If you like beer, you should love forests. Oktoberforest is a global campaign from The Nature Conservancy to raise awareness about the important role forests play in providing clean water, a critical ingredient for quality beer.

Join The Nature Conservancy in Massachusetts and Cambridge Brewing Company for a local Oktoberforest celebration. There will be brews and snacks, a “tree-via” competition for fun prizes, and TNC staff to talk about their work protecting the state’s forests and waters.

The event is free and open to the public, but space is limited so please register here: http://support.nature.org/site/Calendar/?view=RSVP&id=12802

Beer has four main ingredients: water, grain, hops and yeast. While water may seem like beer’s simplest ingredient, there’s a lot involved in getting that clean water to our taps. Clean, plentiful water depends on healthy surrounding natural areas, like forests. From the tree canopy all the way down to root systems, every part of a forest plays a critical role in cleaning, storing and protecting our water supply.

Tap into Oktoberforest.org for more.