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Kids’ Nature Walks – Explore the Refuge
Kids’ Nature Walks – Explore the Refuge
Take 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 on the refuge (no parking fee charged). For each session, a refuge volunteer will lead the children and their caregivers on a walk to explore…
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Piping Plover Peeping!
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 this native species in its wild habitat and to hear the story of how biologists work to conserve the plover under the Endangered Species Act.…
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Special Book Reading for Kids: “Wings in the Wind” by Julia Walsh
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 - our very own Merrimack River. A craft activity following readings by the author will explore the conservation and care for wildlife that thrives in…
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Lighthouse Keepers’ Tales
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 in the refuge visitor center auditorium. Sponsored by the Friends of Parker River NWR, Inc. & PRNWR. NO preregistration for this program.
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Piping Plover Peeping!
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 this native species in its wild habitat and to hear the story of how biologists work to conserve the plover under the Endangered Species Act.…
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Yankee Homecoming 2017: A Journey Back: Plum Island – Camp Sea Haven, Grape Island, Stage Island & Ipswich Bluffs
Yankee Homecoming 2017: A Journey Back: Plum Island – Camp Sea Haven, Grape Island, Stage Island & Ipswich Bluffs
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…