EnviroScience visited the Massie Cliffside Preserve this fall to remove invasive amur honeysuckle. As soon as it is cut, the stump is painted with herbicide which dries quickly but draws the poison down into the roots and kills the tree. This opens up space for native trees to flourish instead....

A “drift” of approximately 130 Snow Buntings near the South Bass Island airport today! Thanks to Susan Harrington who located the flock & Elizabeth Heineman and Sandy Funtal for the photographs. Snow Buntings breed in the high Arctic among rocks where their black and white plumage blends in. This time...

Thanks to all who came out to visit us at Duff Homestead for Giving Tuesday or donated to our Duff Vineyard Capital Campaign as part of the Island Giving Tuesday! We have also received some very nice end of the year donations!   In December, we received $50,000 from the Park...

The Lake Erie Islands Count Circle of the 125th  annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count was held on December 15, 2024 with people participating on Middle Bass, South Bass, Kelleys and Pelee Island. This is one of the oldest citizen science efforts around-and a fun tradition to get out and enjoy...

We had a great time on Island Style Giving Tuesday 2024! Over 30 people visited all three nonprofits open Tuesday, December 3. The Lake Erie Islands Nature and Wildlife Center (LEINWC) offered a family scavenger hunt and snacks, the Lake Erie Islands Historical Society (LEIHS) had movies and popcorn, and...

The Lake Erie Islands Nature and Wildlife Center and the Lake Erie Islands Conservancy hosted the traditional Holiday Bazaar the two days – December 6 and 7, 2024 of the inter-island basketball tournament at the Put-in-Bay Town Hall. Islanders and visiting families enjoyed holiday shopping at this special event. In...

Here is the cover shot on our Lake Erie Islands Conservancy 2025 Calendar by Elizabeth Schweitzer of an Eastern Forktail Damselfly! We got great photo submissions this year and thanks to all who participated! The calendars are in and can be picked up at the island by contacting Lisa Brohl...

Attached is our winter Conservancy newsletter! If you have not requested email only, you will soon get one in the mail!   Check out our Holiday Bazaar this Friday and Saturday as well as our Holiday Potluck on Tuesday, December 10! Read about bird banding, nest box report, and research...