Guided Bike Tour
(7.5 mi) Join avid cyclist and Land Use Manager Jim Olney to tour our popular bike trails in the Middle Moors. Space is limited. Helmet and a mountain bike suitable for rougher roads is required.
All Levels Yoga Flow
A 60-minute class moderately paced with mindful, controlled movement and breath. Emphasis is on lengthening postures, fluid breathing, smooth transitions, and cultivating focus. Includes a gentle warm-up, a brief flow to warm the body, a short series of longer holds, and a relaxing cool-down. Class is aimed to lengthen and preserve more than strengthen and…
Coskata-Coatue Film Screening
Join the Trustees and the Nantucket Conservation Foundation for the public premiere of our short documentary film, Coskata-Coatue: A Refuge on the Edge. Experience this new documentary that showcases the wonders of the refuge, the vulnerabilities associated with climate change, and how we are working together to build resilience. Panel with cast members and light…
Mornings for Members Walk- Leedsmoor
Another new walk exploring the heart of the island. Travel through the covered shrublands, oak forests and old fields and learn the stages of vegetative succession on Nantucket. Visit some sites of incredible Nantucket history hidden in the winding trails of the Middle Moors.
Mornings for Members Walk- Leedsmoor
Another new walk exploring the heart of the island. Travel through the covered shrublands, oak forests and old fields and learn the stages of vegetative succession on Nantucket. Visit some sites of incredible Nantucket history hidden in the winding trails of the Middle Moors.
Winter Walk- Ram Pasture
Explore the southernmost end of the Foundation’s popular Sanford Farm property, which is home to some of Nantucket’s rarest plants and animals. This area, which is also rich in cultural history, offers spectacular views of the ocean and the open grasslands of our adjacent Head of the Plains properties.
Winter Walk- Nantucket Field Station
Join us for an exploration of the historic and vibrant Nantucket Field Station. Scope for winter birds in the salt marsh and Harbor-facing bluff and learn the importance of this island treasure.
How to Love a Forest: A book talk by Ethan Tapper
Sponsored by the Nantucket Conservation Foundation In the Great Hall of the Nantucket Atheneum What does it mean to love a forest? In this talk, Ethan Tapper, a forester, author and content creator from Vermont, will draw from his work as a forester and his bestselling book — How to Love a Forest: The Bittersweet Work…
Winter Walk- Folger’s Hill
A new guided walk experience to a lesser-known hill in the Moors with a spectacular view. Not as easily findable as Altar Rock, but it holds a higher elevation and the experience is worth the hike through the sandy roads of the Eastern Moors.
Winter Walk- Masquetuck
Travel the short loop through a small, fascinating sunken hardwood forest that extends to the shores of West Polpis harbor with opportunities to see winter ducks, talk shellfish, and see the benefits to other residents of this ecologically rich area.
Winter Walk- Eels & Oysters Encounter
Visit with Jisun Reiner and Isaac Hersh as they further their research into Nantucket’s vibrant population of American Eels. Learn the unbelievable natural history of this species, see them up-close-and-personal and discover the winter ecology of our artificial oyster reef and salt marsh habitat.