The Trustees of Reservations (The Trustees) and Nantucket Conservation Foundation (NCF) have been part of a decades long collaboration to manage the Coskata-Coatue Wildlife Refuge, a critical barrier beach ecosystem…
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We’re halfway through the summer and a lot has been going on at NCF! From turtles, beetles, bats, and birds, to rare plants, restoration, and salt marsh monitoring, the summer…
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NCF’s 2024 Race for Open Space went off without a hitch last Saturday with a record-breaking 686 participants! These participants came from all over the year-round and seasonal island communities…
Read MoreWhat is the Colonial Waterbird Survey? The Colonial Waterbird Survey is a statewide survey facilitated every 5 years by the State of Massachusetts. The last survey was done on island…
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If someone came to your town for the first time, what would you want them to know?
For Tisquantum, commonly known as Squanto, it was essential for the Pilgrims who had arrived on the Mayflower in 1620 to know about eels. That’s right, eels!
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Spring has officially arrived on Nantucket and with the warming weather comes more ways to enjoy the trails and properties all across the island! From bike rides, family walks, dog play dates, or a guided walk by one of our NCF Ecologists, we invite you to explore our properties.
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The Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game’s Division of Ecological Restoration (DER), in partnership with the Nantucket Conservation Foundation, has been awarded $1 million from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) for the Windswept Bog Wetland Restoration Project, which will restore and enhance a 231-acre property containing 39 acres of former cranberry bog and 111 acres of natural wetlands.
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Since 2019, NCF has been working with the Massachusetts Division of Ecological Restoration’s Cranberry Bog Program (DER) to plan a watershed-level wetland restoration project for its Windswept Bog property, located…
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Gracie Bell, Seasonal Shorebird Technician This year, Nantucket, Tuckernuck, and the Muskeget Islands collectively shared a total of 76 breeding Piping Plover pairs, an increase of 1 pair from last…
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Looking for some interesting and informative events to participate in during early November on Nantucket?? The 9th biennial Nantucket Biodiversity Research Conference will take place from November 4-6, 2021, and…
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