Events
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Food Chain Connections
FAMILY PROGRAM. Learn about energy flow in an ecosystem and how all living things are interconnected. Meet live animals and explore predator-prey relationships that exist in the wild and play a fun food chain game.
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Understanding the Global-to-Regional Climate Driven by Atmospheric CO2
Join us for an illustrated talk by Dr. John P. Jasper that spans the last 500 million years for perspective, with a focus into the last century for preliminarily considering the health of the southeastern Connecticut coastal environments.
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Innovative Animal Adaptations
FAMILY PROGRAM. Explore hands-on activities to replicate some of the incredible adaptations that animals have perfected over millions of years. Meet DPNC ambassador animals and observe their innovative adaptations!
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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Returns to Fishers Island!
Fishers Island TheaterElizabeth and Richard Miller Invite You for an update on local and global ocean climate issues by President and Director, Peter de Menocal, and an Apex Ocean Predators presentation by Robert L. James Scientist Chair, Camrin Braun.
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Dedication of the Janet Harvey Sanctuary & Opening of the Silver Eel-Race Point Coastal Trail
OrdnanceWe invite you to join us for a milestone event: the dedication of the Museum’s newest coastal sanctuary. We are also celebrating an important community collaboration, the opening of a new public trail linking Silver Eel Cove to Race Point.
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A Brief History of Land Use and Conservation on Fishers Island
Join us for an illustrated talk by Museum director Pierce Rafferty, who will survey the history of land use on Fishers Island since first European settlement before turning his focus to land conservation efforts on our island from the mid-1960s to date.
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FIND 2025 (MORNING PROGRAM)
A Week (5 DAYS from 9 AM to NOON) of Learning Programs from August 11-15 for young Island naturalists ages 5 to 10. The cost per participant is $400 for the week. To promote group cohesion and learning, we encourage all participants to attend all five sessions.
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Rewild Your Yard
Fishers Island LibraryJoin us at the FI Library for an illustrated talk by naturalist Murray Fisher to learn about his effort to “rewild” half of his yard in Westchester County and the transformation experience it has been for him and his family.
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Summer at the Pond
FAMILY PROGRAM. Meet the Nature Center’s frog, turtle and insect residents and learn how these animals are enjoying the muddy water.
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Guided Nature Walk
August naturalist-led nature walks will be held on Thursday mornings. Meet at the Museum.
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Amphibians of Fishers Island and the Surrounding Region
Join us for an illustrated talk by Kim Hargrave, Executive Director, Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center as we explore the diverse salamander and frog species of our area.
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Owl Prowl
FAMILY PROGRAM. Meet a live owl in an up-close encounter! Touch owl artifacts and create an owl craft to take home.
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Guided Nature Walk
We apologize that the Nature Walk for August 21st has been cancelled.
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Dialogues: Harriet Brickman & Jenny Dixon
Artist Harriet Brickman sits down with Jenny Dixon, former Director of the Noguchi Museum, to revisit Passages: Beach Forms, a site-specific public artwork Brickman created on South Beach, Fishers Island, in 1980. Their conversation will explore the work's origins, its connection to place, and its resonance more than four decades later.
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Birds at Rest
Join us for an illustrated talk by noted ornithologist and author, Roger Pasquier, to learn about how birds have evolved unique sleep habits to match their intensely energetic lifestyle.
