Controlled Burn at Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge to Protect People and Promote Native Habitats
Controlled Burn at Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge to Protect People and Promote Native Habitats
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Fire Breaks Prepared for Spring 2022 Prescribed Burn Season
On the coldest days of the year on a snow covered Cape Cod, Staff from the Eastern Massachusetts National Wildlife Refuge Complex (EMNWRC), including Deputy Pl Tom Eagle, Maintenance Worker Joe Geyster and newly hired Prescribed Fire Specialist Keith Hawk:…
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2021 Friends of Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge Annual Meeting Presentation
2021 Friends of MNWR Annual Meeting. The 2021 Annual Meeting of the Friends of Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge (FMNWR) was held on Tuesday, February 1, 2022. The virtual meeting included an engaging presentation by Katelyn Cadoret, President of FMNWR, which…
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The Upper Childs River Restoration Project Brochure
The Friends of Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge are proud to have been part of a private-public partnership that restored the Upper Childs River, a massive undertaking led by the Falmouth Rod & Gun Club, and the Sporting, Safety, Conservation, and…
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Trout Unlimited: MNWR is one of “Thirty Great American Places”
The Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) is listed as one of Thirty Great American Places according to Trout Unlimited, who complied the list. “This Massachusetts refuge — a blend of salt marshes, cranberry bogs, Atlantic white cedar swamps, freshwater marshes,…
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Open Positions at WBNERR
Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve/MA Department of Conservation & Recreation is seeking qualified applicants for the following full-time positions: Stewardship Coordinator – apply Research Associate – apply
Thanksgiving anniversary: Wampanoag Indians regret helping Pilgrims 400 years ago – The Washington Post
Long marginalized and misrepresented in U.S. history, the Wampanoags are bracing for the 400th anniversary of the first Pilgrim Thanksgiving in 1621. The Washington Post. By Dana Hedgpeth (November 4, 2021) PLYMOUTH, Mass. — “Overlooking the chilly waters of Plymouth…
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Childs River Restoration Celebration
On September 23, 2021, the Friends participated in an event sponsored by the Falmouth Rod & Gun Club and the Sporting, Safety, Conservation & Education Fund to celebrate the completion of the Childs River Restoration Project in Falmouth. Speakers at…
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Friends of Mashpee NWR Continue to Support and Foster the Falmouth Rod & Gun Club’s Monarch and Pollinator Restoration Project
The Friends of Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge were among 8 volunteers on October 6, 2021, who planted and watered shrubs, trees and flowering plants in the Falmouth Rod & Gun Club’s fields adjacent to the Childs River Restoration project. Planting…
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Providing a Friendly hand with the Wampanoag Preserve Our Homeland (POH) 2021 Tribal Youth Summer Camp
The 9th year of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal (MWT) Youth Camp was another success! Since 2012, tribal youth have participated in a month-long, hands-on interactive Summer Science Program, serving 6th, 7th, and 8th grade native students. This is a partnership…
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