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Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary
Before COVID-19, Wellfleet Bay's educators were in schools from Harwich to Provincetown on a daily basis. Now their focus in on providing teachers with the content and support they need most. But how do you deliver in-the-field experiences through a 2-D screen?
Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary
Now that the sanctuary's trails have reopened, visitors have started taking note of several significant improvements along the Goose Pond and Silver Spring trails.
Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary
For over 10 years, this event has been one of the most talked about social gatherings on the Outer Cape, as well as our signature fundraiser. So it's with a heavy heart that we've made the difficult decision to cancel Wild, Wild Wellfleet! for summer 2020.
Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary
Wellfleet Bay's program to study, rescue, document, and protect sea turtles will be fully operational this summer! Find out why this conservation program is so important and what you can do to help it succeed.
Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary
Melissa Lowe Cestaro—a 25-year veteran of Mass Audubon—has been chosen to succeed Sanctuary Director Bob Prescott, who has retired after nearly 40 years at the helm.
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Wellfleet Bay has been tracking mature box turtles for years, but young turtles, secretive by nature, have been far less studied. In late 2018 we had a unique opportunity to investigate a clutch of five eastern box turtles that had hatched in late August at a home next to the sanctuary. When the homeowners realized […]
Piping Plovers have a tough life. Their parenting job begins as soon as the first egg is laid. Then come the hatchlings that are unruly and adorable and need protection 24/7. But not many of the chicks actually survive. For those of us who monitor one or more nests, this is a difficult time. We […]