Tag Archives: Science and Stewardship Department

Restoring Illegally Created Trails on Foundation Properties

Posted on November 19, 2014 by Jen Karberg

Working for the Nantucket Conservation Foundation’s Science and Stewardship Department, we spend a large portion of our time maintaining and restoring Foundation properties as favorable habitats for rare plants and animals through prescribed fire, sheep grazing and mowing to name a few … Continue reading →

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Botanizing on Nantucket

Posted on October 27, 2014 by ncfscience

By: Katherine Culatta, Seasonal Botany/Ecology Field Assistant One of the most exciting things that can happen to a botanist is to stumble across an unfamiliar plant and puzzle over its identity, working though guide books, dichotomous keys, and consultations with … Continue reading →

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A Field Season on Nantucket

Posted on October 20, 2014 by ncfscience

by Andee Brendalen, Seasonal Botany Field Assistant This summer I served as a botany/ecology field assistant for the Nantucket Conservation Foundation. My duties included conducting plant surveys, vegetation community surveys, tracking spotted turtles, monitoring horseshoe crab populations during spawning, and … Continue reading →

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Science and Stewardship at the Cranfest this Saturday

Posted on October 9, 2014 by Kelly A. Omand

When you visit this year’s Cranfest at the Nantucket Conservation Foundation’s Milestone Bog this Saturday, October 11th, please stop in at the Science & Stewardship table. We love to talk about what we do, and share our explorations of the … Continue reading →

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Update: New England Cottontails Documented on Nantucket!

Posted on November 22, 2013 by Karen C. Beattie

Last February, we posted about our science department’s efforts to document if the New England cottontail (Sylvilagus transitionalis), a rare and elusive species of rabbit, is still present on Nantucket (see Searching for a Certain “Some Bunny”). We just recently … Continue reading →

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