Our Blanding’s turtle headstarting effort has been ZNE’s signature field conservation project for a long time. Have you ever wondered how and why this work got started? This week, we have a guest post from none other than Dr. Bryan … Continued
Our goal as working conservationists is to help protect and restore the living treasures that share our world. Protecting plants and animals that cannot speak for themselves is difficult enough, as exemplified by the movement in the 1960s and 1970s … Continued
The summer of 2022 has seen severe drought all across Massachusetts. According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, almost the entire state is in Severe or Extreme Drought, even after a week of respectable rainfall for the first time in months. … Continued
Over the past few weeks, our team has been surveying for rare fish in the waterways of Massachusetts on top of our normal turtle monitoring work. Two fish species in particular are subjects of continued interest for ZNE Field Conservation: … Continued
Thanks to ZNE Field Biologist Julie Lisk for this update on our partnership with the town of Andover! Members of AVIS (Andover Village Improvement Society) and the Andover Conservation Commission became involved with Zoo New England’s work in Andover in … Continued