August Berkshire Green Drinks: Wild Trout in Massachusetts

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DALTON, Mass. — Adam Kautza, the Coldwater Fisheries Project Leader for MassWildlife, will present at the August Berkshire Green Drinks event on Wednesday, Aug 9, in person and online via Zoom. 
 
The in-person gathering begins at 5:00 PM at Shire Breu-Hous inside The Stationery Factory, 63 Flansburg Ave in Dalton. The presentation starts at 6:00 PM.
 
After giving some background on the wild trout found here in Massachusetts, Adam will discuss the status and distribution of the state's wild trout fisheries, how MassWildlife manages these resources, and talk about some of the work the agency has been doing with wild trout over the last few years.
 
Pre-registration is required to attend this event. Learn more and RSVP at: https://tinyurl.com/Aug2023-Berks-Green-Drinks
 
Adam Kautza is the Coldwater Fisheries Project Leader for MassWildlife and has held this position since 2017. His role with the agency includes developing applied research projects to answer wild trout management questions and monitoring their coldwater fishery resources statewide.
 
Berkshire Green Drinks (formerly Pittsfield Green Drinks) is an informal gathering on the second Wednesday of the month. A guest speaker talks for about 30 minutes beginning at 6 PM, and the presentation is followed by a discussion and Q&A. These nights are free and open to everyone with any environmental interest. The drinks aren't green but the conversations are. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to join and bring along questions!
 
Berkshire Green Drinks is sponsored and organized by the Berkshire Environmental Action Team (BEAT). For more information regarding Berkshire Green Drinks, contact Chelsey Simmons, chelsey@thebeatnews.org, (413) 464-9402

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Dalton CRA Hall of Fame Welcomes Latest Class

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires.com Sports
DALTON, Mass. – If you enjoyed the Boston Red Sox’ 2004 World Championship run, give a little thanks to the town of Dalton.
 
Wahconah Regional High School graduate Dan Duquette was the keynote speaker at Sunday’s seventh annual Dalton CRA Athletic Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. And he told the crowd at the Stationery Factory that he could draw a line from his days as a bat boy for the Wahconah baseball team to two of the biggest names in Red Sox history.
 
“Franny Majchrowski taught me something very, very important,” Duquette said, referring to the left fielder from the 1969 Wahconah squad that was inducted into the hall on Sunday. “That is: It is good to have a temper if you’re a ballplayer. Franny Majchrowski had a temper, and a lot of times, he might make an out, and you could hear the expletives from left field throughout the county.
 
“But you know what that taught me? It taught me that he cared, that he cared enough to apply himself. He was passionate enough to apply himself.”
 
Duquette, who traveled with that ‘69 Wahconah team as an elementary school student, went on to be a standout athlete at the high school, playing on the 1972 undefeated football squad that was inducted on Sunday, and at Amherst College. And, of course, he carried his passion for sports into adulthood as a Major League Baseball executive, earning MLB Executive of the Year honors with the Montreal Expos, Red Sox and Baltimore Orioles.
 
“I picked up a couple of players along the line who had real passion,” Duquette said. “One of them was Pedro Martinez. Remember when he almost started a riot against the Yankees and threw Don Zimmer on his face? That was a pitcher with a temper.
 
“Then the catcher with the Red Sox, [Jason] Varitek, he also had a temper. Remember when he lost it and popped A-Rod right in the face? That was one of the great moments in Red Sox history. And I’m going to attribute that to Franny Majchrowski.”
 
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