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New Museum Land Trust Publications

2025-06-25T12:14:40-04:00June 25th, 2025|Land Trust, Newsletter 2025|

New Museum Land Trust Publications The Museum is pleased to announce the 2025 publication of two updated guides: the HLFM Land Trust Trail Guide and the Betty Matthiessen Wildlife Sanctuary Trail Guide. The guides will be available at the Museum’s store and at the Beach Plum. HLFM Land Trust Trail

HLFM Land Trust Working on New Land Management Plan

2025-06-25T14:14:25-04:00June 25th, 2025|Land Trust, Newsletter 2025|

HLFM Land Trust Working on New Land Management Plan by Jessica NeJame, Land Trust Stewardship Coordinator With increasing pressure from ecological threats such as invasive plants, rising tides, and development near and far, it is more important than ever that the HLFM Land Trust maximizes the conservation potential of protected lands on Fishers Island.

Land Trust Report Spring 2025

2025-06-25T14:13:23-04:00June 25th, 2025|Land Trust, Newsletter 2025|

Land Trust Report by Bob Miller, Vice-President Land Trust For a number of years, we maintained the native grassland at Middle Farms by burning or mowing roughly one-third of the area annually, but that schedule could not be maintained recently due to Covid issues, wet weather, and other factors. This resulted in saplings and

Conserving Seagrass: Human activities in the nearshore waters of F.I.

2024-05-22T16:02:56-04:00May 22nd, 2024|Newsletter 2024|

Conserving Seagrass: Human activities in the nearshore waters of F.I. by Hannah Vagts In collaboration with the community, the Fishers Island Seagrass Management (FISM) Coalition founded the Save Our Seagrass Movement. This initiative is built on the belief that when community members are empowered with information about seagrass, they will

The Lyles Beach Hotel: The Center of Fishers Island’s Brief Flirtation with Tourism

2024-05-22T15:06:10-04:00May 22nd, 2024|Island History, Newsletter 2024|

Island History The Lyles Beach Hotel: The Center of Fishers Island’s Brief Flirtation with Tourism by Pierce Rafferty Excursion ferry SS Block Island at Lyles Beach dock, c.1885. Since the first settlement of Fishers Island by John Winthrop in the 1640s, Fishers Island has undergone two

Further Investigation of the Island’s Flora and Fauna

2024-05-22T08:48:18-04:00May 22nd, 2024|Land Trust, Newsletter 2024|

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

2024-05-22T16:27:13-04:00May 22nd, 2024|Land Trust, Newsletter 2024|

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

Nature Notes: Ospreys and Eagles

2024-05-21T15:56:52-04:00May 21st, 2024|Nature Notes, Newsletter 2024|

Nature Notes: Ospreys and Eagles by Rob Bierregaard Benjamin Franklin once famously wrote that the Turkey would be a more respectable choice “as the representative of our country” than the Bald Eagle, a bird he described as being “of bad moral character.” Without digressing into the details of the quote’s origins, it makes

ANNUAL EXHIBITION 2023

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F.I. Sketchbook 2005

THE SKETCHBOOKS OF CHARLIE FERGUSON

In the full sweep of Fishers Island’s history, there is no artist more synonymous, more closely associated with Fishers Island than Charles B. “Charlie” Ferguson. The main show features images from two of Charlie's sketchbooks which functioned as illustrated diaries that were filled with daily activities, nature observations, personal notes, and lots of art—drawings, sketches, and watercolors—in various states of completion.

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