Museum Land Trust News: The Battle Against Invasive Plants on Fishers Island Fishers Island is facing an ecological struggle against a number of invasive plant species. These invaders threaten the island’s unique ecosystems, crowding out native plants and disrupting the habitats on which local wildlife depends. By Faith Coolidge H.L. Ferguson
Museum Land Trust News: Prescribed Burn at Middle Farms is a Success! By H.L. Ferguson Museum Land Trust Manager Jack Schneider The burn specialists—employed by Star Tree Wildfire, LLC—arrived on the midday ferry on Saturday, March 8, and drove to the firehouse, where they were warmly greeted by members
From the Museum this Month: Prescribed Burn at Middle Farms H.L. Ferguson Museum hires Star Tree Wildfire to manage a controlled burn with the participation of members of the Fishers Island Fire Department March 2025 By H.L. Ferguson Museum Board Member Genie McPherson Trevor Middle
Please join us in providing a warm welcome for Jessica!
Invasive Plant Guided Trail Walk: Clay Point Road Trail On Saturday, October 12, 2024, trail guides Terry McNamara and Diana Fiske led thirty community members on a guided trail walk through Clay Point Road Trail. The newer Land Trust trail had not yet undergone the extensive invasive plant management that other island trails
Island Pond by Jack Schneider Island Pond, and the attached Beach Pond, are classified together ecologically as a “Coastal Salt Pond.” However, this was not always so. Historically, this 52-acre pond complex, the second largest in New York State, was separated from the salty ocean water of Block Island Sound
Further Investigation of the Island’s Flora and Fauna by Elizabeth McCance Last summer, we saw the wrap-up of the two-year survey of the Land Trust’s ecological communities and select taxa by the team of scientists from the New York Natural Heritage Program. Their work yielded volumes of information, including not
Helping Our Beech Groves Fight Beech Leaf Disease by Jack Schneider Twice last summer, at the end of May and again in early August, Museum volunteers and staff treated our three American beech groves, applying a phosphorous-based solution that has been shown to help trees fight beech leaf disease. The
Restoring Biodiversity at H. Lee Ferguson, Jr. Wildlife Sanctuary by Jack Schneider Undisturbed natural communities are dynamic, interdependent relationships between plant and animal species that tend towards long-term stability and productivity. Once broken, the restoration of these intricate associations requires planning, work, patience, luck, money, and, above all, leadership fueled
The First Land Conservation on Fishers Island The origin of the Museum’s land conservation efforts can be traced to a meeting on August 2, 1965. On that summer day, Museum President H. Lee Ferguson, Jr., known as “Lee,” proposed to the Board that vacant land be obtained as a sanctuary
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