BETHEL — The Mahoosuc Land Trust is hosting “Into the Woods,” a speaker event, at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 5, at Gould Academy’s McLaughlin Auditorium in Bethel. Paul Motts, recently retired National Park Service naturalist, will present “New England Fall Colors.”

Discover the hidden secrets for why this annual event occurs and what makes the broad-leaf forests of New England especially appealing.