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Nantucket Footprints is pleased to present a curated series of articles about how to keep Nantucket beautiful for future generations.
Guided Wellness Walks
Shake off those winter doldrums and explore Nantucket's breathtaking beauty with free outdoor walks hosted by local science and educational organizations! What better way to revive your spirits than s…
Community Garden Survey from the Nantucket Land Bank
Community Gardens are wonderful opportunities for people to engage in outdoor activities, connect with others in the community, and produce their own food. The Nantucket Land Bank is currently conduct…
Turtle Task Force: Snapping Turtles Are In Trouble
There is a new task force in town! The Turtle Task Force (also known as Team Turtle) seeks an end to turtle feeding with a new sign installation, with a recently installed signage at First and Second …
LLNF’s Species of the Week
Linda Loring Nature Foundation’s Species of the Week (August 1–7, 2022): The Monarch Butterfly’s distinction as Species of the Week is inspired by some recent events! Monarchs were the #1 observed in…
How to Talk to Your Landscaper About Fertilizer
How to Talk to Your Landscaper About Fertilizer. Fertilizer Guidelines from the Nantucket Land Council Here are some easy questions to start the conversation about fertilizer with your landscaper or g…
Guided Wellness Walks
Community Garden Survey from the Nantucket Land Bank
Turtle Task Force: Snapping Turtles Are In Trouble
LLNF’s Species of the Week
How to Talk to Your Landscaper About Fertilizer
The Nantucket Land Council’s Planting for Pollinators on Nantucket
Nantucket Conservation Foundation: Race For Open Space on July 9
Join in celebration of World Migratory Bird Day
Premiere Podcast: Choices & Impacts with Nantucket Footprints
Nantucket Field Station, UMASS Boston Plastics Survey
Survey: 90 percent of Nantucketers concerned about climate change
Learn more from the NHS Youth Climate Committee
NANTUCKET STUDENT PERSPECTIVES ON CLIMATE CHANGE
Maria Mitchell Association Barn Owl Program
Nantucket Coast to Coast Trail
How to Share Local Observations of Flooding and Erosion and Influence Coastal Management
Managing Trash & Plastics Ban Education
Nantucket PFAS Update
Coastal Resilience Exhibit at NHA’s Macy Warehouse
The annual Nantucket Biodiversity Initiative
Nantucket’s Water Quality Analysis & Visualization (WQAV) Public Interface
Envision Resilience Nantucket Public Presentation
Hazardous Waste Collection Event
Mass Audubon’s Youth Climate Committee – Climate Cafe
ReMain Nantucket Purchases Annye’s Whole Foods Building; Pip and Anchor to be New Tenants, Continuing Healthy Food Vision for Island
Nantucket Litter Derby 2021
Clean Water for All
Nantucket Science Festival 2021
HOW MICROPLASTICS ARE INFILTRATING THE MARINE FOOD CHAIN
DPW Textile Collection Events
Managing Water as Sea Levels Rise, What to Expect in the Future and Preparing to Respond
The Nantucket Coastal Resilience Plan Open House
Microplastics on Nantucket
Let’s have a Safe & Healthy Halloween!
Climate Preparedness Week 2020
Sustainability at Nantucket High School: How we Move Forward
Hurricanes: The Future of Coastal Cities
2020 Maria Mitchell Women of Science Symposium
Climate Change on a Local Level
Climate Change Awareness Walk(s)
Resilient Nantucket: Preparing Your Historic Property for a Future of Rising Seas
Clean Water: Topics on Tap Series
The Clean Team Trash Pickup
Rescuing History: Nantucket in Response to Rising Seas
2020 Nantucket Census
2020 State of the Harbor Forum
Nantucket Green Crab Week
Nantucket Land Council’s Annual Beach Cleanup
ReMain Nantucket Launches Envision Resilience: Nantucket Challenge, Calling on Design Students to Reimagine Nantucket Harbor
The Maria Mitchell Association SCIENCE SPEAKER SERIES COASTAL LANDSCAPES IN AN ERA OF SEA LEVEL RISE with DR. ANDREA DUTTON
The Linda Loring Virtual Science Pub with Dr. Jenica Allen of Mount Holyoke College
Nantucket Land Council Clean Water Series
Maria Mitchell Association Virtual Science Series
Nantucket Land Council Clean Water Series
Maria Mitchell Association Virtual Science Series
Race for Open Space 2020
Nantucket Preservation Trust will honor its 2020 Preservation Award winners online
Ten Years of Nantucket Harbor Research
Nantucket Walking Trail Maps
Nantucket STAYING ABOVE WATER
Refuse to Use Single-Use Plastics On Nantucket
Mass Audubon and Maria Mitchell Association’s annual Bird-a-thon fundraiser.
Nantucket Land Council’s Eelgrass Health and Restoration Project
Virtual Science Pub with Dr. Sarah Bois
Preparing Nantucket for Climate Change
2020 Census – Make it Count Nantucket
Science Pub Series Hosted by The Linda Loring Nature Foundation
Second Annual Nantucket Litter Derby is Canceled
Dr. Jen Karberg, Lecture Nantucket’s Salt Marshes and Coastal Resilience
Food Rescue Nantucket
Nantucket Bats are the new year-round residents!
Shimmo Creek Oyster Restoration Project
Stay Classy Not Trashy
Sorting NRNC on Nantucket
Take Steps to be Multimodal on Nantucket
Reducing the Impact of Waste
Favorite Island APPs
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