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…