Presentation by Victor T. Mastone.  Archaeologists generally use shipwrecks as windows to the past.  However, the archaeological past can inform us about the present and where we can go in the future. For example, how can a shipwreck be used to study a severe storm? This presentation will illustrate the effect of changing environmental conditions…

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Dam Removal and the Return of Herring program flyer

Plum Island in a Changing Climate program flyer  

Sand in My Wetsuit: Captain Laurel Seaborn

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  Perched on the northern end of the Hawaiian archipelago, halfway between North America and Asia, Midway Atoll is one of the most remote locations in the National Wildlife Refuge System. Nearly three million birds nest on Midway, including the largest Laysan albatross population (along with "Wisdom," the oldest known wild bird), one of the world’s…

The Parker River NWR is one of the best places along the Atlantic Coast to view shorebirds.  During the spring, many species of shorebirds stop briefly.  They feed ravenously to accumulate fat reserves - the fuel the birds need to power their onward flights to northern breeding areas. Some species, including Willet and Killdeer, stop…

Presentation by Ted Russell, Curator Burgess Museum at the Plum Island Airport The Great Marsh in Newbury was the site of New England’s first flying field. W. Starling Burgess built a hanger and wooden runway where the dunes meet the marsh near Parking Lot #2 in the Parker River NWR. The planes were brought there…

To see any given species of bird in Massachusetts, there may be a better place to find it than Plum Island. But if you want to see the largest variety of birds, on any given day of any given month within Massachusetts, you couldn’t find a better place than Plum Island. Plum Island truly is…