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2024 Earth Month Events

Earth Day is April 22nd, but there are opportunities to take action across the state all month long. Whether you're in Western Mass, Greater Boston or the Merrimack Valley, there's a myriad of opportunities waiting for you to lend a hand to help our rivers and planet.

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Check them out!

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woman holding sign about clean water at a climate rally
people looking at a river
staff and volunteers at a river clean up event

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Plant-a-Palooza

Buzzards Bay Coalition

April 20, 2024 at 1:00:00 PM

Onset Bay Center 186 Onset Ave. Wareham, MA 02558

2024 Earth Day Charles River Cleanup

Charles River Watershed Association

April 20, 2024 at 2:00:00 PM

Charles River Watershed

World Fish Migration Day

North South River Watershed Association

April 27, 2024 at 2:00:00 PM

Hanover Crossing

Birding in a Changing Climate: The North River

Mass Audubon and the NSRWA

April 18, 2024 at 12:30:00 PM

North River Wildlife Sanctuary

Hoosic River Cleanup

Hoosic River Revival

April 20, 2024 at 1:00:00 PM

Noel Field Athletic Complex, 310 State Street, North Adams, MA, USA

Riverbank Restoration + Letter Writing to Legislators

Berkshire Environmental Action Team

April 20, 2024 at 2:00:00 PM

20 Chapel St, Pittsfield, MA, USA

Trail Building Work Day 2

Sudbury Valley Trustees

April 25, 2024 at 6:30:00 PM

Mechanic Street, Upton

Garlic Mustard Pull

Sudbury Valley Trustees

April 25, 2024 at 2:00:00 PM

Elliott Concord River Preserve, Carlisle

Invasives Pull and Solarization Day

Sudbury Valley Trustees

April 22, 2024 at 1:00:00 PM

Gowing's Swamp, Concord

Trail Building Work Day 1

Sudbury Valley Trustees

April 21, 2024 at 2:00:00 PM

Mechanic Street, Upton

Gowing's Swamp Buckthorn Pull

Sudbury Valley Trustees

April 24, 2024 at 2:00:00 PM

Gowing's Swamp, Concord

Vernal Pool Salamander and Frog Search

Sudbury Valley Trustees

April 13, 2024 at 2:00:00 PM

Smith Conservation Land, Littleton

City Nature Challenge: Spring Ephemerals

Berkshire Natural Resources Council (BNRC)

April 26, 2024 at 7:00:00 PM

The Boulders Reserve, Pittsfield, MA, USA

Vernal Pool Exploration

Berkshire Natural Resources Council (BNRC)

April 22, 2024 at 7:00:00 PM

Pittsfield, MA, USA

An Act of Congress: New Legislation to Protect Our Watershed

Connecticut River Conservancy

April 17, 2024 at 4:00:00 PM

virtual

Trash cleanup and bittersweet invasives removal

Merrimack River Watershed Council, AAA of Merrimack Valley

April 20, 2024 at 2:00:00 PM

Pemberton State Park, Lawrence

Newton’s Earth Day Festival

Green Newton

April 21, 2024 at 4:00:00 PM

457 Walnut St, Newton, MA 02460

Citizen Science Talk

Wareham Land Trust

April 22, 2024 at 5:00:00 PM

59 Marion Rd, Wareham, MA 02571, USA

Keep the Fells Beautiful!

Keep Stoneham Beautiful and Friends of the Fells

April 21, 2024 at 3:00:00 PM

176 Pond St, Stoneham, MA, USA

Park Serve Day at Flynn Rink

Department of Conservation and Recreation & Friends of the Fells

April 20, 2024 at 2:00:00 PM

Flynn Rink, 300 Elm St, Medford, MA, USA

Run of the Charles Race

Charles River Watershed Association

April 27, 2024 at 12:00:00 PM

Herter Park Boston, MA, 02134 United States

Various Events

Mystic River Watershed Association

Mystic River Watershed

Walking Club – Denham Pond in Hanover

North South River Watershed Association

April 13, 2024 at 2:00:00 PM

Denham Pond, Hanover

Inundation District and When in Drought Film Screening

NSRWA, WRWA and 350 Mass South Shore

April 24, 2024 at 11:00:00 PM

Reel Theater, Scituate

Earth Day~Open Streets and Greenways

Town of Ayer, Devens and Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge

April 22, 2024 at 6:00:00 PM

MacPherson & Bishop Roads

Basics of Birding

Sudbury Valley Trustees

April 25, 2024 at 11:00:00 PM

virtual

Mid-Spring Plant ID and Natural History Walk

Sudbury Valley Trustees

April 25, 2024 at 2:00:00 PM

Nobscot Scout Reservation, Sudbury

Woodcock Walk

Sudbury Valley Trustees

April 22, 2024 at 10:45:00 AM

Greenways Conservation Area, Wayland

Centennial Woods Clean-up

Sudbury Valley Trustees

April 21, 2024 at 2:00:00 PM

Centennial Woods, Framingham

Invasives Pull at Wolbach Farm

Sudbury Valley Trustees

April 20, 2024 at 1:00:00 PM

Wolbach Farm, Sudbury

Early Spring Plant ID and Natural History Walk

Sudbury Valley Trustees

April 14, 2024 at 1:30:00 PM

Upper Mill Brook, Wayland

25th Annual Charles River Earth Day Cleanup

Charles River Conservancy

April 20, 2024 at 2:00:00 PM

Sites in Watertown, Newton, Cambridge, and Boston

NestWatch Training

Berkshire Natural Resources Council (BNRC)

April 12, 2024 at 2:00:00 PM

Thomas and Palmer Brook Reserve, State Road, Great Barrington, MA, USA

Cyanobacteria Mitigation Project

Connecticut River Conservancy

April 20, 2024 at 1:00:00 PM

27 Middle St, Hadley, MA 01035, USA

The Malden River: Access, Advocacy, and Action

Sierra Club Massachusetts Chapter

April 13, 2024 at 2:00:00 PM

Sacramone Park, Santilli Hwy, Everett, MA 02149, USA

10th Annual Volunteer Day

Belmont Citizens Forum in conjunction with the Judy Record Conservation Fund

April 27, 2024 at 1:00:00 PM

800 Concord Ave, Belmont, MA 02478

Dighton Rock State Park Cleanup

Taunton River Watershed Alliance, DCR and Friends of Dighton Rock Museum

April 20, 2024 at 3:00:00 PM

Dighton Rock State Park, 3rd Avenue, Berkley, MA, USA

TURNAROUND Films Documentary Screening and Discussion

Wareham Land Trust

April 17, 2024 at 10:30:00 PM

59 Marion Rd, Wareham, MA 02571, USA

Park Serve Day at Virginia Wood

Department of Conservation and Recreation & Friends of the Fells

April 20, 2024 at 2:00:00 PM

1 Woodland Rd, Stoneham, MA, USA

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