The Mashpee Select Board on Monday, December 18, approved construction of a visitors center at the Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge. Glenn Davis, president of the Friends of the Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge, presented the proposal, which needed board authorization to…
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Often the career path that we take in life is not straight, and there are usually a few curves or bumps along the way, which is what I am currently experiencing. My name is Grace Vachon, a recent graduate…
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From the Mashpee Enterprise, “After nearly 30 years without a visitor center, the Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge might be closer to getting one after the town conservation commission unanimously endorsed an early proposal for a center at 966 Falmouth Road…
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Join the Friends of Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge and the Town of Mashpee in our second annual Walk for the Wild (WFTW) on Saturday October 14th from 11am-1pm, to help raise awareness of the Mashpee Refuge and and support our…
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(by Leonel Lainez, AmeriCorps Cape Cod) At the beginning of my AmeriCorps Cape Cod journey back in September, I was assigned to work with Joan Muller, the Education Coordinator from Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, and Nancy Church, a…
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In case you missed it (or want the notes), here is the presentation MaryKay Fox gave at the Mashpee Senior Center on Thursday July 27, 2023. (Click the image to view the slides.)
Earth Day is celebrated each year on April 22nd, commemorating the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970. This year, the Friends made a month of it! On March 26th, Friends’ volunteers MaryKay Fox, Glenn Davis, Lucinda Keith and…
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Bill McKay was a great fan of the osprey cam during its first season (2022), as well as a frequent commenter on the site. I got to know him a bit that summer. We shared a love of the environment,…
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The value of Tribal collaboration for the benefit of both people and wildlife As the heat of summer settled on the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal lands of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, bees zipped between glossy green leaves of sweetgrass grown in the…
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Unfortunately, at 12:30pm on April 1st, the osprey nest platform at the Waquoit Bay Reserve fell away due to high winds and rotted boards. After several hours of frantically exploring options, The Osprey Project of Falmouth came to our rescue!…
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