April 22 is a time to be thankful for all the Earth provides us:
⛰ trails for hiking
🌊 rivers for swimming
🍎 🥞🌽 🍕🥟🥕 food for eating
and of course, clean air & water.
Still need plans? Scroll for a list of events happening statewide by Mass Rivers member organizations. Get outside & celebrate our incredible planet!
Berkshires & Western MA
Volunteer Day - Trails, Fences, and Nature Play Area Maintenance
April 22, 9:30-12:30pm; Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary, Lenox
Mass Audubon. Learn more!
Making Art & Sowing Seeds: An Earth Day Gathering
April 22, 12-3pm; 20 Chapel St, Pittsfield
Berkshire Environmental Action Team. Learn more!
Volunteer Day - Native Garden Projects
April 23; 9:30-12:30pm; Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary, Lenox
Mass Audubon. Learn more!
Tree Planting on the Bear River
April 24, 9am; Bear River in Ashfield
Deerfield River Watershed Chapter of Trout Unlimited. Learn more!
Earth Day Bike-the-River
April 23, 10-1pm. Downtown Springfield
Connecticut River Conservancy. Learn more!
Volunteer Floodplain Habitat Restoration & Stewardship
April 27, 9:20-12:30pm; Canoe Meadows Wildlife Sanctuary, Pittsfield
Mass Audubon. Learn more!
Volunteer Day - Community Gardens Preparation & Set Up
April 29, 9:20-12:30pm; Canoe Meadows Wildlife Sanctuary, Pittsfield
Mass Audubon. Learn more!
Boston
Party for the Planet
April 22, 10-3pm; Franklin Park Zoo
Neponset River Watershed Association will be tabling. Learn more!
Annual Earth Day Charles River Cleanup
April 22 & April 23; Many locations along the Charles
Charles River Watershed Association. Learn more!
West Street Cleanup
April 23, 9-12pm; West St, Hyde Park
Neponset River Watershed Association. Learn more!
Bristol & Plymouth Counties
Electronic Recycle Day
April 20, 9-11am; Behind the Westport Town Hall
Westport River Watershed Alliance. Learn more!
Martin Wildlife Refuge Cleanup
April 23, 10-1pm. 375 Fall River Ave, Seekonk
Runnins River Watershed Alliance. Learn more!
Shad Factory Pond Clean-Up
April 24, 2-4pm; Reed St, Rehoboth
Friends of the Palmer River. Learn more!
Cape & Islands
Volunteer Day - Campground Cleanup
April 22, 9-12pm; Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary
Mass Audubon. Learn more!
Volunteer Day: Work for Wildlife
April 23, 9-12pm; Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary, Edgartown
Mass Audubon. Learn more!
Earth Day Family Bike Ride
April 23, 10-12pm; Shining Sea Bikeway
Buzzards Bay Coalition. Learn more!
Essex County
Beginner Bird Walk at Appleton
April 22, 4-5:30pm; Hamilton & Ipswich
The Trustees. Learn more!
Ocean of Rivers: Hood Pond Walk
April 23, 10-11:30am; Topsfield
Ipswich River Watershed Association. Learn more!
Groundwork Earth Day
April 30, 8AM. Campagnone North Common, Lawrence
Groundwork Lawrence. Learn more!
Middlesex County
Earth Day Open Streets and Greenways
April 22, 2-6pm; Bishop Road, Ayer
Friends of the Assabet River, Oxbow and Great Meadows NWR. Learn more!
Park Serve Day Cleanup at Macdonald Park
April 23, 9-12pm. Tobert Macdonald Park, Medford
Mystic River Watershed Association. Learn more!
Celebrating Earth Day on the Malden River
April 23, 8-12pm. River Green Park, Everett
City of Everett, Friends of Malden River. Learn more!
Spring Trails Day - Habitat Intergenerational Program
April 23, 9-12pm. Habitat Education Center & Wildlife Sanctuary, Belmont
Mass Audubon. Learn more!
Newton's Earth Day Festival
April 24, 1-4pm; Newton City Hall and War Memorial
Green Newton. Learn more!
PondFest!
April 24, 1:30-5pm; Jerry's Pond across from 366 Rindge Ave, Cambridge
Friends of Jerry's Pond. Learn more!
8th Annual Lone Tree Hill Volunteer Day
April 30, 9-12pm; Lone Tree Hill, Belmont
Belmont Citizens' Forum. Learn more!
Free the Charles River - South Natick Dam Tour
May 1, 2-3pm; South Natick Dam at Grove Park
Charles River Watershed Association. Learn more!
Norfolk County
Neponset River Spring Cleanup
April 23, 9-12pm; Thirteen locations along the Neponset River
Neponset River Watershed Association. Learn more!
Volunteer Day - Spring Cleanup
April 30, 9-12pm; Moose Hill Wildlife Sanctuary, Sharon
Mass Audubon. Learn more!
Traphole Brook Tree Planting
April 30, 9:30-12pm. 105 Hampden Drive, Norwood
Greater Boston Trout Unlimited. Learn more!
Worcester County
Fitchburg Earth Day
April 22, 2-6pm. Fitchburg City Hall
City of Fitchburg. Learn more!
Dragons, Damsels, and Giants…Oh My! Family Adventure for All Ages
April 24, 2-3pm; Barrett Park, Leominster & Cowdrey Nature Center, Lunenburg
Nashua River Watershed Association. Learn more!
Volunteer Stream Cleanup
April 30, 8:30-11:30pm.
Broad Meadow Brook Conservation Center and Wildlife Sanctuary, Worcester
Mass Audubon. Learn more!
Beyond MA!
Earth Day Weekend Shoreline Cleanups April 23 & 24; Many locations around Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island Save the Bay. Learn more! Bradford Public Tree Planing April 24; Bradford NH Merrimack River Watershed Council. Learn more!
Virtual
Environmental Youth Conference
April 22, 1-2:30pm; online
Lowell Parks & Conservation Trust, Mass Audubon. Learn more!
Get Ready for the Annual River Herring Count!
April 25, 7pm; online
Merrimack River Watershed Council. Learn more!
Wild & Scenic Film Festival
April 30, 6:30pm; online
"e" inc. Learn more!
Help us make Earth Day every day.
