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Tad Ames
Tad Ames joined the Council in 1990 after graduating from Yale University and working as an editor of The Berkshire Eagle. His desire to “do something instead of just write about it” led him to the...
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Hospitable Hen Farm in Sheffield
Conservation Restriction Preserves Hospitable Hen Farm in Sheffield In 1988, Helene Lund placed a conservation restriction on Friendly Flock Farm in Sheffield, a 177-acre tract on which she and her...
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Stevens Glen
Gift to BNRC preserves land in Stevens Glen for Public Use For a decade or two in the early 20th century, Stevens Glen was one of the Berkshires’ premiere sightseeing destinations for the social elite....
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Strawberry Farm
BNRC Helps Preserve Strawberry Farm Through State’s APR Program As her mother’s executor, Marianne Leslie felt torn. Along with her two brothers, she was one of three heirs to her family’s farm in...
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Baldwin Hill Farm
Council Preacquires Land to Save Baldwin Hill Farm in Egremont The centuries-old tradition of farming atop Baldwin Hill in Egremont appeared to be doomed when the heirs to a key 194-acre tract put the...
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Estate Protects Land
Conservation Restriction With Life Estate Protects Land in Town of Washington With no heirs, Jeanette Roosevelt had to decide what to do with her home and land in the town of Washington. She wanted to...
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Baldwin Hill
Baldwin Hill has been conserved, and will remain farmland forever! The Department of Agricultural Resources closed on the purchase of Agricultural Preservation Restrictions on Baldwin Hill Farm (175...
View ArticleGreenagers Helps BNRC Achieve Yokun Trail Vision
New path honors Stokes Brothers, conservation trailblazers The Brothers Trail, the latest link in BNRC’s ever-growing network of trails around Berkshire County, opened to the public on Labor Day thanks...
View ArticleWhen the Sun Shines, Make for the Hay Fields
Family’s gift creates a Berkshire rarity – a grassland walk open to all Thanks to Ron and Judith Shaw, the gorgeous hay fields at the western end of Perry’s Peak Road in Richmond are forever conserved...
View Article1 Million Gallons, 949 Acres, 350 Voters
Lenox decides the future of the town’s water supply lands Last May 2, scores of Lenox Town Meeting voters raised their hands to vote “yes” in response to the question, “should the Town place its...
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