Individual Tickets and Sponsorship Opportunities Available! Please join us July 19th to celebrate the work we are doing together to conserve and preserve Fishers Island.
Looking for a way to control mosquitoes without harming bees, butterflies, birds, or other local wildlife? We are excited to share the Mosquito Bucket Challenge, a simple, effective, and pollinator-friendly solution promoted by Homegrown National Park.
Instead of using fogging sprays, which kill far more than just mosquitoes, the Mosquito Bucket Challenge uses a bucket of standing water combined with a natural soil bacterium called Bti (found in mosquito dunks). This safely targets mosquito larvae before they hatch, protecting your yard and the island’s biodiversity.
It is safe for pollinators, safe for kids and pets, and it targets mosquito breeding at the source.
Want to take part? Visit Homegrown National Park to learn how to set up your own mosquito bucket and help protect both your family and our local ecosystem. Share your photos online using #MosquitoBucketChallenge and help spread the word.
Photos by Homegrown National Park
Photo by Anna White
Spring Migratory Bird Count 2025
When: Sunday, May 11th at 8:00 am
Where: Meet outside of the Community Center
We invite you to join us for our annual Spring Migratory Bird Count on Sunday, May 11th. This seasonal tradition offers a great opportunity to observe birds returning to their northern breeding grounds while exploring a variety of habitats across the island.
The morning will begin outside the Fishers Island Community Center at 8 am, where we will gather before setting out in groups. Guided by Dr. Adam Mitchell of Tarleton State University, along with birding experts Emily Baisden and Will Almeida, the group will visit 15 designated stops from the West End to the East End of the island. Each stop lasts five minutes, following established Audubon count methods, as we identify and record bird species seen and heard along the way.
All are welcome to attend. No prior birding experience is needed. If you have binoculars, we encourage you to bring them. A limited number will also be available to borrow. Please wear comfortable walking shoes and dress for the weather.
This annual count supports the Conservancy’s long-term efforts to monitor bird populations and contributes valuable information to regional conservation work.
We’re sending a big thank you to FI School teacher Adam Murray and his group of 
hardworking students for building two beautiful Aldo Leopold benches for the Fishers Island Conservancy and the H.L. Ferguson Museum and Land Trust.
These benches were built in honor of Aldo Leopold, a pioneering conservationist whose work continues to inspire people to connect with nature and care for the land. His classic bench design invites quiet observation and a deeper appreciation of the natural world.
One bench can be found in the Museum Sanctuary and the other is placed at the Parade Grounds, where it offers a front row seat to the island’s birdlife and open space.
A huge thank you to the students who made this project possible: Kris, Jacob, Theo, Connor, Kyle, Lil, Kyzen, Madelyn, Antonio, and Cyllus. Your craftsmanship and care have added something truly special to these spaces.
If you find yourself nearby, take a seat and enjoy all that nature has to offer on Fishers Island.
This past wednesday, FI Conservancy hosted our first Shorebird Pre-Fencing Day to prepare for the return of the endangered Piping Plover and the threatened Least Tern. These small shorebirds nest directly on open sand, which leaves their eggs and chicks highly vulnerable to disturbance. Symbolic fencing helps reduce these risks by clearly marking 
nesting areas to keep people and pets at a safe distance.
Fencing was successfully installed at three key sites across the island: Eighth Hole Beach, South Beach, and Airfield Beach. Visitors are now reminded that dogs must be leashed to avoid disrupting or damaging nesting sites. The fencing will remain in place through the shorebird
breeding season but will be removed later in the summer once nesting is complete.
We are grateful to the volunteers and partners who joined us for this effort. Thank you to Michele, Nate Chaves, Jessica NeJame from the Henry L. Ferguson Museum, Kristen Peterson, Stephanie Hall, and FIC President Tom Sargent. Special thanks to Sophia Brown and Sean Wiedemann from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, whose guidance was essential as we relaunch the Long Island Colonial Waterbird Survey efforts on Fishers Island.
Protecting shorebirds is a community effort. Thank you to everyone who came out to support this important work. Together we are helping safeguard Fishers Island’s shoreline and the wildlife that depends on it.