News and Events for Nantucket Island
Dr. Sarah Treanor Bois Director of Research & Education at the Linda Loring Nature Foundation With daffodil season upon us, people on Nantucket are abuzz about spring. Who saw the first osprey, who heard the first peepers and in what pond, and where did the first daffodils bloom (the Atheneum […]
by Dr. Sarah Treanor Bois Director of Research & Education at the Linda Loring Nature Foundation As an island, Nantucket has a unique opportunity to be pretty self-sufficient. Among other things, it also means that we can’t blame anyone else for our environmental problems. Instead of burying our heads in […]
by Dr. Sarah Treanor Bois Director of Research & Education at the Linda Loring Nature Foundation There has been a long tradition of fire ecology on Nantucket. While the amount of fire the Wampanoag used to alter the landscape is unclear, our Native American predecessors most likely used fire as […]
by Dr. Sarah Treanor Bois Director of Research & Education at the Linda Loring Nature Foundation It’s not fall, and it’s not a worm. So, what is it, you may ask? Fall webworm (Hyphantria cunea) is actually a common, native caterpillar that occurs throughout the United States and southern Canada. […]
by Dr. Sarah Treanor Bois Director of Research & Education at the Linda Loring Nature Foundation While honeybees get most of the attention, pollinators actually include anything that moves pollen from one plant to another; namely bees, wasps, butterflies, moths, birds, small mammals, bats, and even some lizards. On Nantucket, […]
