Below are programs and events to further your knowledge and network with other professionals, industry organizations and government agencies:

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Join us on Wednesday, March 12th, for a walk at Horseshoe Mill led by Wareham Land Trust Board of Advisors’ Lisa Lindman. Enjoy the outdoors and discover the trails at Horseshoe Mill and Birch Island Conservation Area. This walk will cover approximately 1 mile. This event is FREE but space is limited so please register below!

Parking is available at 1 Station St, Wareham. The group will gather there and then begin the trail walk.

Please bring water and wear layers appropriate for the weather. If you have blaze orange please wear it, it is always a good idea to be visible when walking out on the trails

Where: 1 Station St, Wareham, MA

When: Wednesday March 12th, 2025 at 10:00 am – 11:30pm

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In this webinar, we will dive deep into case study examples of effective community science efforts around the country. Focus areas include air and water quality testing and monitoring contaminants in drinking water. Participants will learn how practitioners leverage funding sources and technical support to engage communities in data gathering and analysis, and work together to develop solutions that contribute to overall community health and well being by targeting nonpoint source pollution, informing land revitalization strategies, and more.
Presenters:

Allie McCarthy, Youth and Family Programs Director, Groundwork San Diego-Chollas Creek
Kennedy Moore, State Policy Coordinator at The Water Collaborative of New Orleans and EPA Urban Waters Ambassador for the New Orleans/Lake Pontchartrain Area
LaVeesha Rollins, Executive Director,  Concerned Citizens of Charles City County (Virginia)

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Want to be a part of an exciting project with the potential to have impact for decades to come? With funding from the state office of Coastal Zone Management, the Wareham Land Trust has begun a feasibility study for replacing the deteriorating seawall along our North Water Street Beach property. A public meeting is planned to introduce stakeholders to the project, solicit feedback on the existing condition and usage, review known vulnerabilities and exposures, and discuss the community’s vision for the site. Potential alternatives to the current structure will be discussed at a second meeting to be held in May or June. Please join and let us know your thoughts on this big project!

This work is funded by the state office of Coastal Zone Resiliency.

Where: Room 27, Wareham Town Hall, 54 Marion Rd, Wareham, MA

When: Thursday March 13th 6-7PM

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Enjoy an evening walk under the rising full moon at Breivogel Ponds with The 300 Committee Land Trust of Falmouth. Bring a flashlight; red cellophane covers will be provided. Walk leader: Alex Lancaster, 774 392 3114.

Parking: Meet in the clearly marked dirt parking lot at 590 Blacksmith Shop Road.

Free Online Webinar: Cape Cod’s Year-Round Birds: Food and Shelter Endurance

Date and Time: Saturday, March 15th, 10am – 11am

Via: Zoom

Speaker: Phil Kyle

Survival in harsh winter conditions demands unbelievable bird adaptations. Join Phil Kyle for a presentation on their foodforaging tricks, torpor, sleeping locations and how they insulate themselves from cold.

Phil Kyle is a Cape Cod naturalist who has worked at the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History and Cape Cod National Seashore, among other places. He is a regular presenter with the Chatham Conservation Foundation.

Photo credit: Phil Kyle

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Plastic is everywhere, and we use it everyday. But what if we all tried to use less? Join Haley O’Neil from CARE for the Cape and Islands https://careforthecapeandislands.org/ , a local nonprofit dedicated to promoting environmental stewardship, for a discussion on reducing plastic use. This presentation explores how plastic ends up in our environment, the harm it causes to marine life, and, most importantly, simple swaps you can make to reduce its use. We’ll dive into what plastic is, its different types, and what happens when we’re done using it. Join Barnstable Land Trust https://blt.org/ , Centerville Public Library https://www.centervillelibrary.org/ , and CARE https://careforthecapeandislands.org/ to learn easy, impactful ways to reduce plastic and help protect Cape Cod’s natural beauty for future generations. This event will be held in the lower level Community Rooms AB of the Centerville Public Library.

Register HERE https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScnFS8xp3miy8oVqeeMGDvwu-pMPyjL8r9OBe5jAeMu4vpHhQ/viewform with Centerville Public Library.

Come celebrate the first day of spring with a short stroll to The Knob’s pinnacle with stunning ocean views. Along the way, we will hunt for the tiny hazelnut flower, the first wildflower to bloom in Falmouth. Families welcome. Sponsored by The 300 Committee Land Trust of Falmouth. Walk leader, Elizabeth Saito: 508-331-8428.

Parking: There are two lots (an upper and lower lot) along Quissett Harbor Road in Falmouth. Walk to the end of the road to The Knob trailhead.

FREE Online Webinar: Birdie’s Got a Brand New Plumage

Date and Time: Saturday, March 22nd, 10am – 11am

Via: Zoom

Speaker: James Junda

Join ornithologist James Junda for a presentation on bird molt: every bird gets the same birthday present: a completely new set of feathers!

James Junda ‘s journey studying birds started during summers with his grandparents at Schoolhouse Pond in Chatham and has taken him to five continents He has been operating songbird banding stations at Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Sanctuary and around the lighthouse on Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge since 2011.

Photo credit: James Junda

This property was generously donated to NLC in the spring of 2022 by Craig Simpson. Since then the cottage has been renovated to provide lodging for guests and our annual First Light Fellows who summer on Cape Cod as they explore environmental careers. There is still a good deal of work to be done to landscape this property. Join NLC Land Care Manager Earl “Chiefie” Mills Jr. and Land and Cultural Knowledge Caretaker Asa Peters as they conduct clearing, pruning, and planting in preparation for spring. To register, use this link: bit.ly/CotuitCottage25 https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/-48x3DpMx1Ide3O-EIqXxA .

Join The 300 Committee Land Trust at the Breivogel Ponds Conservation Area https://300committee.org/conservation-lands-2/breivogel-ponds-conservation-area/ for a Human Impacts nature journaling workshop. Sharpen your observational and artistic skills through this series of nature journaling workshops, which runs twice a month through June. Registration is strongly suggested. Registered participants will receive program updates and reminders via email. Register using the link below. All writing materials provided. Please consider bringing your own folding chair, mat or blanket to sit on. More details here https://300committee.org/nature-journaling-workshops/ .

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Parking: Meet in the clearly marked dirt parking lot at 590 Blacksmith Shop Road.

Join the Sandwich Conservation Trust and explore the hidden and mysterious world of Vernal pools on Cape Cod. Learn about a local conservation project supporting the rarest frog in Massachusetts, and pioneering vernal pool restoration activities to support vernal pool creatures on Cape Cod.

Presented by: Ian Ives, Manager at Mass Audubon’s Long Pasture, Ashumet, Barnstable Great Marsh and Skunknett River Wildlife Sanctuaries. His job responsibilities include overall management of the sanctuaries, community outreach and development, property and ecological management, and education.

FREE – email [email protected] mailto:[email protected] to reserve a seat or Register here https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/ee8svwe

Sandwich Public Library
142 Main St, Sandwich, MA 02563
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In late spring, all across the state, populations of 17-year-periodical cicada will simultaneously emerge, reaching mythic proportions, flooding the world around us. They will sing, mate and die all within a few short weeks. Entomologist Blake Dinius will detail this creature’s fascinating biology, helping us better appreciate their epic buzz. This lecture is part of The 300 Committee Land Trust of Falmouth’s 40th Anniversary Speaker Series.

Parking: Museums on the Green is located at 65 Palmer Avenue in Falmouth. Parking is behind the museum at 35 Katherine Lee Bates Road in a clearly marked lot. Overflow parking is next door at the First Congregational Church.

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Join Barnstable Land Trust https://blt.org/ and partners for some spring cleaning at Kalmus Beach in Hyannis. While Barnstable’s Marine and Environmental Affairs https://town.barnstable.ma.us/departments/naturalresources/ team gets ready for piping plover season, volunteers from BLT and other community groups are invited to help make sure these beachfront nesting grounds are ‘move-in’ ready. Gloves and trash bags will be provided as well as a thank you gift. Please dress accordingly for the weather and join the fun! Pregistration is suggested.

Register HERE https://blt.org/kalmus-beach-clean-up .

A member of the Chaubunagungamaug band of Nipmuc, Hawk is perhaps best known as a maker of wooden flutes using only hand tools and fire who composes and plays his original flute music to the delight of audiences throughout New England. He is lesser known yet profoundly skilled at capturing breathtaking images of wildlife in nature. How does he do it? Hawk will present some of his most intriguing photos and explain his technique in this presentation about his passion for the world of wildlife. And if we are lucky, he may play us a tune on one of his flutes. Register to attend this event at bit.ly/hawkhenries. https://bit.ly/hawkhenries

Join the Wareham Land Trust on Saturday March 29th, to pull invasive Japanese Knotweed at the Red Brook Trail Network. We will meet at 9am and work until about 11am. Please bring your own work gloves if you have them. Tools will be provided but you are welcome to bring your own (i.e; loppers, clippers, etc). Water, sun screen, bug spray and appropriate woods attire is encouraged. We will meet at the Onset Water Department Office at 15 Sand Pond Rd, East Wareham, MA.

Where: 15 Sand Pond Rd, East Wareham, MA

When: Saturday March 29th 9-11AM

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Celebrate the start of spring, meet farmers from across Cape Cod and learn more about supporting local agriculture at the “Meet Your Local Farmers” event on March 29, 2025, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Harwich Community Center https://www.harwich-ma.gov/197/Community-Center (100 Oak St., Harwich).

Up to 50 farms and farm-supporting organizations will be on hand to answer questions and share their stories of the land. And farmers will be selling their unique products and foods, so it’s a great opportunity to bring home some Cape-grown goodness.

The event, which is free and open to the public, is sponsored by Harwich Conservation Trust https://harwichconservationtrust.org/ (HCT) and the Orleans Farmers Market https://www.facebook.com/OrleansFarmersMarket .

“This is the largest local farmer gathering featuring the highest quality farm products on Cape Cod,” said HCT Executive Director Michael Lach. “Farmers from one end of the Cape to the other enrich our communities with their hard work and love of the land.”

Plus, enjoy jazz tunes performed by Wayne Naus and the Art Ensemble of Cape Cod!

For a growing list of farms, farmers, and farm-supporting groups that will be exhibiting at the event, please click here https://harwichconservationtrust.org/celebrate-spring-at-the-meet-your-local-farmers-event-on-march-29/ .

Calling all green thumb gardeners, weed whackers, and pollinator plant proponents! For 2-hours this month, you can join BLT’s Weeding Wednesday crew at the Barnstable Land Trust https://blt.org/ Office and Conservation Center on Route 6A to help maintain our native landscape gardens. Weeding Wednesday projects might include invasive plant removal, pollinator garden weeding, seed saving, and general property maintenance projects. Note: Registration is required for each individual Weeding Wednesday project. Volunteers should be prepared for physical activity including lifting, kneeling, digging, and cutting brush. BYO water, work gloves, kneeling pads (if preferred), and wear pants and closed-toe shoes. Training will be provided. Limited tools will be provided although you can also bring your own. Project Leader Kelly Barber, Director of Land Stewardship, will send out specific project details the day before the volunteer day.

Register HERE https://blt.org/weeding-wednesday .

Learn how to correctly and efficiently tackle invasive plants and vines in your yard and on conservation lands. Erik Sechler is the Ecological Programs Coordinator for the New England Native Land Trust. He has more than 10 years’ experience working for a Natural Heritage Program and NatureServe as an ecologist. He holds a master’s degree in Conservation Biology from Antioch New England University. His professional interests include avian, natural community and conservation ecology; rare plant ecology; and invasive plant ecology and management.

There is no charge for this event. A $5 donation is suggested. Register: secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/G0owh4yUMrHjryMIiIhwAA https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/G0owh4yUMrHjryMIiIhwAA

For 2-hours a month, you can join Barnstable Land Trust https://blt.org/ ’s “green team” by volunteering at Fuller Farm, a 22-acre signature property with a short woodland loop overlooking cranberry bogs and an open meadow trail following the field edge of a former dairy farm. The volunteer project might include trail maintenance, invasive plant removal, pollinator garden weeding, and something related. This program is supported in part by the Cape and Islands United Way. https://www.capeandislandsuw.org/

Note: Registration is required for each individual First Friday project. Volunteers should be prepared for physical activity including lifting, kneeling, digging, and cutting brush. BYO water, work gloves, and wear pants and closed-toe shoes. Training will be provided. Limited tools will be provided. If you prefer to bring your own – shovels, loppers, hand saws, and/or rakes are recommended. Project Leader Kelly Barber, Director of Land Stewardship, will send out specific project details the day before the volunteer day. We look forward to your help in stewarding this community gem!

Register here https://blt.org/fuller-farm-friday .

Join the Wareham Land Trust on Tuesday April 8th, to trim trails at Douglas S Westgate Conservation Area. We will meet at 9am and work until about 11am. Please bring your own work gloves. Tools will be provided but you are welcome to bring your own (i.e; loppers, clippers, etc). Water, sun screen, bug spray and appropriate woods attire is encouraged. We will meet at 29 Papermill Rd, West Wareham, MA.

Where: 29 Papermill Rd, West Wareham, MA

When: Tuesday April 8th 9-11AM

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Join Orleans Conservation Trust http://www.orleansconservationtrust.org for this free lecture.

This presentation will provide an overview of themes driving efforts to preserve the Cape from early philanthropic gifts and civic beauty efforts to the powerful rise of land trusts and municipal programs beginning in earnest in the 1980s. Projected 21st century trends of eco-restoration and climate resilience will be discussed with a focus on local projects in Orleans.

Mark Robinson has served as director of The Compact since its founding in 1986. He has assisted Cape towns and land trusts in preserving more than 15,000 acres of land as open space since then. The Compact represents 32 local and regional nonprofit land trusts and watershed groups operating on Cape Cod. Mark has served on the board of the Mass. Land Trust Coalition and is a regular lecturer at the state and national conference of land trusts.

The lecture will take place at the CHO Meetinghouse, 3 River Road, Orleans. Doors open at 6pm; lecture starts at 6:30.

Register for this free program here. https://orleansconservationtrust.org/event/a-history-and-a-future-for-land-conservation-on-cape-cod-lecture-at-home-with-nature-event/

Old-growth forests, with their abundant deadwood, diverse canopy layers, and wide variation in tree ages, densities, and sizes, are strikingly different from our younger second-growth forests. These differences have profound implications for key forest functions, such as providing wildlife habitat and mitigating climate change. Paul Catanzaro, a forest ecologist with the University of Massachusetts Amherst, will explore the ecological distinctions between old-growth and second-growth forests and discuss practical strategies for restoring these characteristics while achieving broader forest conservation goals.

This lecture is jointed sponsored by MBL’s Falmouth Forum and The 300 Committee Land Trust of Falmouth. More details here https://www.mbl.edu/events?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D177175680 .

Parking: Lecture goers can park in any MBL designated parking lot in downtown Woods Hole.

Learn how to grow healthy, delicious shiitake mushrooms on logs at this hands-on Resilient Roots https://www.resroots.org/ workshop. You’ll learn all the necessary steps for growing shiitakes yourself, including what type of logs are used, when to harvest them, how to inoculate the logs, and where to store them. We will provide the instructions, materials, and tools you need. You will get hands-on experience inoculating one log to take home, included in the fee.

Registration is required https://www.resroots.org/all-workshops/p/growing-shiitake-mushrooms-on-logs-4122025 . Standard cost: $43, with a sliding-scale fee available.

Join us for an Earth Day celebration at the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe government center featuring exhibitors and vendors with a shared mission to protect and preserve the ancestral homelands of the Wampanoag. Free and open to the public, the Honor the Earth Fair is co-hosted by the Native Land Conservancy and the Mashpee Wampanoag Natural Resources Department, festivities will include opening remarks by Mashpee Wampanoag Chief Earl Mills Jr., cultural crafts, traditional singing and dancing, activities for children.

Learn how to grow healthy, delicious shiitake mushrooms on logs at this hands-on Resilient Roots https://www.resroots.org/ workshop. You’ll learn all the necessary steps for growing shiitakes yourself, including what type of logs are used, when to harvest them, how to inoculate the logs, and where to store them. We will provide the instructions, materials, and tools you need. You will get hands-on experience inoculating one log to take home, included in the fee.

Registration is required https://www.resroots.org/all-workshops/p/growing-shiitake-mushrooms-on-logs-4132025 . Standard cost: $43, with a sliding-scale fee available.

Join the NLC staff and friends as they help to prepare the Wampanoag Common Lands for a busy season of recreation, camping, fishing and ceremony by the people of the Wampanoag Nation. This land care event will focus on clearing deadfall, maintaining existing trails and campsites, and removal of invasive species. Light refreshments will be available. Bring lunch, gloves, hand tools, and insect repellant. To register, use this link: bit.ly/WCL25. https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/cyfd20qbVpwzcFeN1aS3bA

Spring is in full swing on Cape Cod and the Islands during Earth Week. While we may not have the numerous, spring ephemerals typical of inland locations we have a wide variety of flowering trees and shrubs. Join naturalist Tom Walker at Frost Fish Creek as we visit these beautiful marvels of nature. Participants will learn about flower structure, plus various methods for identifying woody plants without their characteristic summer leaves.

Frost Fish Creek Trail:

CCF acquired all of the almost 50 acres that now protect Frost Fish Creek over a span of 33 years. The 1.1 mile walking trail meanders along the edge of the Frost Fish Creek, offering walkers glimpses of an old cranberry operation which has reverted into open wetlands. With its unique configuration featuring brackish freshwater tidal wetland over viewed from upland pine/oak woodlands, this area offers the most varied and numerous opportunities to experience seasonal bird and mammal life in our area.

Your Guide:

Tom Walker is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst with a Bachelor’s degree in Wildlife and Fisheries Biology. He spent several seasons surveying wildlife on the west coast for the US Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management prior to returning to New England. He has many natural history interests and has led walks and given presentations on lichens, fungi, trees and dragonflies for many different organizations.

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We invite kids ages 7-11 to this fun hands-on event with Resilient Roots https://www.resroots.org/ , where we’ll spend a morning creating a magical fairy house with materials found in nature.

We’ll start with a base made from a recycled container. We’ll have some supplies ready to go, and we’ll also walk through the woods together to gather more. We’ll then construct the house indoors. Everything needed will be provided, but you are welcome to bring some materials if you like; remember when collecting to take only items that have fallen to the ground, not ones that are currently attached to plants or trees. https://www.resroots.org/

Refreshments will be provided. Come dressed to spend some time outside. Rain date is April 24.

Registration is required https://www.resroots.org/all-workshops/p/building-a-fairy-house . Cost: $25, with a sliding-scale fee available.

Stroll together through the natural world with the words of poet, Mary Oliver, echoing in our minds. Join Ellen Snoeyenbos, founder of the Walking Readers Group https://www.snoeytools.com/walking-readers , for this unique opportunity to blend literature and nature. The group will walk and pause along the trail at Barnstable Land Trust https://blt.org/ ‘s Pogorelc Sanctuary https://blt.org/pogorelc-sanctuary to read poems from Oliver’s Devotions collection and reflect on what her poetic images mean.

This is the first of four nature/literature walks under BLT’s new eARTh Connections programming which is supported in part by a grant from the Mid-Cape Cultural Council https://massculturalcouncil.org/local-council/mid-cape/ , a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council https://massculturalcouncil.org/ , a state agency. Books are also available for purchase at Titcomb’s Bookshop https://www.titcombsbookshop.com/ in Sandwich. Registration is required.

Register HERE https://blt.org/events/mary-oliver .

Please join us at the Chatham Bards Inn to listen to Andrew’s overview of the Cape’s water quality and join is a discussion with panelists from the town and other guardians of the water. Registration link will be posted in April, please check back then.

Join Cotuit Library https://www.cotuitlibrary.org/ , Barnstable Land Trust https://blt.org/ , and the Cotuit Center for the Arts https://cotuit.org/ for a tree-mendous post-Earth Day celebration that you won’t want to miss! Kids will have fun creating Earth Day crafts on the Art Bus, participating in a nature themed scavenger hunt around the library, identifying parts of plants with microscopes, and music-making with mallets and flowerpots, cans and acorn shakers. It’s never too late to celebrate our wonderful planet. We hope to see you there!

Register HERE https://cotuitlibrary.libcal.com/event/14000236 with the Cotuit Library.

Join Barnstable Land Trust https://blt.org/ with walk leader and ornithology educator, Tommy Burgess, to explore a local birding spot and take in the fresh morning air. This is on an easy trail that is about ¼ mile in length, and will include a number of stops and starts to listen and look for birds.

Please bring binoculars. Event will be cancelled in the case of rain or severe weather. Registration is required, and there is a limit of 10 participants. $10 members/$15 nonmembers.

Register HERE https://blt.org/events/birding-with-blt-april25 .

Come join over 25 other organizations and businesses as we clean-up the roadsides, beaches and landings throughout town. We will provide you with all the equipment that you need, assign a route to your group (or let you join a group).

Join the Wareham Land Trust on Saturday April 26th, to pull invasive Japanese Knotweed at the Red Brook Trail Network. We will meet at 9am and work until about 11am. Please bring your own work gloves if you have them. Tools will be provided but you are welcome to bring your own (i.e; loppers, clippers, etc). Water, sun screen, bug spray and appropriate woods attire is encouraged. We will meet at the Onset Water Department Office at 15 Sand Pond Rd, East Wareham, MA.

Where: 15 Sand Pond Rd, East Wareham, MA

When: Saturday April 26th 9-11AM

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Join us in this Resilient Roots https://www.resroots.org/ presentation and discussion to learn which plants provide the best shelter and food for the native birds that live here as well as those that are migrating through. Birds play a vital role in keeping our ecosystem in balance, and helping them thrive in our yards is something we can all do. Come see what changes you can make to your landscape, including replacing certain plants with more beneficial ones, to create habitat for these important garden friends. Spoiler alert: we’re not talking about putting out seed!

Registration is required https://www.resroots.org/all-workshops/p/landscaping-for-the-birds . Standard cost is $30, with a sliding-scale fee available.