President, Friends of Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge
Writer and photographer Mark Seth Lender joins Here & Now’s Robin Young to explain the concern wildlife enthusiasts are feeling in this segment. Listen now. This segment aired on March 19, 2025.
WASHINGTON, DC – February 14th, 2025 – The National Wildlife Refuge Association is deeply alarmed by today’s Department of the Interior (DOI)-wide termination of approximately 420 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) employees, many of whom are critical to the…
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On my first day serving with Friends of Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge, as we were gathering signs from our recent “Walk for the Wild” event along Great Hay Road in the Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge, the sound of birdsong caught…
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My name is Kaycee Doherty, and I am a recent graduate of Catawba College in Salisbury, North Carolina and a current member of AmeriCorps Cape Cod here in Barnstable County. I’m serving here at Friends of Mashpee Wildlife Refuge through…
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During the past month, volunteer Boy Scouts from Troop 42, under the leadership of Eagle Scout candidate, Griffin Jones, installed an interpretive panel along the trail leading from Red Brook Road and repainted the gates on either side of the…
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Habitat destruction and competition from other species have significantly reduced the population of the native New England Cottontail rabbit with small populations now found only in selected areas of New England. “Rabbitats” are brush piles made of found materials that…
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Our Third Annual Walk for the Wild (WFTW) was a big success! Thanks to everyone who walked, donated, volunteered, supported us in other ways or attended our celebration event at Naukabout Brewery! If you participated, please check your email for…
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[reprinted from our Summer 2022 newsletter, in honor of Rachel Carson’s birthday, May 27, 1907.] Rachel Carson was a writer, scientist and ecologist, perhaps best known for her 1962 book Silent Spring, which inspired the modern environmental movement. Her background…
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Bring the whole family to our third annual Walk for the Wild (WFTW), a 5k walk through nature and trails of the Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge. The 2024 WFTW will be held on Sunday, October 13th, from 11am to 1pm,…
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The Friends of Mashpee NWR were one of dozens of exhibitors at the Native Land Conservancy’s “Honor the Earth Fair” held on April 20th at the Wampanoag Government Center. Friends volunteers Lucinda Keith, Tom Fudala, Nancy Church and Glenn Davis…
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