Lloyd Center for the Environment, Dartmouth MA
Protecting Nature Through Research and Education
LLOYD CENTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT SPONSORS OUTER CAPE BIRDING AND WHALE WATCHING HIKE – APRIL 14 Cape Cod, MA – Venture to the outer cape with Lloyd Center Research Associate Jamie Bogart to see the Endangered Right Whales, which congregate along the cape during their northward migration to take advantage of the abundant zooplankton food source. [...] Read more »
”Signs of Spring” contest Thanks to a successful drawing contest over February vacation, the Lloyd Center for the Environment is holding another, this time children (ages twelve and under) will draw a picture of a ‘sign of spring’ found at the Center’s Hardscrabble Nature Preserve. Visit the Lloyd Center, located at 430 Potomska Road in [...] Read more »
Join us for this amazing FREE event with Richard Louv! Richard Louv is the author of eight books including Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder and The Nature Principle: Reconnecting with Life in a Virtual Age. He has been recognized nationally and internationally as someone committed to the reconnecting children [...] Read more »
Abby Jupin has been selected as the winner of the Lloyd Center for the Environment’s first ‘Draw an Organism’ contest. After observing the Center’s Red-shouldered Hawk in action, Abby’s decision was made, she would draw a hawk standing on a perch. The Lloyd Center’s intent of holding the contest was two-fold, to offer an inexpensive [...] Read more »
Buzzards Bay is an important stopover location for overwintering marine wildlife, most notably seals of the Northeast region. At “Gull Island”, a small sandbar situated along the Elizabeth Island chain between Cuttyhunk and Penikese, seals haul-out at low tide. Harbor, Grey, and Harp seals may be viewed, and Great Cormorants are an abundant waterbird at [...] Read more »
Volunteer training: beached bird surveys for SEANET Program The Seabird Ecological Assessment Network (SEANET) is a volunteer-based field survey project whose main objective is to gain information about beached bird deposition along coastal shorelines to help detect sources of harm to the marine environment, and assess the status of seabird populations. This is a great [...] Read more »
Are you an owl enthusiast, curious about these mystical birds, or just enjoy a cold New England winter’s night? Then this outing may be just for you. In addition to being fascinating birds, owls are mysterious creatures that are rarely seen, and heard, only through keen observation. In winter, owls are building nests and establishing [...] Read more »
Members of the Lloyd Center for the Environment convened recently in Dartmouth and unanimously elected Morris W. (“Rusty”) Kellogg of Wellesley and Nonquitt, to membership on the organization’s board of directors. Kellogg is retired from a career as a chief financial officer at several companies including; Shannon Yachts, Americana Hotels & Realty Corporation and PaineWebber [...] Read more »
The Standard-Times October 19, 2011 12:00 AM DARTMOUTH — Thirty Dartmouth and Westport artists that teamed up this summer to organize the annual open studio weekend, donated $5,000 to The Lloyd Center for The Environment in Dartmouth to be used to support the Center’s ongoing environmental science programs in the Westport and Dartmouth public schools. [...] Read more »
Award to spur innovative thinking and advance interest in science, technology, engineering and math among youth. SCHAUMBURG, IL – August 26, 2011 – Lloyd Center for the Environment, a highly regarded environmental research and education institute headquartered in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, has been selected as the recipient of a $50,000 grant from The Motorola Solutions Foundation, [...] Read more »