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Category Archives: Wetlands
Pest House Pond Water Quality Management is Underway
Pest House Pond is small, brackish wetland approximately ¾ acre in size located along the shoreline of Nantucket Harbor between Monomoy and Shimmo. The pond and surrounding property totaling 3.6 acres was donated to the Foundation in 1973 by the … Continue reading
Looking for a Nantucket Earth Day Event? Spring Fest is Coming!
Earth Day 2017 (Saturday, April 22nd) is shaping up to be an interesting one, as people around the world come together to support both environmental awareness and science. While there isn’t an organized “March For Science” event planned for our … Continue reading
Posted in Earth Day, Springtime, Uncategorized, Water Quality, Wetlands
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The Winter Life of the Salt Marsh
*Please note, this blog post was originally published in The Inquirer and Mirror on January 19, 2017 in the article series called Island Ecology. The Foundation’s Science staff will be regularly contributing to our local newspaper and reprinting articles here … Continue reading
Posted in Wetlands
Tagged detritus, fiddler crab, peat, salt marsh, salt marsh cordgrass, spartina, strom surge, winter storm
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Rare Wetlands in the Midst of an Old Trash Dump
*Please note, this blog post was originally published in The Inquirer and Mirror on August 11th, 2016 in the article series called Island Ecology. The Foundation’s Science staff will be regularly contributing to our local newspaper and reprinting articles here … Continue reading
Posted in Wetlands
Tagged carnivorous plants, Nantucket, Sconset Dump, Sconset scrape, wetlands
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World Wetlands Day 2016
February 2nd is World Wetlands Day, celebrated internationally every year since 1997 to commemorate the signing of the Convention on Wetlands in Ramsar, Iran. The Ramsar Convention represents a multi-national treaty which has facilitated work to survey, study, prioritize and conserve valuable … Continue reading
Posted in Wetlands
Tagged #worldwetlandsday, cranberries, nantucket bay scallop, Ramsar, salt marsh, scallops, World wetlands day 2016
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Salt Marsh Dieback and the Purple Marsh Crab on Nantucket
Unexplained die off of salt marsh plants, particularly along creek edges and the low tide line, has become an increasing issue along the New England coast since the 1990s. Along marsh creek banks and harbor edges, salt marsh plants (particularly … Continue reading
Four-toed Salamanders
In 2009, Andrew Mckenna-Foster, Director of Natural Science at the Maria Mitchell Association, found the very first record of a four-toed salamander for Nantucket in the vicinity of Sesachacha Pond! Andrew was working on another project at the time and … Continue reading
Posted in Nantucket Wildlife, Wetlands
Tagged four-toed salamanders, sphagnum, wetlands
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Big Weird Trees: Further Exploration at Squam Swamp
During the Nantucket Biodiversity Initiative Conference on Nov 1-3rd, 2013, a large group of conference attendees joined me to visit some of the largest, and likely some of the oldest, trees at Squam Swamp. These exemplary trees may provide clues … Continue reading
Winter and Spotted Turtles in Medouie
With the dwindling daylight and cooling fall temperatures, the spotted turtles of Medouie Creek have been preparing for hibernation for some time now. While we humans have enjoyed a beautiful warm and dry fall, the turtles are in need of … Continue reading
Posted in SciFund, Wetlands
Tagged hibernation, Medouie, Nantucket, Nantucket Conservation Foundation, spotted turtles
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Forests at Sea: Visiting Squam Swamp in Winter
You might never guess that the tail end of winter would be a great time to explore the forests of Nantucket, but it is! On February 21st, a group of warmly dressed visitors met in the Squam Swamp Trailhead Parking … Continue reading
Posted in Forests, Trees, Wetlands
Tagged educational outreach, Forests, Nantucket, Shrub Swamps, Vernal Pools
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