September marks the start of fall hunting. Important Seasonal Reminder from the MA Division of Fisheries & Wildlife. (reported by the 300 Committee Land Trust) The return of cooler weather means many Massachusetts sportsmen and women will head into the…
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U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Fails to Designate Critical Habitat for the Rusty Patched Bumble Bee. As reported by the Xerces Society on 9/1/2020: The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service decided to not designate critical habitat for the rusty patched…
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The David Ross Palmer Environmental Hero Award. This award is named for the late David Ross Palmer, founder and first president of the Friends (1995-2000), who was a champion of the environment, particularly Waquoit Bay watershed. The Friends of Mashpee…
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MNWR Partner, Orenda, Announces New Executive Director. In their Spring 2020 newsletter, Orenda Wildlife Land Trust, a partner of the Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR), announced Jeff Thibodeau as its new Executive Director. Visit the Orenda website for more details.
New Pollinator Boxes! Senior Environment Corps (SEC) recently constructed new nest boxes for our pollinator gardens using COVID-19 CDC social distancing guidelines. These boxes mimic the typical nesting habitat for native species such as leafcutter bees and mason bees, who…
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Mashpee Friends Featured in Refuge Highlights. The Friends of Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge was pleased to be featured in the March-April 2020 edition of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service North Atlantic-Appalachian Region’s Refuge Highlights, with an article about our…
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It’s pollinator week! Please consider planting native plants that produce nectar and pollen as food sources for the wide range of native pollinators we have in Mashpee! Most people think bees are the only pollinators – but there are many…
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Friends Respond to COVID-19. The Friends of Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge was pleased to be included in the Summer 2020 edition of The Link, a quarterly newsletter produced in coordination between the National Wildlife Refuge Association and Coalition of Refuge…
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Eagle Project: Jehu Pond Pollinator Garden. This picture post is located at the Jehu Pond Conservation Area Pollinator Garden. The purpose of picture posts are to document changes in the garden throughout the growing seasons. The gardens are planted to…
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Continuing the work at the FR&GC Pollinator Fields under the most trying of moments in our lives! This picture IS worth at least a thousand words and certainly demonstrates the current situation we are all facing! A great expression of…
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