By Diane Lederman
While salamanders typically migrate in the spring, the Hitchcock Center for the Environment — which has the amphibian as its mascot — is preparing for an off-season migration of its own.
By Visit Hampshire County
With the return of the school year and the changing of seasons among us, we’re heading into one of the best times of the year in Western Massachusetts. As you plan your fall visits to Hampshire County, be sure to consider adding the some of these new places and events to your itinerary!
By Darcy Boyle
Concrete artists from EnnisArt have taken a standard concrete floor of the recently built Hitchcock Center for the Environment in Amherst, Mass., and turned it into a beautiful depiction of the region’s Connecticut River Watershed.
By Julie Johnson
The time has arrived!! We are opening the doors to our gorgeous new environmental education center at 845 West Street tomorrow, Tuesday, September 13! Though we are still working to put the finishing touches on our building and site, we welcome learners, explores, and nature lovers of all ages to come visit our incredible new building that is free and open to all.
By Julie Johnson On June 29, 2016, Congressman Jim McGovern (D-MA) visited the Hitchcock Center’s new living building site and announced an exciting federal grant award to the Hitchcock Center from […]
By Marcus Simon
On June 9, over 240 guests partied with the Hitchcock Center in celebration of our award-winning science and nature education programs at the first annual Battle of the Botanicals held at the Powerhouse at Amherst College. Six teams of local chefs, mixologists, and small business owners showcased their talent in amazing cocktail and food pairing tasting stations that featured local botanicals like beets, rosemary and bee pollen.
By Marcus Simon
The results from the 2016 Biothon are in. This year a record 20 teams, including 7 youth outings, participated in finding 620 different species throughout the Valley. Teams also helped to raise over $13,300 for the Hitchcock Center’s programs.
By Scott Merzbach for the Daily Hampshire Gazette
AMHERST – An aerial view of the Connecticut River and surrounding watershed in Massachusetts will be a focal point for visitors as they proceed through the new 9,000-square-foot living building being constructed for the Hitchcock Center for the Environment on the Hampshire College campus. The image — to be painted onto the concrete floor over the next three weeks by Asheville, North Carolina artist Tom Schulz — will provide an element of art and nature intersecting inside the $5.8 million building that will use net zero water and net zero energy and produce net zero waste.
Amherst, MA – On June 29, 2016, Congressman Jim McGovern (D-MA) will be visiting the Hitchcock Center’s new living building site and announcing an exciting federal grant award to the Hitchcock Center from the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS). The Hitchcock Center has been awarded a $148,586 IMLS grant for its innovative “Learning From Nature” exhibit design plan that will capture the interpretive potential of its artifacts and objects, its outdoor spaces, and built environment as portals into knowledge, feelings, and actions.
By Jeff Mazur
Hello and welcome to Nature Summer Camp 2016! I am incredibly excited for my first Nature Summer Camp with the Hitchcock Center. The teacher naturalists, Katie and I have been as busy as beavers around here getting ready for the first day of camp next week. We can’t wait to meet all the campers! I am super thrilled about our staff. We are lucky to have three returning counselors, three fabulous new ones, a dedicated volunteer teacher naturalist and two wonderful support staff!
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Hitchcock Center for the Environment
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