Science & Stewardship Department Blog
Categories
- Bats
- Birds
- Botany
- Events
- Fall Color on Nantucket
- Field Season
- Forests
- Habitat Management
- Hither Creek
- Insects
- Invasive Species
- Land Use History
- Nantucket Biodiversity Initiative
- Nantucket Wildlife
- Native Plants
- Natural History
- News
- Pollinators
- Ponds
- Prescribed Fire
- Rare Species
- Research by Collaborators
- Restoration
- Salt Marshes
- Sandplain Grasslands
- Science Blog
- SciFund
- Scrub Oak Barrens
- Sheep
- Shorebirds
- Springtime
- Trees
- Uncategorized
- Wetlands
- Winter
Archives
Moor Habitat Management Funding
The Nantucket Conservation Foundation recently received news that we have been awarded a $24,075 grant to undertake a sandplain heathland and scrub oak barren habitat management project on 24 acres…
Read MoreGetting Ready for a Harrowing Winter
Our Science and Stewardship Department is excited to move forward with a new phase of habitat management work within the Serengeti area on the north side of the Milestone Road.…
Read MoreTake a walk or bike ride along the Milestone Bike Path near the Tom Nevers Road intersection or in the South Pastures area of the island (between the airport and…
Read MoreLess Shrubs and Moor Views
Take a walk in the northwestern portion of our vast Middle Moors property holdings this winter, and you will see that the landscape in this area has been opened up…
Read MoreMiddle Moors Scrub Oak Mystery
A visit to the Middle Moors this spring, particularly a walk or drive along Pout Pond or Altar Rock Road, will reveal some strange new patterns on the landscape. This past…
Read More