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Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary
This year’s Wild, Wild Wellfleet! fundraiser was a sold-out event and, truly, a wild success! We'd like to extend our most sincere thanks to everyone who made the chef's tasting and auction possible.
Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary
Make plans to visit the Outer Cape after the summer crowds are gone and spend a weekend outdoors learning about the Cape’s fascinating wildlife. Our fall Field School programs promise to make your next Cape Cod visit a great memory!
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 from Memorial Day to Labor Day through the Blue Star Museums program.
First–the good news! Thanks to the efforts of over 100 dedicated volunteers the 2018 terrapin nesting season has come to a close with our lowest number of depredated nests at this point in the season. This year we protected a total of 335 terrapin nests in Wellfleet, Eastham, and Orleans. At WBWS we found a […]
As summer seems to be winding up, Piping Plover nesting season seems to be winding down. The last of Wellfleet Bay’s monitored Piping Plover nests on the Outer Cape, from Tern Island to Truro, have hatched. Although it seems we monitored a lot of chicks this summer, many didn’t survive to fledge. A total of […]