Enviroscience at Massie Cliffside Preserve!

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....

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Snow Buntings on South Bass!

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...

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Duff Vineyard Capital Campaign Update

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...

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