Press Room

Mass Audubon welcomes birders of all abilities and backgrounds to its 31st annual Birders Meeting taking place Sunday, April 2, 8 am-4 pm, at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester.

Mass Audubon has named Carole McCauley its new Regional Director, North Shore, responsible for the statewide conservation organization’s wildlife sanctuaries from Newburyport to Nahant. 

MathWorks has made a $2.4 million gift to Mass Audubon, New England’s largest nature-based conservation organization, to protect and care for climate-resilient lands across Massachusetts. The donation significantly elevates the scale of the Natick-based company’s commitment to Mass Audubon and its land conservation and climate work.

Ms. G, the Official Groundhog of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, did not see her shadow during this morning’s Groundhog Day gathering at Mass Audubon’s Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary in Lincoln, meaning an early spring is expected.

According to folklore, if Ms. G had seen her shadow, we would be looking at six more weeks of winter. And her always-accurate prediction now carries even more weight, thanks to assistance from Governor Maura Healey, who participated in the annual groundhog fest/climate action day.

Governor Maura Healey will join Ms. G when the Official Groundhog of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts returns to Mass Audubon’s Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary in Lincoln for Groundhog Day on Thursday, February 2, and makes her annual prognostication on how much more winter we can expect. 
According to folklore, if Ms. G sees her shadow, there will be six more weeks of winter. If not, we can look forward to an early spring.