Kids’ Nature Walks – Explore the Refuge
Parker River NWR Headquarters/Visitor Center 6 Plum Island Turnpike, Newburyport, United StatesTake your 3-5 year old youngster on a good old fashioned nature discovery walk. Meet at the refuge visitor center before driving together to the head of the day's trail…
Piping Plover Peeping!
The federally – threatened Atlantic coast piping plover nests and raises its young on Plum Island’s beaches from April through August. Join a refuge ranger for a chance to glimpse…
Special Book Reading for Kids: “Wings in the Wind” by Julia Walsh
Author Julia Walsh's Wings in the Wind is an uplifting story based on a true account of an orphaned duckling’s struggle to survive on the rich banks of a river…
Lighthouse Keepers’ Tales
Greg Guckenburg and Mary Hillery will present about their experiences serving as volunteer lighthouse keepers at the Bakers Island Lighthouse (off Salem, Massachusetts) in 2015. This program will take place…
Piping Plover Peeping!
The federally – threatened Atlantic coast piping plover nests and raises its young on Plum Island’s beaches from April through August. Join a refuge ranger for a chance to glimpse…
Yankee Homecoming 2017: A Journey Back: Plum Island – Camp Sea Haven, Grape Island, Stage Island & Ipswich Bluffs
Parker River NWR Headquarters/Visitor Center 6 Plum Island Turnpike, Newburyport, United StatesJoin Ghlee Woodworth, Stephanie Cobb, Ellie Bailey, and Kate Murray for a visual journey about Camp Sea Haven (founded in 1947 for children afflicted with polio); Grape Island (once a…
“Algonquians on the Parker River and Plum Island” by Mary Ellen Lepionka
Parker River NWR Headquarters/Visitor Center 6 Plum Island Turnpike, Newburyport, United StatesFPRNWR Lepionka 16Aug2017 Native Americans depended on the resource-rich environment of the Parker River watershed and Plum Island around the time of European contact. Their livelihoods were organized seasonally, focusing on…