOCATION:Deer Ridge Farm\, 4057 Hinesburg Rd.\, Guilford\, VT\, 05301
CATEGORIES:Hike and Seek: Family Adventures,Youth & Family Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260321T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260321T170000
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CREATED:20260221T015334Z
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SUMMARY:Botany and the Body series: This Beautiful Skin That We Are In
DESCRIPTION:$55 members/$65 non-members \nIn the first session of the Botany and the Body series\, we’ll explore how plants and trees can help care for our largest sensory organ—our skin! \nParticipants will learn techniques to enhance circulation\, hydration\, and overall skin wellness\, including facial steams and washes\, healing baths\, foot soaks\, rosewaters\, hair and skin oils\, and skin brushing. \nFeatured plants may include witch hazel\, elderflower\, cedar\, rose\, horse chestnut\, calendula\, chamomile\, rose\, balsam fir\, marshmallow\, meadowsweet\, sunflower\, flax\, evening primrose\, nettles\, black willow\, hickory\, birch\, wintergreen\, and horsetail. Attendees will also create and take home their own healing cedar-rose bath soak sachets. \nEach participant receives a complimentary face serum or body scrub from Ursa Major. \nDr. Jessica Dolan is an environmental anthropologist and ethnobotanist\, who has worked with Indigenous communities and environmental caretakers in the Northeast\, as a researcher\, writer\, and on Indigenous history\, land stewardship\, food sovereignty\, and cultural regeneration projects\, for the last 20 years. She currently works at the National Park Service Northeast Region\, Native American Affairs\, and is writing an ethnobotany field guide. Her daily work involves writing\, creating interpretive resources\, and planning/teaching environmental stewardship education\, across the Northeast. She is a loving parent to a third generation Brattleboro kid.
URL:https://beec.org/event/botany-and-the-body-series-this-beautiful-skin-that-we-are-in/
LOCATION:Bonnyvale Environmental Education Center\, 1221 Bonnyvale Road\, Brattleboro\, VT\, 05303\, United States
CATEGORIES:Botany and the Body,Community Programs,Wellness Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260324T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260324T190000
DTSTAMP:20260502T050223
CREATED:20260305T205826Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260305T205826Z
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SUMMARY:Regional Listening Session: Vermont’s Conservation Plan
DESCRIPTION:At the Retreat Farm North Barn\nPizza and cookies will be served \nBonnyvale Environmental Education Center and the Green Mountain Conservancy invite you to find out more about our State’s ambitious (and important!) goal of conserving 30% of the landscape by 2030. Vermont’s Act 59\, the Community Resilience and Biodiversity Protection Act\, established a statewide framework for land conservation that advances biodiversity protection and supports resilient communities. \nAchieving this pace of conservation would be unprecedented in Vermont’s history. At present\, State resources are more limited than was anticipated at the time of the Act’s passage\, so it is more important than ever to prioritize the most crucial and feasible actions first. Increasing conservation in southeastern VT is one of the Actions advocated by the Plan. This session will be your chance to hear what has been happening\, react to the draft Action Items\, and share your ideas and knowledge.
URL:https://beec.org/event/regional-listening-session-vermonts-conservation-plan/
LOCATION:Retreat Farm\, 45 Farmhouse Sq.\, Brattleboro\, VT\, 05301\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260326T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260326T183000
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CREATED:20260225T213832Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260227T191142Z
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SUMMARY:Salamander Crossing Brigade: Live Virtual Training
DESCRIPTION: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. \nFor many years\, we’ve organized brigades of volunteers who help amphibians reach their breeding habitat by giving them a lift across roads. Volunteers also collect & submit data on the amphibians – allowing us to assess the health of our wetland ecosystems. Crossing guards not only save individual amphibians\, they safeguard future populations of frogs and salamanders \nThis presentation begins with an introduction to the salamanders and frogs that you might encounter on migration nights\, and it will then walk you through the basics of helping on migration nights. \nLearn more about BEEC's Salamander Crossing Brigades
URL:https://beec.org/event/salamander-crossing-brigade-virtual-training/
LOCATION:VT
CATEGORIES:Community Programs,Mud Season Speaker Series,Salamander Crossing Brigade
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260330T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260330T200000
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SUMMARY:Mud Season Speaker Series - Salamander Crossing Brigade and Training
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Patti Smith\nIn partnership and taking place at the Brooks Memorial Library\nFree Event\n \nBEEC 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 resilience through community and the unstoppable power of the natural world. \nAs our planet heats up and nature is lost to development\, amphibians are among the most vulnerable lifeforms. A group of important amphibians in our region depends upon temporary ponds—vernal pools—for egg-laying. These waterbodies can dry up much too fast in drought years\, resulting in reproductive failure for these species. These salamanders and frogs are also vulnerable when they must cross roads to reach their breeding habitat. You can help! Join a Salamander Crossing Brigade. Getting adult amphibians safely across roads is a big way we can make their populations more resilient. \nThe Bonnyvale Environmental Education Center has been organizing crossing brigades at known crossing sites for decades. Come to the library to learn more about the amazing amphibians that head for vernal pools in the spring and what you can do to help them. \nBEEC naturalist Patti Smith has been helping frogs and salamanders get across roads for 25 years. She has also helped organize volunteers to document species for the Vermont Reptile and Amphibian Atlas Project. Her favorite amphibian is the gray treefrog.
URL:https://beec.org/event/mud-season-speaker-series-salamander-crossing-brigade-and-training/
LOCATION:Brooks Memorial Library\, 224 Main St\, Brattleboro\, VT\, 05301
CATEGORIES:Community Programs,Mud Season Speaker Series,Salamander Crossing Brigade
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