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Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary
Join us for the “Wild Thing,” a fundraiser for Mass Audubon’s conservation and environmental education programming in Berkshire County.

Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary
At Mass Audubon, we are committed to ensuring that every child can experience the friendships, community, confidence, and connection to nature that takes place at our summer camps.

Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary
Mass Audubon’s Action Agenda addresses three critical challenges of our time: the rapid loss of wildlife habitat, inequitable access to nature, and the threat of climate change.

Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary
On July 27, 2021 Pleasant Valley was hit by a devastating storm. The microburst it produced uprooted or snapped hundreds of mature trees in a swath across the entrance and trail-laden section of the sanctuary. The boardwalk reopened in July 2022 following repairs.

Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary
"I love being the friendly face they see upon arrival and helping them map the perfect route to hike. It’s very rewarding to help someone find their "nature-legs", so-to-speak."

Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary
In July 2021, damaging winds from a severe thunderstorm blew down approximately 10 acres of trees on Lenox Mountain. The regeneration of the forest at Pleasant Valley will take decades.

Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary
Libby Herland joined the Berkshire Sanctuaries Advisory Committee in January 2018 just a few months after retiring from a career dedicated to conservation.

Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary
The benefits of nature offered at Mass Audubon's wildlife sanctuaries will now be directly available to patients of three Berkshire health care providers: MACONY Pediatrics of Pittsfield, Volunteers in Medicine Berkshires, and Community Health Programs.

Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary
Old Baldy Mountain gets its name from the open summit. But without active habitat management, trees would overtake the summit's field and thicket within just 20 years.

Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary
If you've enjoyed a Mass Audubon naturalist-led hike, school field trip, library program, or summer camp in the Berkshires and Connecticut River Valley area this year, then you've benefited from the work of Dale Abrams.