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Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! We can’t thank you enough for Supporting the Lloyd Center’s 2021 Annual Fund!! The Annual Fund is a critical piece of our operating budget. For the Center to continue to provide the full complement of programs throughout Massachusetts and Rhode Island, we rely on your assistance and generosity. Through…

The Lloyd Center for the Environment is pleased to introduce Nicole Whelpley and Eman Khwaja as Student Directors on the Center’s Board of Directors for the upcoming academic year, as non-voting members. Nicole Whelpley graduated from UMass, Amherst, with a dual degree in Biology and Public Health. She is currently pursuing a Master’s of Science…

by Jamie Bogart, Lloyd Center Research Associate On Sunday, December 5, the Lloyd Center began its 35th Annual Winter Waterfowl survey under seasonably cool temperatures and minimal breeze – stellar counting conditions on the estuaries and coastal ponds from Sakonnet Point in Rhode Island to Padanaram Harbor in Dartmouth. Last year’s weather was balmy and…

Teaching is at the heart of what the Lloyd Center does. We have maintained an effective presence in classrooms, whether virtual or in-person, throughout the past 20 months. Please consider making a gift or monthly commitment, if you haven’t already. It is easy to make an initial gift or rise to the next contribution level…

The Lloyd Center for the Environment, Inc., has received a grant of $13,500 from the Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC), a state agency. This grant was awarded through the MCC’s Cultural Investment Portfolio Grant Program for cultural public programing. State grants are awarded through a competitive process, thereby signifying that the Lloyd Center provides a high…

As we settle into the peak season for observing backyard feeders for avian activity, the Lloyd Center enters the 2021-2022 monitoring season having officially collected a decade’s worth of data. So as we begin counting the familiar birds on a weekly basis, it’s worth a look back.  We have completed 208 surveys, for an average…

The Lloyd Center for the Environment is happy to share that they have been working with the United Way of Greater Fall River and the Fall River Public Schools, bringing science to students in kindergarten, first and second grade. Over the past two months, across eleven elementary schools in Fall River, the Lloyd Center visited…

Part of this year’s contract to sample Lepidoptera (moth) populations in areas under recent restoration included sites in Rhode Island, a state the Lloyd Center has conducted moth work at in the past. This year the work took us to Pratt Farm of Arcadia Management area in Exeter, and Nicolas Farm Wildlife management area in…

 by Lloyd Center Research Associate Jamie Bogart One of the historical roles of the Lloyd Center’s Research Department has been surveying various parameters indicative of water quality in our local estuaries and salt marshes, both sensitive coastal habitats subject to impacts from human use. Past projects have included “Turn the Tide” (see summary under research),…

The Lloyd Center for the Environment is excited about a newly formed partnership with Dharma Voyage, a non-profit rowing organization located in Westport, MA. Dharma Voyage offers education programs to increase physical health and skills, stimulate the mind, and connect to nature. Their focus is on presenting programs that give their participants lifelong practices that…

The Lloyd Center for the Environment is offering an opportunity for two students, eighteen or older, to join our Board of Directors for the upcoming academic year as non-voting members. Student Directors will gain hands-on experience of nonprofit Board functions and responsibilities, participating in quarterly Board Meetings (next meeting is Thursday, October 28th at 5:00…

This spring, uncertainty regarding COVID-19 lingered in the air, however, it was certain that the Lloyd Center was going to run its two most desired summer programs: Young Naturalist and Coastal Studies. And even though safety measures were prioritized in the programs’ structures, the Center’s mission remained uncompromised – to provide environmental education to children…

by Jamie Bogart, Lloyd Center Research Associate As the summer season enters its home stretch, shorebirds, raptors, and waders are all on the move along the coastline, with recent tropical storm Henri only increasing sightings along churned up waters. Inland songbirds such as goldfinches from the forest and open landscape species such as an immature…

by Sandy Quadros Bowles, Dartmouth Week Although state officials advise the public to remove feeders and bird baths, local wildlife enthusiasts remind people that they can still view and enjoy birds without them. “In your own backyard, you can still observe the birds’ activities as they occur in nature,’’ said Jamie Bogart, research associate at…

by Jamie Bogart, Lloyd Center Research Associate As many birders turn their attention to the beaches, from which birds that nested are departing but to which other shorebirds are arriving and flocking as they prepare to migrate south, we reach that time of summarizing how the season went on our sites. As of last writing,…