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Nantucket Footprints is a nexus of information and ideas to advance the care of our Island.
Take a virtual stroll and discover ways that you can protect and preserve the environment, minimize waste, cherish our natural resources, and take permanent steps toward reducing your footprint on our beautiful island home.
Food Rescue Nantucket
Our aim is to capture and distribute food that would otherwise be thrown away. Food Rescue Nantucket is an enterprise of the Unitarian Meeting House Congregation working with the Nantucket Food Pantry…
Shimmo Creek Oyster Restoration Project
Oyster Restoration Published by the Town of Nantucket Why Restore Oysters? Worldwide oyster habitat and populations have declined by an estimated 85% worldwide in the last 100 years (Beck et al. 2011)…
Nantucket Bats are the new year-round residents!
Update from the Bat World Published by The Nantucket Conservation Foundation by Danielle O’Dell, Ecologist/Field Supervisor The Science and Stewardship staff have continued to delve deeper and deeper …