Bonnyvale Environmental Education Center - BEEC

06/13/2026

🌿☀️ Community Service Opportunity for Teens, with stipend! ☀️🌿

Looking to fill some community service hours? Love nature? This is your chance to build skills, gain experience, and have a lot of fun along the way.

🍃 As a Leader-in-Training, you’ll:
• Help care for youth ages 4–11
• Support games, hikes, and hands-on nature activities
• Build skills in leadership, teamwork, and environmental education
• Counts toward school community service hours

👉 Join us for 1-6 weeks during the spring and summer seasons, with more opportunities next year.

🌼 Learn more and apply at beec.org/employment-opportunities!

06/12/2026

Meet Mulberry, a sleepy little long-tailed weasel enjoying a nap in the orphanage. 💤

BEEC naturalist and rehabber Patti Smith will be caring for this half-pint-sized predator until he’s ready to head back into the wild where he belongs.

See an injured animal and not sure what to do? Visit our page beec.org/wildlife-conservation/rescue/ for guidance and a local directory of wildlife rehabbers.

06/05/2026

We invite you on June 25 to experience Forest of Melody—a one-of-a-kind micromusic festival and summer solstice fundraiser where live music and nature intertwine across BEEC's scenic trails. All proceeds support BEEC’s year-round environmental education programs and conservation efforts. 🌿🎻

Get tickets from the link above!

06/03/2026

🌿 Find connection, support, and time to recharge outdoors this Friday. 💚

Join BEEC and Turning Point of Windham County on June 5th for Forest First Fridays: A Nature-Based Recovery and Wellness Program.

Through guided activities, exploration, and time spent in nature, participants build resilience, strengthen well-being, and connect with a supportive community.

🍃 Learn new outdoor skills, enjoy the healing power of nature, and spend meaningful time with others in a welcoming environment.

Free to attend and open to all. Register from the link above!

06/02/2026

On a frigid February morning, Peter was walking his dog and found a porcupine in the middle of the road. He didn't see any injuries, but he couldn't persuade it

06/02/2026

✨ Firefly Solstice Night at BEEC ✨

Join us on June 20th for Fireflies: Solstice Light Show, an evening where we'll learn the science, magic, and flash patterns of our local fireflies, then head out into the meadow for the real show 🌿✨

🔦 Firefly ID: Learn flash patterns + how to make your yard a haven
📍 BEEC, 1221 Bonnyvale Rd, Brattleboro, VT
🗓 June 20
🕣 8:30–10 PM
🎟 Free (suggested donation $15)

Free; suggested donation of $15 This summer, the firefly show will be underway. BEEC invites you to up your firefly game. Between 20 and 30 species of fireflies inhabit the Northeast...

05/28/2026

Meet Bramble, the orphaned porcupine, as he gets some climbing practice. BEEC naturalist and rehabber Patti Smith will be caring for this little troublemaker until he is ready for release in the fall.

See an injured animal and not sure what to do? Visit our page beec.org/wildlife-conservation/rescue/ for guidance and a local directory of wildlife rehabbers.

05/23/2026

🛶 Paddle Safari at the Retreat Meadows! 🌿 🐢

Next Saturday, BEEC and The Boys & Girls Club of Brattleboro will lead a free, family-friendly canoe adventure through vibrant wetlands, observing birds, turtles, dragonflies, frogs, and more.

We'll provide the canoes, snacks, gear, and transportation from downtown Brattleboro if needed—just bring your family and a sense of adventure!

📍 Saturday, May 30th from 10 am–12 pm at the Retreat Meadows
🌱 Free, Family-friendly outdoor fun
🛶 Canoes, snacks and gear provided
⬆ Registration needed - register from the link above!

05/21/2026

Hummingbirds are back in full swing in Vermont!

As we enjoy the return of this tiny, squeaky, and dangerously cute migratory bird, a quick refresher for keeping them safe and happy:

⏰ Change nectar every 2 days in hot weather (75°F+), and every 3–4 days when cooler—spoiled nectar can be fatal for hummingbirds.

🌺 For your nectar, mix 1 part plain, refined white sugar to 4 parts water. That’s the closest match to natural flower nectar. Skip the red dye and pre-made colored mixes—they aren’t safe or needed!

If you haven’t yet witnessed the grace of the hummingbird this season, come to BEEC and catch them zipping along the trails!