Preserving the Island for Everyone

Preserving Nantucket’s character by permanently conserving, maintaining, and
managing natural areas and habitats.

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Sassafras in Springtime

By Kelly A. Omand | May 7, 2021

Sassafras in full flower near Medouie Creek. Photo D.I. O'Dell At home colonizing old fields transitioning to woods, sassafras (Sassafras albidum) can be found around Nantucket, from the maturing forests...

Could a Piping Plover be Your Spirit Animal?

By Libby Buck | April 30, 2021

What type of beach goer are you? Do you prefer your own private beach for miles or like to be right next to your neighbor? Depending on your answer, you...

Beware of Beetles! Southern Pine Beetles March Northward

By Danielle O'Dell | April 23, 2021

In the coming weeks, we at the Conservation Foundation will begin annual surveillance for the presence of southern pine beetles on Nantucket and we could use your help searching for...

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When you have such a beautiful day and a pup-friendly office, it calls for a 90s Band Album Cover shoot.

We hope that on this beautiful day out and about with your pup, you clean up after their business and keep in mind the safety and well being of everyone else on the trail.

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Spring Peepers (Pseudacris crucifer) are still heard calling into the evening from wetlands around the island. These tiny chorus frogs are about the size of a nickel, but their peeping call can be heard echoing over long distances. It can be extremely challenging to spot these small but powerful singers, so relish any chance you get to find one.

Not all babies are cute and well behaved, some of us are straight up ugly! But its important to recognize the incredible women who raised us as if we were the most beautiful thing in the world. Thank you to all the moms out there whose time and effort made us who we are today.

🌷🌹🌺Happy Mothers Day!🌺🌹🌷

Vernal Pools offer moments of reflection and appreciation for habitat protection and the importance of freshwater wetlands. RJ Turcotte, Waterkeeper of the @nantucketlandcouncil, is leading Vernal Pool Tours in Squam Swamp with the assistance of our Ecologist & Educator, Neil Foley, to showcase the diversity of creatures and valuable place seasonal wetlands hold in our island way of life.

Find the link to join their tour on Event Brite or through the link in our bio.

New Blog Post! Shorebird conservation and beach closures can sometimes ruffle some feathers, but theres good reason to appreciate these birds on our beaches and advocate for their protection. Libby Buck shows us the amazing progression of nesting Piping Plovers throughout the summer in a new Blog.

Read it now through the NCF Science Blog link in our bio
📸:@_neilfoley

The results are in on our first ACKTrails app photo contest! Thank you to all the amazing contributions from fans of our trails and their photography skills to help showcase their favorite places around the island. We loved seeing the pictures roll in, including lots of happy pooches 🐕 haunting trees 🌳 and spectacular sunsets 🌅.

Congrats to our winners with the most likes @the_bloomfields & @michaeljstone . We have some great prizes headed your way!

In the meantime, keep showing off your favorite Nantucket moments and exploring with ACKTrails! We have some new loops on @nantucketlandbank property heading your way just in time for the summer season.

Standing dead trees, aka Snags, can still hold value in supporting other species. Though they arent living or growing anymore, they provide hollows for bird nests or roosting bats, food for insects that become food themselves, or perches for hunting birds of prey.

A natural forest isnt uniform or homogeneous, they are diverse and thriving through the many stages of plant growth and decay. It is a community-wide botanical dance that is reflected in our own community and way of life

Take a second to stop and see these snags got what they are, part of a healthy forest ecosystem.

Quaker Ladies aka Bluets (Houstonia caerulea) are out and about this week, adding to the growing list of plants blooming. The pollen power is upon us! Are your sinuses feeling it? 🤧

Happy Arbor Day!🍁 🌳🌲🍁🌳🍁
Go out on a limb and appreciate the unbe-leaf-able beauty of Nantuckets trees today! Needle-ss to say but you should check out our videos on trees with Botanist Kelly Omand.

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Preserving the Island for Everyone

What's Happening

Sassafras in Springtime

Could a Piping Plover be Your Spirit Animal?

Beware of Beetles! Southern Pine Beetles March Northward

What We Do:

Conservation & Stewardship

Scientific Research & Education

Property Experiences

Public Service to the Community

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