Regional News

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! 

We're celebrating Felix Neck's 50th anniversary this year! Join us in honoring and reflecting on the sanctuary's five decades of work inspiring nature heroes.

On Tuesdays through September 28, cruise from Oak Bluffs Harbor with a Felix Neck naturalist to explore the waters of Vineyard Sound aboard The Skipper! Experience the tranquility of the ocean while discovering underwater wildlife.

Felix Neck is excited to launch our new Explorer Packs—all-in-one kits that contain everything you need for a fun outdoor adventure filled with learning! Now available on a sliding scale from $10-$30 at The Shop at Felix Neck.

All for nature and nature for all! Everyone deserves to experience the pleasures of being outside, and much work has been done at Felix Neck lately to reach this goal.

Students in the MVRHS Voyager program have been coming to Felix Neck every week this year to help with all sorts of projects around the sanctuary. We recently spoke to a few of them about their experiences.

The Bird Way by Jennifer Ackerman has taken over the number one spot on my list and is now my go-to recommendation for the best book about birds I've ever read. In it, Ackerman explores "how birds talk, work, play, parent, and think."

As we come to the end of 2020 and send our teachers off for a much-needed holiday break, we reflect on the amazing courage, adaptability, and commitment of our Fern & Feather Preschool staff, students, and families since the program first opened its doors 15 months ago.

We're beyond thrilled to announce that Felix Neck opened Mass Audubon's fifth nature preschool on September 3!

"My protection of the environment left the theoretical," says Sarah Swenson, talking about her YES internship this summer. "I realized that an essential part of my relationship with nature is a hands-on connection to the natural world."

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! 

After finding a dead bat that wasn't typically found on Nantucket, researchers began monitoring the island’s bat population. They discovered that this federally threatened bat species wasn't so rare on Nantucket after all.