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

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Sandplain Grassland Network field trip participants at the Foundation’s Head of the Plains property (photo: Kelly Omand)

It Takes a Village to Understand and Manage Our Sandplain Grasslands

By Karen C. Beattie | April 5, 2019
Sandplain grassland network field trip out at the Foundation's Head of the Plains property (Photo: Kelly Omand) Nantucket’s sandplain grasslands are upland plant communities unique to this region of North...
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Update on the Hither Creek Washover, Erosion and Salt Marshes

By Jen Karberg | March 27, 2019
by: Jen Karberg, Ph.D.; Science and Stewardship, Research Program Supervisor *This post summarizes a report prepared by the Nantucket Conservation Foundation. Read the full report here. The landscape at the...
Exploring shrubs in winter gives you a chance to appreciate their structural beauty, such as the gnarled branches and spiraled trunks of this old growth high bush blueberry.

Early Spring Botany: Into the Thicket

By Kelly A. Omand | March 14, 2019
Exploring shrubs in winter gives you a chance to appreciate their structural beauty, such as the gnarled branches and spiraled trunks of this old growth high bush blueberry. As winter...

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Coatue
Eel Point
Head Of The Plains
Little Neck
Madequecham & Tom Nevers
Masquetuck
Middle Moors
Milestone Cranberry Bog
Nantucket Field Station
Norwood Farm
Sanford Farm & Ram Pasture
Squam Farm
Squam Swamp
Tupancy Links
Windswept Cranberry Bog
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