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Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary
Wellfleet Bay has been providing programs to Cape Cod schools for nearly 40 years. But recently, the sanctuary has expanded its reach into a new, key age group—preschool!
Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary
Over the past couple years, we've added some serious muscle to Wellfleet Bay's birding "bench strength" thanks to two accomplished birders that have joined our staff—Jim Sweeney and Joel Wagner.
Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary
Melissa Lowe Cestaro—a 25-year veteran of Mass Audubon—has been chosen to succeed Sanctuary Director Bob Prescott, who is retiring this fall after nearly 40 years at the helm.
Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary
Several dozen seventh graders from Wayland had the rare chance to observe a necropsy of a Kemp's Ridley sea turtle and to look for plastics in tissue samples as part of a new curriculum.
Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary
Mass Audubon's sanctuaries on Cape Cod and the Islands are proud to offer free admission to active-duty U.S. military personnel and their families through Labor Day thanks to the Blue Star Museums program.
Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary
Wellfleet Bay has been chosen as a beneficiary of the 2019 Seaside Le Mans race! This extraordinary opportunity will help expand our conservation science education programs to underserved children, strengthen existing school programs, and provide new learning opportunities at the sanctuary.
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The following post was contributed by Wellfleet Bay’s coastal waterbird technician Jacey Corrente. This summer was my first time coming to Massachusetts, let alone the beautiful Outer Cape, and I was excited for what the season would bring. I eased into my role as a coastal waterbird staff member, gaining familiarity with Piping Plover tracks, […]
On June 29, 2016, I rescued a diamondback terrapin that had been hit by a car during a nesting run on Lieutenant Island in Wellfleet. Most of the time that would have been the end of her story. Most turtles that are hit by cars die and the only happy ending is when any still […]