Join us this summer for a drop-in public program at parking lot 1. Come discover what makes Plum Island beaches special. Discover the sand under your feet, explore a wrack line, learn about the animals that call our beaches home, and meet some live beach creatures like sea stars, sea urchins, hermit crabs and moon…

Many of our cleaning and personal care products like deodorant, toothpaste, all-purpose cleaner, and laundry detergent contain a long list of potentially harmful chemicals. Join us to create an assortment of products that use simple and safe natural ingredients. You will be able to bring home the products at the end of the workshop. Bring…

This variant of our popular Behind the Scenes Tour of Parker River NWR will place a special emphasis on the local implications of climate change – particularly on the salt marsh and the barrier beach island that protects it. Learn about some of the things that refuge staff are doing to better understand and predict…

Bring a notepad and a pencil, and join Jenn Bogard, professor of poetry and writing at Lesley University and author of The ABCs of Plum Island, Massachusetts. No experience with poetry needed! Jenn will guide you into the process of creating a “found poem” by choosing words and phrases that exist in texts around us…

This is a family-friendly yoga session with a kids’ instructor. The program will consist of an interactive story about the biodiversity of the refuge that couples educational stories about animals and ecosystems with themed yoga poses. Parents are welcome to participate. This program will take place in the visitor center classroom. Participants should bring their…

Want to wish upon a shooting star? During the annual Perseoid meteor shower, up to 50 shooting stars can be seen in an hour. Join refuge staff and North Shore Amateur Astronomy Club to appreciate dark skies during the most awaited meteor shower of the year. The dark skies of Plum Island will provide great…

Crows do not have the best of reputations. They are generally dismissed as spooky - Hitchcock used them quite successfully to frighten moviegoers, or as a general nuisance - scarecrows were after all invented to scare crows away from crops. But their image is about to take a real turn. New research has shown they…