Regional News

The Boston Camera Club exhibition will be on display at Mass Audubon’s Boston Nature Center. Themed “Flora and Fauna of Massachusetts,” the exhibition features one photograph each from 16 BCC members taken in wild, natural settings around the state.

As helpful as they can be, phone apps and field guides can be slow-going for new birders. In 2023, resolve to build your birding ID skills by spending time in the field each month with an experienced birder at some of the region's best birding spots!

As helpful as they can be, phone apps and field guides can be slow-going for new birders. In 2023, resolve to build your birding ID skills by spending time in the field each month with an experienced birder at some of the region's best birding spots!

The sanctuary's new ecological project seeks to improve water quality, flood storage capacity, and native wildlife habitat value while reducing flood risk in adjacent residential neighborhoods.

Explore over 12 miles of sanctuary trails on snowshoes and enjoy the beauty and peacefulness of the winter woods. Bring your own snowshoes, or rent a pair from us! 

The Youth Environmental Stewardship program is a paid summer internship that enables island youth to gain hands-on conservation and management experience at our sanctuaries. We have the chance to fund three students—but we need your help to make it happen! 

Oxford describes freedom as the power to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint.  At Felix Neck freedom now means that there are more ways for all people to experience nature.

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.

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.

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!

Registration opens on Friday, January 13, 2023, for Moose Hill Nature Camp in Sharon! Campers ages 4.5–16 get outdoors and learn about nature through trail explorations, hands-on activities, themed games, and more. Learn more >

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.

Registration for Broadmoor Nature Camp in Natick opens on Thursday, January 12 and we’re looking forward to sunshine, summertime, and days filled with wonder and discovery in the great outdoors.

Registration for Drumlin Farm Camp in Lincoln opens on Tuesday, January 10!

On display February 1-March 31
Mass Audubon Habitat Education Center & Wildlife Sanctuary Gallery presents their February and March show: Being Outdoors, the art of Fay Hannon. 

Ipswich River has joined the Motus Wildlife Tracking System! By participating in this exciting collaborative research network, scientists and educators across New England will be able to better understand the ecology and conservation of migratory birds.

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 few months, educators from the South East region have been working within the Fall River community to provide adaptive programming for individuals with a variety of needs.

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.

Mass Audubon recently honored educators from New Bedford and Attleboro as 2022 Conservation Teachers of the Year. The awards, which come with $1,000 gifts to be used to support the teachers’ programs, were presented at Mass Audubon’s Annual Meeting, which took place at the Museum of Science in Boston on Wednesday, November 2.

We had two hugely successful volunteer planting events at Tidmarsh and The Town of Plymouth's Foothills Preserve for our Endangered Species Candidate Conservation Action Funds Grant.

Youth is our future; this is why it’s important to take action. Action comes in many forms like working on composting projects, joining environmental programs, and so much more. 

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.

At Mass Audubon, we are committed to ensuring that every child can experience the friendships, community, confidence, and connection to nature that takes place at our summer camps.