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Climate Change Awareness Walk

During September’s Climate Change Awareness Month, join Dr. Jen Karberg at Folger’s Marsh and journey on a walk through Nantucket’s current climate change impacts and explore the importance of existing natural landscapes and the potential for nature-based adaptation for now and in the future.

Free

Mornings for Members Walk- Windswept Bog

A re-envisioning of this favorite island walk. As we further the process for our watershed-level wetland restoration of this former cranberry farm, we will learn the bog’s history, talk about the complex plans that will soon be implemented, and look forward to what Windswept could look like within the next several years. Hear about how…

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…

Free

Birding Folger’s Marsh

A new collaborative program between NCF, Egan Maritime and Linda Loring Nature Foundation explores the active birds and history of Folger’s Marsh. Viewing the marsh from Egan Maritime’s Shipwreck & Lifesaving Museum, this program incorporates the importance of seabirds and waterfowl in storied maritime history, to enrich and inform membership of all 3 organizations. Register…

Free

Mornings for Members Walk- Milestone Cranberry Bog at Harvest

Once the world’s largest cranberry bogs, Milestone remains the island’s oldest working farm. Tour the area just before dry harvest begins and learn the intricacies of cranberry growing. A great walk for anyone interested in cranberries or seeing the moors in early autumn foliage.

How to Love a Forest: A book talk by Ethan Tapper

February 12 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Free

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

February 22 @ 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Free

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

March 8 @ 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Free

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

March 22 @ 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Free

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.

Winter Walk- Windswept Bog Post-Restoration

April 5 @ 9:00 am - 10:30 am
Free

The watershed-level restoration project at Windswept Bog is underway! Be amongst the first to explore these retired bogs after phase two construction and at the start of the 2025 growing season. See the work we’ve done, understand the transitional journey of this property and get ready for diversity to flourish here at Windswept!

Southern Pine Beetle Walk

April 12 @ 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Free

Partnered with the a talk at the Nantucket Atheneum on 4/11 & The Nantucket Land Bank’s Walk on Sunday 4/13 An important and targeted walk with Wildlife Research Ecologist Danielle O’Dell to see the effects of Southern Pine Beetle infestations up close. Learn the signs to look for and understand the significant impact this southern…