River Walk is closed for the season. Thank you for a great year. Please join us for our annual Earthday workday on Saturday April 21, 2018, when we open again in the spring. Among our 2017 accomplishments: CLICK

Considering the recent escalation of knotweed along the Housatonic River corridor, River Walk would like to share what we have learned, while working for twenty years to manage this exotic-invasive plant.

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for telling us about the complexities and accomplishments of riverside trails on September 9, 2017, and for taking us down memory lane as we learned how River Walk’s one-of-a-kind trail experience came about.  CLICK

Following on our March for Science, Month of Birding, Tree Walk, Riverside Music Connects, and Riverside Trails Workshop, lots more community events are planned for 2017

Sundays Sept. 17^th, 24^th, & Oct. 1^st Interpretive Stroll on the River Walk with Elia Del Molino. 
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Thank you! Tom Ingersoll, for guiding us through River Walk’s riverine forest on July 15, 2017, and telling us all about our native trees. Those of us lucky enough to walk along will never see River Walk in the same way again.  CLICK

Thank you Greenagers for volunteering a day on the River Walk in June and for sending a hearty crew in July to prepare and install 200 feet of coir logs for our bio-engineered riverbank stabilization, generously funded by Great Barrington’s Community Preservation Act. CLICK

Saturday June 3, 2017   9am-1:30pm
Hikes, Paddle, History Walk, Children’s activity and Community Potluck Picnic/ FREE
Meet at the Du Bois River Garden Park (corner of Church and River Streets in Great Barrington) to explore the natural landscape through a variety of activities–hiking, paddling, history walk and a riverside activity for children. Potluck picnic at 12:30. For more information, CLICK, contact Christine Ward info@GBLand.org or CLICK

Saturday May 20, 2017

Thank you Sam Rosen and all the musicians for helping us celebrate spring with riverside music in the Du Bois River Park and along the downstream trail. A great time was had by all. CLICK

Guided Birding at Great Barrington River Walk
Wednesdays, May 24 and 31, 2017, at 7 AM and/or 6 PM.

Grab your binoculars as we capture spring bird activity along the Housatonic River corridor.
Join Christine Ward and Sharon Siter for a morning or evening guided birding tour.

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On April 22, 2017, two hundred Berkshire scientists, science teachers, science advocates, and the Berkshire Stompers brass band joined the world-wide March for Science and its 600+ satellite marches to demonstrate our passion for science and sound a call to support and safeguard the scientific community.  CLICK

The trail is open for the spring, summer and autumn seasons. Want to volunteer? We welcome individuals or special groups. CLICK

W.E.B. Du Bois: Champion of Rivers at Home and Around the World. Du Bois River Garden Park. CLICK