Join 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 small community of fishermen, farmers, and clam diggers; and Stage Island (also known as the Ipswich Bluffs, whose inhabitants engaged in farming, salt works, fishing…

FPRNWR 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 local plant and animal subsistence resources and economic activities for spring, summer, fall, and winter. The people--Abenaki-speaking Pawtucket-Pennacook with roots in New Hampshire--had a permanent…

Bill Gette, former Director of Mass Audubon's Joppa Flats Education Center, has led natural history field trips for more than thirty years. Join us for his photographic tour through many New England habitats, including area salt marshes, boreal forests, a quaking bog, and an off-shore seabird nesting colony. See the plants and animals typical of…

Massachusetts-based nature and wildlife photographer Peter Christoph will lead a program in which he will share photographs he has taken in one of America’s best known national parks. Learn about his unique and successful approach to photographing birds in the wild and the stories behind his images. He’ll share “insider tips” and answer your questions.…

Mass Audubon’s Joppa Flats Education Center and the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge announce that the COASTSWEEP 2017 cleanup for Plum Island, including the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge and Sandy Point State Reservation, will be held on Saturday, September 23, from 9:00 am–5:00 pm. Participation in COASTSWEEP is free, for all ages, and will…

Interested in birding?  The Parker River National Wildlife Refuge is situated along the Atlantic Flyway and offers a world famous location for birders.  Help us celebrate the Refuge's 75th year by becoming a birder, or if already a birder hone your skills with tips from a recognized expert! Bill Gette, former Director of Mass Audubon's…

The Parker River NWR preserves a natural bog where the cranberry grows much as it did for thousands of years when Native Americans harvested this resource and when the European Settlers arrived.  Native Americans and European settlers included cranberries in their diets.   When sugar from the Caribbean became available in the American colonies, popularity…