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Sending out the Bat Signal
Since the discovery of a population of Northern long-eared bats on Nantucket in 2015, the Foundation’s Science and Stewardship Department has been working hard to understand how these bats use habitat here. Because this species is at a high risk … Continue reading
Nantucket Leaf Peeping…We DO have Fall color
Seeing the social media posts of family and friends off island in the autumn, it’s easy to think that Nantucket has drawn the short end of the stick when it comes to Fall Color. There was an instagram post earlier … Continue reading
Posted in Fall Color on Nantucket
Tagged autumn, Fall color, huckleberry, Medouie Creek, Nantucket
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Eastern Box Turtle Update
A few weeks ago, we reported on a male box turtle that was found on Nantucket. We wanted to give a little history on this turtle as well as an update on his current whereabouts. In June of 2009, the … Continue reading
Posted in Nantucket Wildlife
Tagged Eastern box turtle, Fall, field work, hibernation, Nantucket, Wildlife
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Fun Fall Sightings!
Today was an exciting day for us here at the Nantucket Conservation Foundation! We were reunited with an old friend. In the summer of 2009, we received two separate reports of Eastern box turtles (Terrapene carolina) – a male found in … Continue reading
Posted in What's New In Nature
Tagged Eastern box turtle, Nantucket, Nantucket Conservation Foundation, turtles, Wildlife
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Bat Hibernation on Nantucket?
In 2015, to the great surprise and delight of the conservation community, we were able to add another species to the Island’s list of mammals – we confirmed the presence the Northern long-eared bat on Nantucket! It’s not very often … Continue reading
Showy Insects and Spiders of Autumn
*Note: this article was originally written in September 2017 and printed in the Nantucket Inquirer and Mirror in the November 30, 2017 issue Fall is finally here. The air is cooling down and drying out, the tupelo trees are turning … Continue reading
Northern Long-eared Bat Alive, Well and Hibernating on Nantucket!
*Please note, this blog post was originally published in The Inquirer and Mirror on December 1st, 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 Nantucket Wildlife
Tagged hibernation, nano-tags, Nantucket, Northern long-eared bat, White nose syndrome
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Northern long-eared bats call Nantucket home!
The Nantucket Biodiversity Initiative (NBI) is a collaboration of scientists from local conservation organizations, government agencies, and educational institutions. One of our main goals is to support and facilitate biodiversity research on Nantucket, Tuckernuck and Muskeget Islands and surrounding waters … Continue reading
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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Rare Plants and Unique Wildlife on our Coatue Property
*Please note, this blog post was originally published in The Inquirer and Mirror on July 21th 2016 pg 6B in the article series Island Ecology. The Foundation’s Science staff will be regularly contributing to our local newspaper and reprinting articles … Continue reading
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