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Community Clean Up on the River Front Trail!

The Southern Berkshire Recovery Center and Southern Berkshire Community Resource Center teamed up to offer a Riverfront Trail Hike and Cleanup on April 14th, 2026. 

Seven industrious folks scoured the trail for litter, raked, and cut back invasive plants. 

In total, these hardworking volunteers put in 14 hours of community service! 

At the end of the work session the trail was looking great - spruced up and ready for spring visitors! 

THANK YOU SBRC and SBCRC! 

Habitat Restoration - Volunteers at Lake Mansfield!

On Saturday April 4th a great group of GBLC volunteers (10 in all, from age 3 to 70ish) handily completed a first round of invasive plant management on the lakeside trail at Lake Mansfield. While we worked we witnessed the early budding and blooming stages of willows, hazelnuts, blueberries, and spicebush. We focused weed management on barberry, multiflora rose and buckthorn. The Great Barrington DPW will help by taking away a couple large piles of plant cuttings near the boat launch. Along with cutting invasives, we even had time to plant a few red maple saplings!

 

Three cheers for W.E.B. Du Bois Middle School volunteers and Greenager leaders at River Walk!

On Tuesday March 24th a group of 11 students from the W.E.B Du Bois Middle School arrived at the W.E.B Du Bois Rain Garden Park to learn about River Walk, Du Bois, William Stanley, and the Housatonic River. The group visit was provided through Greenagers Middle School After School Program and led by education director Aretha Whitehead.