The Fishers Island Fire Department (FIFD) conducted a successful controlled burn on selected sections of the Parade Grounds and Elizabeth Airport March 26. FIConservancy relies on FIFD volunteers to coordinate their ongoing training with annual prescribed burns necessary to maintain a healthy natural habitat. (Jane T. Ahrens reporting and photo)
The Fishers Island Conservancy in February awarded Fishers Island School senior Nicolas Hall, “The Edwin Horning Research Grant for Environmental Conservation” to study the effect of acidifying sea water on the soft shells of oysters.
Silk nests of the eastern tent caterpillar (Malacosoma americana) began showing up on South Beach Road in late April. Not to worry! Contrary to popular belief, these nests will not kill trees, plus they provide food for bluejays, orioles, chickadees and nuthatches.
FIConservancy Naturalist Justine Kibbe walks and bikes Fishers Island from end to end. Her pictures, captured with patience and thoughtful attention, reveal the beauty of this Island.
FI Ferry District, in coordination with FIConservancy, maps annual controlled burns of grassland restoration areas.
In the 1960s and early 1970s, before DDT nearly erased ospreys from the eastern seaboard, the only Osprey nest we kids could spy was at the corner of Airport Road […]
This Greater Yellow Legs has been returning to the sandy coves alongside Dock beach for several years now. Its slender and elegant silhouette can be seen wading and actively foraging […]