On January 31st, 2023, the Friends of Mashpee NWR held its 2022 Annual Meeting. A key element of the meeting was a review of our 2022 accomplishments. It’s an impressive list of activities that our Friends group, with help from…
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Today, the Sporting, Safety, Conservation, and Education Fund (SSCEF), the non-profit arm of the Falmouth Rod & Gun Club (FRGC), presented a $500 donation to the Friends of Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge. The SSCEF and the FRGC, a Mashpee Refuge…
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During 2022 National Wildlife Refuge Week, the Friends of Mashpee NWR held our first Walk for the Wild 5k walk on October 10th at the Jehu Pond Conservation area. The first of what we hope will be an annual signature…
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Please Join us on Monday October 10th, 2022 in a mission to empower wildlife and humans to thrive! The Walk for the Wild (WFTW) challenge is to get people moving a distance of 5K in nature and to raise funds…
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On July 20th, the US Fish and Wildlife and partners had the opportunity to participate and lead activities for the Mashpee Wampanoag’s “Preserving Our Homelands 2022 Tribal Youth Summer Camp.” Staff from the Eastern MA NWR Complex were joined by…
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Back in February of 2022, a group of Girl Scouts from Girl Scouts of Ohio’s Heartland Council contacted the Friends of Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge (FMNWR) about a trip they were planning this summer to Cape Cod. They sought opportunities…
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On Tuesday May 10th, at the Friends of Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge (FMNWR) May Board of Directors meeting, the 2022 David Ross Palmer (DRP) Environmental Hero Award was presented to Katelyn Cadoret. Katelyn was a past President and is currently…
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The [Falmouth Rod & Gun Club] Pollinator Committee work day on May 14 was among our most productive work days. The weather cooperated, it started off overcast and warm and then becoming partly sunny. We had 19 scouts and adult…
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What a beautiful way to spend Earth Day! AmeriCorps Cape Cod generously provided a Service Day to sprucing up the pollinator gardens established by the Friends of Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge and the Town of Mashpee’s Conservation Department. Members of…
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Productive day at the pollinator fields. With the help of Stacy Jones, Zach Jones, MaryKay Fox and Linda Harris we potted up 117 bare root shrubs in about 2 hours. On May 7th with the help of Scout Troop 42…
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