Wildflower Walk with Kelly Omand
Join Kelly Omand for a walk through NCF’s Madequecham Valleyproperty, exploring from dune to coastal shrubland. Enjoy late summerwildflowers and learn about the methods we use to manage invasive plantsand…
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Restoring Illegally Created Trails on Foundation Properties
Working for the Nantucket Conservation Foundation’s Science and Stewardship Department, we spend a large portion of our time maintaining and restoring Foundation properties as favorable habitats for rare plants and animals through…
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Botanizing on Nantucket
By: Katherine Culatta, Seasonal Botany/Ecology Field Assistant One of the most exciting things that can happen to a botanist is to stumble across an unfamiliar plant and puzzle over its…
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A Field Season on Nantucket
by Andee Brendalen, Seasonal Botany Field Assistant This summer I served as a botany/ecology field assistant for the Nantucket Conservation Foundation. My duties included conducting plant surveys, vegetation community surveys,…
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Science and Stewardship at the Cranfest this Saturday
When you visit this year’s Cranfest at the Nantucket Conservation Foundation’s Milestone Bog this Saturday, October 11th, please stop in at the Science & Stewardship table. We love to talk…
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Update: New England Cottontails Documented on Nantucket!
Last February, we posted about our science department’s efforts to document if the New England cottontail (Sylvilagus transitionalis), a rare and elusive species of rabbit, is still present on Nantucket…
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