Regional News

Over the past 21 years, the Boston Nature Center has grown to be a vibrant community nature center under Julie Brandlen’s leadership. Below are some of the milestones that highlight our shared journey towards building a community of belonging.

Having protected more than 400 nests, Wellfleet Bay Diamondback Terrapin volunteers and staff are gearing up for the second half of the season—and hatchlings!

For the second year in a row, Eastern Spadefoot Toads have been recorded breeding at Ashumet Holly Wildlife Sanctuary, providing more evidence that Long Pasture's efforts to re-establish a population of the threatened species is paying off! 

At Felix Neck’s Fern & Feather Day Camp in Edgartown, campers ages 5–14 have fun and make friends as they explore the nature of Martha's Vineyard at our 350-acre wildlife sanctuary. Registration for summer 2022 opens on January 31!

Every year, the team at the Broad Meadow Brook Wildlife Sanctuary welcomes interns to assist with a variety of projects across the sanctuary.

At our camp in Princeton, campers ages 3.5–17 make new friends, hike the trails, and discover the natural wonders of Massachusetts. Registration is now open for summer 2022!

Every year during the summer breeding season, Mass Audubon's Coastal Waterbird Program (CWP) conducts shorebird nest monitoring field studies on both Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. Here's a look at the 2021 season results from both locations.

How did Felix Neck get ten percent of the Island’s students together with nonprofit partners, local and regional government, business owners, and scientists? Feed them good food and engage them in great conversations.

Towering over other vegetation at 20 feet tall and dominating the entire shoreline of Hummock Pond, Phragmites Australis, or the common reed is one of the most aggressive and ecologically damaging invasive species found on Nantucket.

Blue Hills Trailside Museum is proactively moving all exhibit birds into indoor aviaries due to concerns about avian influenza, which is highly contagious and could be fatal to some of the birds.

Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is a great way to create a personal connection to your local farm and farmers. You will not only know where your food is grown and learn how it’s grown, but you’ll be able to taste the difference!

Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is a great way to create a personal connection to your local farm and farmers. You will not only know where your food is grown and learn how it’s grown, but you’ll be able to taste the difference!

At Stony Brook Day Camp in Norfolk, campers ages 5–10 discover our wildlife sanctuary's forest, fields, and wetlands during weekly sessions. Registration is open for summer 2022!

At Wild at Art Nature Camp in Canton, campers ages 4.5–14 have fun as naturalists, teaching artists, and trained counselors lead them in outdoor explorations and creative art projects. Registration is now open!

You may see some new faces on your next visit to a Mass Audubon Metro South sanctuary! We're thrilled to welcome four new members to our amazing team.

At our summer day camp in Natick, kids ages 4–17 explore, have fun, and make friends while creating lifelong memories through guided outdoor explorations, games, hands-on activities, and crafts. Registration is now open for summer 2022!

Out of an abundance of caution to Avian Influenza, we’ve temporarily moved the Drumlin Farm birds indoors in order to protect them and the staff that care for them.  

On display August 1-31 
Mass Audubon Habitat Education Center & Wildlife Sanctuary Gallery presents their August show, “In the Boatyard,” featuring the work of Janet Smith, a Massachusetts-based photographer. 

On display March 4-September 5, 2022

Mass Audubon is pleased to collaborate with the renowned Concord Museum on an exhibition that explores William Brewster's life and legacy in Concord.

Started in 1996, the Salt March Science Project is a thriving program that partners local students in grades 5–12 with Mass Audubon scientists studying threats to salt marsh habitats on the North Shore.

At our summer day camp, campers ages 5–14 have a unique opportunity to learn about nature, meet new friends, and have fun outside at locations in Topsfield and Marblehead. Registration is open for summer 2022!

Joppa Flats welcomed two new animal husbandry interns this fall! These internships provide young adults of all ability levels the opportunity to learn practical, hands-on skills for future careers.

Over the past couple months, our Coastal Waterbird Program crew has worked extremely hard to keep the piping plovers of Westport Town Beach safe. 

If you've visited Daniel Webster this fall, you've probably noticed there's a lot of dirt and very little grass. Just wait—spring 2021 will bring lush, renewed meadows full of nesting birds and native pollinators!

With the help of  property staff and our Regional Conservation Ecologist, this garden bed was created to focus on enhancing bird and pollinator habitat by establishing native perennials, shrubs, and flowering herbs that provide or attract resources used by birds, butterflies, and other pollinators on an area formally covered with lawn.

You may see some new faces on your next visit to a Mass Audubon South East sanctuary! We're thrilled to welcome these new members to our amazing team of staff.

This past June was packed with celebrations of pride. Mass Audubon was able to take part in this celebration through tabling at New Bedford’s AHA pride night and Plymouth Pride, as well as host a Pride Hike at Tidmarsh Wildlife Sanctuary (in partnership with Plymouth Pride), and a Pride get-together at Oak Knoll Wildlife Sanctuary.

The NestWatch program is a volunteer-based project focused on collecting breeding bird data for nest-box nesting bird species. Through this volunteer program, over 170 nest boxes were monitored this year at 6 of the South East sanctuaries.

Canary in the Coal Mine is a show conceived by Massachusetts-based studio Zea Mays Printmaking to promote awareness of the vast number of avian species that face eradication due to climate change.

The benefits of nature offered at Mass Audubon's wildlife sanctuaries will now be directly available to patients of three Berkshire health care providers: MACONY Pediatrics of Pittsfield, Volunteers in Medicine Berkshires, and Community Health Programs.

The benefits of nature offered at Mass Audubon's wildlife sanctuaries will now be directly available to patients of three Berkshire health care providers: MACONY Pediatrics of Pittsfield, Volunteers in Medicine Berkshires, and Community Health Programs.

On July 27, 2021 Pleasant Valley was hit by a devastating storm. The microburst it produced uprooted or snapped hundreds of mature trees in a swath across the entrance and trail-laden section of the sanctuary. The boardwalk reopened in July 2022 following repairs.