Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary

With at least six properties in the Cape Cod region, our region's property staff has its hands full. Late last year, they got some welcome assistance from Russ Tremblay, a new full-time property steward assigned seasonally to both Long Pasture and Wellfleet Bay.

Just about every late winter and early spring the sounds of weed whackers and power saws fill the air and hardy volunteers and property staff can be spotted on the often-windswept upper Bay View Trail and the Marsh Cabin. They call themselves the "Cut, Pile, and Burn Team" and they're working hard to protect a rare habitat.

It's the time of year Wellfleet Bay's sea turtle team and volunteers join outside researchers at a lab at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution to examine the sea turtles that didn't survive the cold-stun season. These sessions at WHOI provide scientists valuable information to help further sea turtle conservation.