Lloyd Center for the Environment, Dartmouth MA
Protecting nature through research, education, and outreach
Butterfly Garden Transformation Thanks to a $300 grant from the Garden Club of Buzzards Bay (visit their website!) and Lloyd Center volunteers Elsa Yeung, Polly Sylvia, Sara Lederman, Chad Gonsalves and Shai Gonsalves, the Center’s butterfly garden has been spruced up for our colorful friends. Volunteers expanded the Center’s butterfly garden and added new plantings to create [...] Read more »
By CHRISTINA STYANSpecial WriterMay 01, 2013 11:45 am DARTMOUTH — The Lloyd Center for the Environment held its 2013 annual meeting on April 22 at the Dartmouth Grange, with the agenda highlighted by the introduction of new Executive Director Rachel Stronach, whose “association” with the educational environmental organization dates back some 23 years. The presentation [...] Read more »
Dartmouth, MA. – The Lloyd Center for the Environment has received a $35,000 grant from the Braitmayer Foundation in support of the Center’s Climate Science Learning Project (CSLP). Aligned with the Massachusetts curriculum frameworks in science and engineering, the CSLP focuses on the projected effects of climate change on local biodiversity, introducing age-appropriate math, writing, [...] Read more »
Dartmouth, MA – Lloyd Center for the Environment Board Chair Robert “Brodie” MacGregor has announced that Rachel Stronach will be the new Executive Director of the Lloyd Center. Stronach, the Director of Education at the Center, succeeds D’Arcy G. MacMahon, who last summer announced his intention to retire from the post early in 2013. “Rachel [...] Read more »
On Thursday, March 21, fourteen University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth students opted for an ‘alternative spring break’ and volunteered their time to help clear a new trail system through the Lloyd Center for the Environment’s recently acquired Lloyd Woods, a beautiful 27-acre parcel of land that lies directly across the road from the Center’s headquarters and [...] Read more »
It’s time to mark your calendar and secure your ticket to one of the summer’s most popular events, the Lloyd Center for the Environment’s CLAMBAKE XXVIII, known locally as “Simply, the best!”. Festivities will begin at 6 o’clock on the evening of Friday, July 12, by the side of the sea at Demarest Lloyd State [...] Read more »
In celebration of D’Arcy’s time as Executive Director of the Lloyd Center, a D’Arcy G. MacMahon Trail-Keeper Fund, for trail work and maintenance, has been established. As some of you may know, although D’Arcy has retired from his position as Executive Director, he has declared himself ‘Master of the Trails’ and as such he will [...] Read more »
Myrna Hall, Chair of the Lloyd Center for the Environment’s Development Committee, announced today the appointment of Ms. Alison Durant and Ms. Kelly Rebello, to co-chair next year’s legendary Lloyd Center clambake fundraising gala, now in its 28th year and known throughout the South Coast, as “Simply, the best!” On behalf of the entire board [...] Read more »
Hurricane Sandy will long be remembered as the storm that caused heartbreaking, catastrophic damage to the Jersey shore and other areas of the mid-Atlantic region. It forever changed that coastline and left some uncertainty as to the long-term impacts. Here in New England, we are fortunate to have an intact shoreline after the storm that [...] Read more »
The Lloyd Center is pleased to announce that it has received a $10,000 grant from the CHT Foundation in support of the Center’s Climate Science Learning Project (CSLP) launched in 2011. This unique undertaking teaches science and mathematics by incorporating these fields into a hands-on outdoor environmental education program, designed specifically for students in Fall [...] Read more »
Dartmouth, MA – Robert “Brodie” MacGregor, chair of the Lloyd Center’s board of directors, has announced that, Rachel Stronach, Director of Education at the Center, has been appointed interim executive director while the ongoing search for a permanent replacement for retiring executive director, D’Arcy MacMahon continues. Ms. Stronach will assume her new duties on Monday, [...] Read more »
Snap photos of your favorite local birds for your chance to win! Winter is coming, and its time to fill your bird feeders for the long, snowy months ahead. It’s also time to snap some photos of the many feathered friends that brighten our cold, gray months with their visits to the backyard feeding stations. [...] Read more »
The Lloyd Center has received a $10,000 grant from the Rodgers Family Foundation in support of the Center’s Climate Science Learning Project (CSLP) launched last year. This unique undertaking teaches science and mathematics by incorporating these fields into a hands-on outdoor environmental education program, designed specifically for students in Fall River’s public schools. As part [...] Read more »
As this will be my final Annual Fund letter to you as Executive Director, I want first to say how much I do appreciate your support over the past nine years, not only in terms of your treasure, but for many of you, your time and your talent. In that regard, let me tell you, as briefly [...] Read more »
When Lloyd Center Executive Director D’Arcy MacMahon and Board Chair Robert “Brodie” MacGregor met last summer to discuss Mr. MacMahon’s plans to retire from his chief-executive position at the Center shortly after the start of the New Year, it set in motion a process of succession-planning for which the Center was well prepared. In a [...] Read more »
By Mark J. Mello, Research Director As part of Elise Greenberg’s internship at the Lloyd Center this past summer, she initiated a “butterfly survey” of the Slocum River Reserve, which is jointly owned by the Trustees of Reservations and the Dartmouth Natural Resources Trust. This project is part of the Lloyd Center’s Southcoast Biodiversity Initiative, a five-year [...] Read more »
The Lloyd Center for the Environment recently announced the achievement of its long-sought goal to protect the 27-acre parcel of land which lies directly across the road from its headquarters and spectacular nature preserve overlooking the scenic Slocum River estuary in South Dartmouth. Affectionately dubbed “Lloyd Woods” by the Center’s staff and bounded by Little [...] Read more »
We need your help! Much of our success at the Center can be attributed to our volunteers who so cheerfully and generously give us their time and energy. Volunteering can be engaging and rewarding. We offer a number of volunteer opportunities, ranging from greeting visitors to event planning to trail work. On Wednesday, November 7th, [...] Read more »
Five years ago, the Lloyd Center embarked on a new venture, salt-marsh restoration monitoring, which involves surveying marshes targeted for restoration to determine their state of health and the degree to which they were responding to restoration programs. Originally funded through the Coastal Zone Management Act, originally passed by Congress to manage the nation’s coastal [...] Read more »
Lloyd Center Research Associate, Jamie Bogart, who heads up the Lloyd Center’s collaboration with Tufts University as the Buzzards Bay coordinator of the Seabird Ecological Assessment Network (SEANET), recently participated in the Coastal Waterbird Program of the Massachusetts Audubon Society, in celebration of the program’s 25th year. The focus was on what needs to be [...] Read more »
DARTMOUTH — On the chilly morning of Oct. 12, there were fifth-grade students from Dartmouth gasping in excitement, barely able to contain themselves, over the chance to pick and eat something called a sea pickle, a salty and slightly bitter edible plant that grows along the salt marshes of the Slocum River. The Turn-the-Tide Educational [...] Read more »
Elizabeth Moniz, Director of Community Outreach at the Lloyd Center, has announced the appointment of Jennifer Wimmer to the position of Outreach Specialist. Ms. Wimmer, a resident of Providence (RI), holds a Master of Science degree in Ecological Teaching and Learning from Lesley University and a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology, with a [...] Read more »
Have your child celebrate their special day with an educational adventure! Choose your party from one of the exciting themes below. Parties may be booked on weekends and tailored for all ages starting at 3 years old. Themes:Under the Sea: Party-goers discover the wonderful world of the ocean and some of the amazing creatures that live [...] Read more »
Boston, MA – The Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC), a state agency, has awarded the Lloyd Center for the Environment (Dartmouth, MA) a $5,800 Cultural Investment Portfolio Grant for public cultural programming. Awarded through a competitive process, this organizational support grant signifies that the Lloyd Center for the Environment provides a high level of quality in its [...] Read more »
The Lloyd Center protected a record 20 pairs of Piping Plovers on the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) beaches in Bristol County during this year’s shorebird management season, for which storms played a significant role. A major factor causing Piping Plover pair increases has been natural beach replenishment from storms, the most significant being [...] Read more »