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…

Presented by Lauren Sadowski Local ecology teacher from Joppa Flat's Mass Audubon and Newburyport resident, Lauren Sadowski, will show her conservation work and personal cultural experiences from her time living in a rural village in Botswana located in Southern Africa. Botswana is home to the highest density of African elephants in the world, which poses…

This year's event will mirror the very successful structure that we followed for the last two years: 1. social hour from 4-5; 2. sit-down program in auditorium (raptors with Jane Kelly) from 5-6; and 3. sit down dinner in the classroom (barbecue) from 6-7. More information will be forthcoming, SOON, about this event that the…

The refuge’s sixth annual Conservation Film Festival is primed and ready to go for the last weekend in March. And it’s all FREE! Films screened during the festival focus on a broad range of local, national and international conservation topics. All film screenings are FREE and will take place in the refuge visitor center’s comfortable,…

Parker River National Wildlife Refuge is calling on all youth, ages K to 12, to help spread the word about the importance of beaches to shorebirds by entering the Refuge’s 3rd Annual Beach Sign Youth Art Contest. While most locals know about the annual beach closure at Parker River National Wildlife Refuge for nesting piping…

Join a refuge ranger for a behind the scenes tour of Parker River National Wildlife Refuge. Tour will be conducted via refuge van, with several brief “drive by” stops along the way. The tour will present an “up close and personal” look at the refuge through the multiple lenses of the cultural history of Plum…