Friends of Parker River Coffeehouse Series

Join the Friends of Parker River National Wildlife Refuge for an excellent coffee house and lecture series! Coffeehouses are held the 2^nd Thursday of the month unless otherwise noted. Bird-Friendly coffee and pastries will be available for sale with proceeds benefiting the Friends of Parker River, a non-profit organization that supports the refuge. Lectures will be informative and entertaining and will be held in the Visitor Center Auditorium, 6 Plum Island Turnpike, Newburyport.

August Coffeehouse

Speaker Paul St. Germain

August 10^th, 7:00PM to 8:00PM (Refreshments at 6:30)

Paul St. Germain , has been a resident of Rockport, Massachusetts for the past 20 years. His interest in Thacher Island started in 1999 when he was asked to join the Thacher Island Association’s Board of Directors. In 2002 he was elected President of the Association and has worked to develop a variety of ways to fund the restoration efforts on the island. In 2000 he researched and wrote the successful nomination application which resulted in designating the Cape Ann Light Station on Thacher Island as a National Historic Landmark by the Interior Department’s National Park Service. During the two year research phase he unearthed a wide variety of original documents and photographs which traced the unique history of the twin lights of Thacher Island since 1635.

Mr. St.Germain's book: “Twin Lights of Thacher Island, Cape Ann” has been published this year .

Thacher Island is located about a mile offshore of Rockport, Massachusetts. The Thatcher Island National Wildlife Refuge is comprised of 22 acres of rock edge, grass, and shrub and includes a 100 foot light tower. Wildlife use includes both herring and great black-backed gulls as nesting species with off-shore use by common eider, and other waterfowl species.

Thacher Island National Wildlife Refuge is an unstaffed satellite of Parker River National Wildlife Refuge.

This informative and free presentation will take place Parker River National Wildlife Refuge’s state of the art auditorium, located at in the visitor center at 6 Plum Island Turnpike from 7-8:00PM.

Coffee and light refreshments will be available for purchase starting at 6:30PM

 

 

August Program Schedule

 

REGISTRATION
All programs are FREE but space is LIMITED and advanced registration is required for all programs, unless otherwise indicated.  Please call 978-465-5753 (press “0” to talk to a staff member) to register.
Registration is not complete until you receive confirmation from a staff member.  Please note that outdoor programs may be cancelled if there is inclement weather.  Visit us on the web for more information http://parkerriver.fws.gov

 

top of page