A Rite of Spring Returns: Planned Burning on the Parade Grounds
Fishers Island Fire Department maintains careful control over planned burning in the Parade Grounds Sanctuary in March. Jane Ahrens Photo
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A Cautionary Tale For Fishers Island Seagrass: Florida’s Seagrass Disaster
A healthy manatee drifts under dock in Vero Beach, FL amidst reflections of boats on lifts. Disappearing seagrass causing a feeding crisis for manatees is farther up the east coast near Merritt Island. FIConservancy Photo.
Tread Lightly: It’s Mating Season
Mating ritual of least terns on South Beach. “What wild creature is more accessible to our eyes and ears, as close to us and everyone in the world, as universal as a bird?” said Nature historian David Attenborough. Todd McCormack Photo
Birds of Prey at Risk from Rodent Poison
Birds of prey feed on rodents that may have ingested poisonous anticoagulant rodenticides, thereby transferring the poison to the birds.
Robins Are Unwitting Enablers of Wildly Invasive Chinese Privet Shrub
Blurry black images are winter robins dispersing seeds of invasive Chinese privet shrub. Ironically, the robins are spreading the very seeds that can lead to fewer insects needed to feed their young.
Nationwide Conservation Project Launched by Fishers Island Consultant Doug Tallamy
Nationally recognized entomologist Doug Tallamy and business entrepreneur Michele Alfandari, have launched Homegrown National Park™, a program that encourages everyone with access to a patch of earth to help sustain biodiversity by removing most invasive plants and starting new habitats of native plants.
Buoy Tree: Community Collaboration At Its Best
The Fishers Island community generously donated time and resources to create the festive Buoy Tree currently on display at the Parade Grounds. Jane Ahrens Photo
Encountering a Coyote: What to Do
A young coyote killed a little dog late Saturday afternoon Oct. 31 at a residence on Clay Point Road at Cedar Ridge Road. The incident occurred 20 feet in front of the owner’s parked car, while the owner was unloading the vehicle. The coyote was not dissuaded by human activity or the presence of large dog.
Coyotes Have Made a Home on Fishers Island
Coyote at night, Fishers Island. Dave Denison Photo Story originally published Oct. 20, 2020, Southampton Press, 27east.com By Mike Bottini Last week, I had the pleasure of spending two days on […]
New Fluorometer Meter Boosts Oceanography Studies at Fishers Island School
FIConservancy has provided a grant to Fishers Island School to purchase a fluorometer, which measures phytoplankton density.