Regional News

At Mass Audubon Adventure Camp at Redbrook in Plymouth, campers ages 4 to 10 enjoy a unique nature-and-sports experience featuring active games, creative art projects, and hands-on explorations of nature. Registration now open for summer 2020!

This year was a fantastic 16th year for the Allens Pond Duck Derby with 5,972 rubber ducks racing on the incoming tide at Barney's Joy. See the official list of the winners, and congratulations to all!

Great news! Thanks to REI's first-ever "Loving Our Local Outdoors" member vote grant, Allens Pond will receive a funding award to build new trails and create an amazing eight-mile circuit.

We are thrilled to announce that the $2.6 million goal was met to protect the Sacred Hearts property! Our offer was officially accepted on February 14, and we're excited to be on our way to purchasing 110 acres to expand Great Neck Wildlife Sanctuary.

The South Coast Sanctuaries team is very excited by the privilege of adding the grounds of the Sacred Heart Retreat Center to our Great Neck Wildlife Sanctuary. It is an incredibly important parcel and a huge conservation success story.

We are thrilled to announce that the $2.6 million goal was met to protect the Sacred Hearts property! Our offer was officially accepted on February 14, and we're excited to be on our way to purchasing 110 acres to expand Great Neck Wildlife Sanctuary.

Plan for a summer of delicious meals by joining Moose Hill's CSA program. Get freshly-harvested, sustainably-grown produce from late May through September. Register by March 1 and save $50!

Need an adventure during February Vacation Days? Join Moose Hill staff as we explore ways to connect with nature and identify signs of the season!

At North River Nature Day Camp in Marshfield, campers ages 4 to 15 discover our wildlife sanctuary's forest, fields, and wetlands during weekly sessions. Registration now open for summer 2020!

Spend school vacation week at Oak Knoll! Each day, children ages 5-12 will enjoy indoor and outdoor activities, experiments, crafts, and animal encounters.

Register is now open for the 2019-2020 school year! These drop-off programs provide a wonderful opportunity for homeschoolers to meet with other students in a social environment while engaging with the natural world. 

Thanks to many generous donors, we were able to purchase, and permanently protect, the 25-acre Dorrance property (also known as Norma's Woods) adjacent to the sanctuary!

At Mass Audubon Adventure Camp at Redbrook in Plymouth, campers ages 4 to 10 enjoy a unique nature-and-sports experience featuring active games, creative art projects, and hands-on explorations of nature. Registration now open for summer 2020!

We're passionate about connecting our visitors and supporters with quality education programs that offer unique experiences. Now, thanks to a brand-new van, we'll be able to offer new programs that do just that!

In mid-December, eight participants joined Sanctuary Director Lauren Kras on a very productive birding walk. In addition to waterfowl, the group was treated to half a dozen species of sparrows—plus a first-ever species record for Tidmarsh! 

Tidmarsh staff and volunteers have planted over 400 native plants as part of a project to restore the sanctuary's former sandplains—a type of unique habitat that provides critical support to native pollinators.

Just a few weeks ago, Tidmarsh celebrated its second year—and what a great one it's been! Find out what we accomplished in 2019 and what your year-end support now can help us achieve in 2020.

We're excited to welcome two service members from TerraCorps, an AmeriCorps program in Massachusetts. Over the next 11 months, they'll work to expand Mass Audubon's outreach and land stewardship programs on the South Shore. 

Tidmarsh is thrilled to offer Mass Audubon's Science for Solutions program for a second year! This fall, local high school students will start participating in hands-on field experiences and learn about the important—and fragile—nature of wetland ecosystems and watersheds. 

Congratulations (and many, many thanks) to all who helped Mass Audubon successfully complete the purchase of 450+/- acres of land in the Manomet section of Plymouth that will soon become our newest wildlife sanctuary—Tidmarsh Wildlife Sanctuary!