Fishers Island Fertilizer Survey
This short survey will help inform future outreach and education efforts regarding the island’s water quality.
Fishers Island’s Amphibians Will Soon Be On The Move!
Did You Know the first warm rainy night of spring is known as "Big Night" in the herpetological world and marks the eve of the salamander and frog migration to vernal pools? Keep a careful eye as you drive at night on the roadways that cross between uplands and wetland depressions to avoid crushing
Collaboration with FI School on Museum trail projects
The Ferguson Museum is engaged in a number of joint projects spearheaded by the Museum’s Land Trust Stewardship Coordinator Jack Schneider and Fishers Island School teacher Adam Murray. Murray teaches courses in environmental science, construction and woodshop, as well as land conservation. He and the high school students he teaches have teamed up with
Museum Land Trust Adds Land Parcels
These recent acquisitions extend and expand the mid-Island sanctuary area, which includes Middle Farms, Treasure, Beach, Island and Perch Ponds and, of course, the well field for the island’s water supply.
H.L. Ferguson Museum Receives Federal Grant for Fishers Island Seagrass Management
The grant will deliver an outreach program to stakeholder communities presenting scenarios for eelgrass protection at Fishers Island, New York, and New London, Connecticut.
Call for Nature Photographer Entries for the 2021 Exhibition
If you have images for possible inclusion in the show, please contact Museum Director Pierce Rafferty.
HLFM 2020 Fall Hawk Walk with Maggie Jones
The colorful transition into autumn on Fishers Island has also been a great time for bird watching.
Many Happy Returns by avid birder Andrew Dasinger
The island is a real treasure of migratory stopover habitat - I’m so glad to have rediscovered it.
History Runs Deep in the Clay Pits
The history of Fishers Island can be experienced one step at a time when walking the Brickyard Pond Trail in the L.F. Boker Doyle Sanctuary and the Clay Pit Trail.
2020 Reported Bird Sightings on Fishers Island
2020 Reported Bird Sightings on Fishers Island This year, as of October 27th, there have been 167 different species reported. The data are collected from a group of knowledgeable birders and updated on a monthly basis. ● indicates a reported sighting Two oyster catchers flying in
