The Lloyd Center Has Been Selected for NOT YOUR AVERAGE JOE’S “NOT YOUR AVERAGE CAUSE” Program For The Month of July
Enjoy a delicious meal and raise funds for the Lloyd Center for the Environment! The Lloyd Center has been selected for NOT YOUR AVERAGE JOE’S “NOT YOUR AVERAGE CAUSE” program for the month of July. How it works: Every Tuesday throughout July, (1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, & 29th) Not Your…
The Carlton Viveiros Elementary School Staff Donate to Lloyd Center in Honor of Meg Christ
The Lloyd Center is pleased to accept a $250 donation from the Carlton Viveiros Elementary School Staff in Fall River in honor of outgoing Principal Meg Christ. The Lloyd Center’s partnership with the Fall River Public Schools has spanned over twenty-five years and has been successful, in part, thanks to…
Plover Summer Solstice Update by Jamie Bogart
Summer has finally arrived in the South Coast as masses of beachgoers descend upon the state park beaches of Bristol County, where the Lloyd Center enters its 29th season of protection, management, and monitoring of endangered Piping Plovers (Charadrius melodus). Protection under law and recovery efforts have resulted in major…
Island Foundation Continues to Support Lloyd Center’s Climate Science Learning Project with Second $15,000 Grant
The Lloyd Center has received a second $15,000 grant from the Island 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,…
UMass Dartmouth Partners with the Lloyd Center for Earth Eve Parade
This spring, five University of Massachusetts Dartmouth business students partnered with the Lloyd Center to create a sustainable parade float for AHA’s “Earth Eve” parade in downtown New Bedford. Participants in this annual event march through the streets celebrating environmental and social stewardship. The only rule? All parade floats or…
Lloyd Center Gears Up For Moth & Butterfly Projects This Season
Southcoast Biodiversity Initiative Butterfly Inventories During 2013, researchers at the Lloyd Center documented 65 species of butterflies from four local sites (Noquochoke Wildlife Management Area, Slocum River Reserve, Lloyd Center butterfly garden in Dartmouth, and the south end of Acushnet Cedar Swamp Reservation in New Bedford) set up for long-term…
Lloyd Center’s Stronach and Moniz Present at the National Science Teachers Association Conference
Boston, MA – The Lloyd Center for the Environment’s Executive Director Rachel Stronach and Director of Education Elizabeth Moniz were honored to present at this year’s National Science Teacher’s Association (NSTA) Conference that was held at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center in Boston MA. The NSTA, founded in 1944…
KokoKehom to take the stage at the Lloyd Center’s Annual Meeting – Thursday, May 8th
The Lloyd Center’s resident Eastern Screech Owl, KokoKehom will take the stage at the Center’s upcoming Annual Meeting on Thursday, May 8 at the Dartmouth Grange, located in Russells Mills Village at 1133 Fisher Road, Dartmouth. Members of the public are invited to a welcoming reception from 6:00 p.m. to…
Lloyd Center for the Environment’s CLAMBAKE XXIX – Mark Your Calendars!
For reservations, please call 774-628-9241 ext. 10 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 XXIX, known locally as “Simply, the best!”. Festivities will begin at 6 o’clock on the evening of…
Lloyd Center Gears up for Biodiversity Surveys
Commencing with our Spring Vacation High School Biodiversity Blitz, the Lloyd Center enters the 4th year of its SouthCoast Biodiversity Initiative. Designed as an all species survey of the natural resources within the Westport River and Slocum River watersheds, information gathered during this five-year project and other recent inventories, such…
Large Owls Highlight Lloyd Center’s Annual Owl Prowl
The landscape last February 2013 was a winter wonderland, with a seemingly constant sequence of storms that included a blizzard on the month’s first weekend. On each weekend to follow, another storm! Ultimately, this turbulence cancelled our annual main event owl prowl which fell victim to some badly timed snowstorms.…
Lloyd Center Membership Drive
In 2013 the Lloyd Center for the Environment provided environmental education to more than 10,000 children, undertook the excellent and diverse research for which we are known, and opened our 82-acre nature center and exhibits to over 25,000 visitors. All of these important undertakings would not have been possible without the…
The Lloyd Center is back for AHA! Night!
Join the Lloyd Center on Thursday, February 13 from 4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. at the New Bedford Public Library to make a craft made for the birds! We will be making heart-shaped, homemade birdfeeders, just in time for Valentine’s Day. This craft is fun, easy, and great for families!…
Lloyd Center Completes Winter Portion of 25th Annual Waterfowl Count
On Sunday, January 26, waterfowl volunteers and Lloyd Center staff ventured out to complete the winter phase of the annual inventory of migratory waterfowl that utilize estuaries and ponds in southeastern New England. As stated in the December update, the January/February phase generally occurs in colder conditions when the amount…
Lloyd Center Tops $100,000 Annual Appeal Goal
We would like to thank everyone that has made an annual gift to support the Lloyd Center’s efforts to bring outstanding environmental science programs to thousands of students every year, … to allow our research staff to continue their work monitoring threatened and endangered species, and major threats to the…
Elusive “Brown Birds” in Winter
Beyond the backyard bird feeder in winter, there may lurk a species or two that is tough to find even against a backdrop of fresh snowfall in the woods of Southeast New England. Two such species have been spotted by Lloyd Center staff this past week on the nature preserve: the Hermit Thrush…
Lloyd Center Adventure Packs
Looking for a way to spark your child’s interest in science while enjoying a day on the trails? Rent one of our adventure packs! Each pack is filled with resources to help you observe, identify, and explore the natural world throughout the year. A one-day rental costs $5 for non-members…
Lloyd Center Participates in Four Corners Re-Tree Event
This holiday season, the Lloyd Center for the Environment was invited to participate in the Tiverton Four Corners’ First “Re-Tree Event: A Showcase of Trees Created with Recycled Materials”. Organizations that participated in this event designed and built a Christmas tree out of at least 90% recycled materials. The trees…
Annual Lloyd Center Waterfowl Survey Enters 25th Season
Winter is a mixed blessing in our region. Snow lovers must brave the slush that often comes with a south coast snowfall, while others choose to avoid winter and its comparatively barren landscape altogether. Winter is indeed “down-time” in comparison to warmer months when the region’s biodiversity visibly springs to…
Science Friday – Ten Questions for Mark Mello, Moth Man, by Becky Fogel
Pull open any of the numerous drawers in zoologist Mark Mello’s Massachusetts office, and you’re bound to find rows of meticulously labeled moths, from the psychedelic Jones moth (Thaumatographa jonesi) to the Melsheimer’s sack-bearer (Cicinnus melsheimeri). Mello is the Research Director of the Lloyd Center for the Environment in Dartmouth,…
Snowy Owl (Nyctea scandiaca)
Owls are commonly heralded as mysterious creatures of the night that are rarely encountered, like our tiny screech owl which in all it’s simplicity has created quite a stir in these parts. Currently in the region is a bird that reminds us of how diverse the owl family is, and…
Southern Visitors to Lloyd Center’s Butterfly Garden
Last summer I reported seeing my first Giant Swallowtail in Massachusetts at the Slocum River Reserve. This year, thanks in part to a grant from the Buzzards Bay Garden Club, the Lloyd Center expanded and renovated its butterfly garden, which attracted 33 species this year. The Lloyd Center was rewarded…
Rodgers Family Foundation Supports Lloyd Center’s Climate Science Learning Project with $10,000 Grant
The Lloyd Center has received yet another grant supporting our popular, ever-growing Climate Science Learning Project (CSLP)! We are happy to announce that the Rodgers Family Foundation has generously given the Center a $10,000 grant in support in support of our CSLP. Launched in 2011, this unique undertaking teaches science…
Looking for the Perfect Gift?
Lloyd Center Gift Memberships A membership to the Lloyd Center for the Environment is a meaningful gift for any occasion that can be used all year round. Included in your Gift Membership price is a package mailed to the recipient. As a bonus, all memberships purchased by December 31, 2013…