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…
“New England Habitats” by Bill Gette
Parker River NWR Headquarters/Visitor Center 6 Plum Island Turnpike, Newburyport, United StatesBill 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…
Special Photography Program: Birds of the Florida Everglades
Parker River NWR Headquarters/Visitor Center 6 Plum Island Turnpike, Newburyport, United StatesMassachusetts-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…
COASTALSWEEP 2017
Parker River NWR Lot#1Mass 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…
“Introduction to Birding” by Bill Gette
Parker River NWR Headquarters/Visitor Center 6 Plum Island Turnpike, Newburyport, United StatesInterested 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…
Natural Cranberry Bog Tour
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…