Archive of Past Events

A Panel Discussion The Community Preservation Act (CPA) was adopted by the City of Newton in 2001. Since then, over 40 projects involving open space, [...]

Colleen Olfenbuttel Wildlife Biologist with MassWildlife Newton may be a lot wilder than you imagine. Many creatures, thought to be confined to more rural areas, [...]

Carole Smith Berney Naturalist Watch the lecture online Please join us for a "virtual walk" along the Charles River Upper Greenway Path in Newton and [...]

Brendan Whittaker Forester, Pastor, & Former Vermont Secretary of Natural Resources Dan Perlman Brandeis University (and Cold Spring Photographer) Former Vermont Secretary of Natural Resources [...]

Bob Wilbur Director of Land Protection, Mass Audubon Across the Commonwealth, unprecedented rates of development are resulting in accelerated habitat loss and fragmentation. In much [...]

Jon Regosin Environmental Consultant and Tufts University Ph.D. candidate in Biology Did you know that spotted salamanders, spring peepers, and wood frogs make their homes [...]

The Magnificant History in New England's Stone Walls Robert Thorson Geologist Although there are old stone walls located across the United States, onlyin New England [...]

James W. Skehan Geologist Were you woken unexepectedly early on Saturday, April 20, by a strange shaking of your residence? It turned out to be [...]

Human Impacts across the Landscape Dan Perlman Conservation Biologist Think you know Cold Spring Park? Concerned about the future of planet Earth? See them in [...]

Celebrating Biodiversity in Newton Peter Alden Renowned naturalist, author, and lecturer Peter Alden, well known naturalist and author, will be the inaugural speaker in a [...]