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Thom Smith

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Coltsfoot blooms along Berkshire back roads.
Photo by Thom Smith
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Coltsfoot blooms in early spring

March 27, 2020
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The first adventuresome blossoms of the tiny yellow dandelion mimic we call coltsfoot come up in March, and a April settles in, masses will appear along the banks of gravel roads.

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Tony Costello of Pittsfield returns from a snowshoe adventure to Pecks Falls on Mount Greylock.
Photo by Thom Smith
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Thom Smith snowshoes in the back country

February 1, 2019
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Thinking back 16 years, Scott Jervas who worked with me managing the Berkshire Museum aquarium, had an unlikely winter pastime — searching for long-closed ski areas returning to forest.

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Ice breaks up on Cheshire Lake, seen from the the Ashuwillticook Rail Trail on a sunny day in February.
Cheshire Lake / Photo by Kate Abbott
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Gentle snowshoe treks in the Central Berkshires

January 21, 2019
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When temperatures hover around 25 degrees F, or even a bit higher, it seems only logical to take a hefty dose of cabin fever remedy — head to the woods and give the snowshoes a workout. The Berkshires border the Snow Belt, and not every winter is a snowshoe winter, […]

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Scott Jervas of West Stockbridge scales the face of a frozen Wahconah Falls in Dalton.
Photo by Thom Smith
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Berkshire naturalist Thom Smith scales the frozen Wahconah Falls in winter

January 8, 2019
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Berkshire County waterfalls are far more abundant than many visitors realize. Other than downtime during a summer drought, most hold excitement any time, and they are safe if we explore with care — especially when they are frozen over. Back in my days of discovery, I tried to visit as […]

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Young hemlock trees hold beads of water on a rainy day at the summit of Mount Greylock.
Photo by Kate Abbott
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Hemlock trees warm the winter woods with evergreen color

December 6, 2018
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Here in New England, we know it by the name eastern hemlock or hemlock spruce. It is evergreen, but not a Christmas Tree — it will be a happier tree outside than inside, as its needles fall easily when they dry out. It is a common tree in cool woods with […]

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Parsons Marsh in Lenox gleams in the sun on a Berkshire Camino guided walk in late July.
Photo by Kate Abbott
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Berkshire Natural Resources Council preserves trails in the hills over Lenox

November 5, 2018
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Berkshire naturalist Thom Smith and his family explore three BNRC trails in Lenox — a view, a marsh and a waterfall — on a fall afternoon.

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Mount Greylock shows fall color.
Photo by Thom Smith
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Gentle fall walks explore the Williamstown hills

November 5, 2018
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Field Farm, Cricket Creek Farm, Stone Hill, Mountain Meadow Preserve and Sheep Hill — slopes and gentle trails lie just up the road from The Clark, Williams College and the Williamstown Theater Festival. And many visitors and locals alike may have driven past without ever driving in. Field Farm Barely […]

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A detail of an outdoor sculpture in metal glows in coppery folds at the Mount in summer 2018.
SculptureNow at the Mount / Photo by Kate Abbott
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Outdoor sculpture brings color to The Mount in leaf season

September 24, 2018
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As the summer season wanes, outdoor sculpture in leaf season takes on a new light, and The Mount in Lenox continues to draw people in even before they reach the mansion. Take a relaxing stroll along one of the Berkshires’ loveliest of driveways toward what once was the Gilded Age home […]

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Carniverous pitcher plants grow in Berkshire bogs and in Southern Vermont.
Courtesy photo by Charlie Marshall
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Kayak around a floating island at Sadawga Lake

August 22, 2018
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If you won’t have many opportunities to kayak in Southern Vermont this summer, why not choose a rare body of water? The 200-acre Sadawga Lake is said to be named for Chief Sadawga, an American Indian known to camp on its shore, and rumor has it he could swim under its […]

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White trillium blooms at Bartholomew's Cobble in Sheffield.
Photo by Kate Abbott
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Thom Smith searches for spring wildflowers

May 6, 2018
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Ever wish that you were first name friends with the wildflowers that begin coming up in April and fill the woods with color in May? This short stretch of spring is a season of its own — in these short weeks while the spring sun warms the soil, and light reaches […]

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