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SUMMARY:Dedication of the Janet Harvey Sanctuary & Opening of the Silver Eel-Race Point Coastal Trail
DESCRIPTION:On August 2nd\, we marked the 60th anniversary of the Henry L. Ferguson Museum Land Trust. Sixty years ago\, H. “Lee” Ferguson proposed committing the Museum to a visionary path: to obtain vacant land as a nature sanctuary under the auspices of the Museum. This set the Museum on a path that we continue along to this day. \nWe invite you to join us for a milestone event in this journey: 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. \nWHEN: Sunday\, August 10th at 9 AM\nWHERE: The Ordnance (road between Paddle Courts + FICC)\nWHAT: Enjoy light breakfast fare\, coffee\, and juice\, followed by brief remarks and a trail walk. \nThe Janet Harvey Sanctuary \nEstablished thanks to a license from the Fishers Island Waste Management District\, the Janet Harvey Sanctuary comprises five acres of coastal habitat and historic Fort Wright structures. It features sweeping views across Long Island Sound and inland toward two of Fort Wright’s historic batteries via a single trail accessible from either the Ordnance or runway side. \nThis sanctuary honors Janet Hardie Harvey\, whose passion for nature and advocacy for public access resonate deeply with our mission. \nThe Silver Eel – Race Point Coastal Trail \nThis newly completed trail fulfills a long-held community goal: making the stunning West End coastline publicly accessible. Developed through collaboration with numerous partners—the Museum\, the FI Waste Management District\, the Ferry District\, the FI Conservancy\, and Brad and Mary Burnham\, owners of the Ordnance property—it begins at the Lighthouse Works Public Art installation and travels along Ferry Park\, through the Ordnance\, and into the Janet Harvey Sanctuary. From there\, the trail leads to meadows\, rocky shoreline\, and historic emplacements\, ending at Race Point. \nAfter the Opening \nAt 4 PM\, Museum Director Pierce Rafferty will present an illustrated lecture: “A Brief History of Land Use and Conservation on Fishers Island.” This informative talk surveys the island’s evolving relationship with its landscape\, from early settlement to today’s active conservation initiatives—a fitting close to a landmark day. \nAs we reflect on six decades of conservation\, we celebrate what this community has achieved: from one protected parcel to 400 acres of preserved habitat. From lone trail-cutters to a dedicated staff and coalition of partners\, the Henry L. Ferguson Museum Land Trust is stronger than ever. \nWe hope to see you on Sunday. \nGreen Trail with a Blue View. Photo credit: Mike McNamara
URL:https://fergusonmuseum.org/event/dedication-of-the-janet-harvey-sanctuary-opening-of-the-silver-eel-race-point-coastal-trail/
LOCATION:Ordnance
CATEGORIES:Museum Event,Nature Walk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250807T170000
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SUMMARY:Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Returns to Fishers Island!
DESCRIPTION:The Henry L. Ferguson Museum and Elizabeth and Richard Miller invite you for an update on local and global ocean climate issues by WHOI President and Director\, Peter de Menocal and a presentation by Robert L. James Scientist Chair\, Camrin Braun on Apex Ocean Predators. \nWHEN: Thursday\, August 7\, 2025\nTIME: Reception 5-6 p.m.\, Presentations 6-7 p.m.\nPLACE: In-person at the F.I. Theater \nPlease note\, this is an update to the presentation given in August of 2024 on “Waves of Change: Understanding both local and global ocean climate issues and unexpected solutions”. \nJoin Zoom WebinarJoin from PC\, Mac\, iPad\, or Android:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/88246928539 \nPhone one-tap:\n+16469313860\,\,88246928539# US\n+16465588656\,\,88246928539# US (New York) \nJoin via audio:\n+1 646 931 3860 US\n+1 646 558 8656 US (New York)\n+1 305 224 1968 US\n+1 309 205 3325 US\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)\n+1 253 205 0468 US\n+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n+1 360 209 5623 US\n+1 386 347 5053 US\n+1 507 473 4847 US\n+1 564 217 2000 US\n+1 669 444 9171 US\n+1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose)\n+1 689 278 1000 US\n+1 719 359 4580 US\nWebinar ID: 882 4692 8539\nInternational numbers available: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kdO81tvOPg
URL:https://fergusonmuseum.org/event/woods-hole-oceanographic-institution-returns-to-fishers-island/
LOCATION:Fishers Island Theater
CATEGORIES:Illustrated Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250806T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250806T150000
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SUMMARY:Innovative Animal Adaptations
DESCRIPTION:Discover the world of biomimicry and learn about human inventions that were inspired by animals and plants in the wild.\nExplore 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! \nWHEN: Wednesday\, August 6\, 2025\nTIME: 2 to 3 p.m.\nLOCATION: In person at the Museum \nDenison Pequotsepos Nature Center (DPNC) family program for ages five and up.\nSuggested donation $10.\n \nAll Wednesday children’s programs are in person at the Museum.\nAttendance is limited to 15 children so advance registration is recommended.\nPlease phone: 631-788-7239 or email info@fergusonmuseum.org\n(note the name and date of the specific program and the name and age of the attendee/s).
URL:https://fergusonmuseum.org/event/innovative-animal-adaptations/
CATEGORIES:Family Program
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250803T160000
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SUMMARY:Understanding the Global-to-Regional Climate Driven by Atmospheric CO2
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an illustrated talk by John P. Jasper Ph.D.\, Molecular Isotope Technologies\, Niantic\, Conn.\, 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.\nWHEN: Sunday\, August 3\, 2025\nTIME: 4 p.m.\nPLACE: In person at the Museum and virtual via zoom \nJoin Zoom WebinarWith geochemical experience in natural sciences spanning the last forty-five years\, Dr. John Jasper will present a summary natural history of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2\, the primary driving force of global climate) and a prospectus of these levels based on the major contributions to the contemporary atmospheric CO2 budget (see also https://rdcu.be/eaQu7). With the general perception that eelgrass abundance is inversely proportional to water temperature\, these relatively recent records focus interest and discussion into the history and fate of eelgrass in this region. \nDr. Jasper (Ph.D.\, 1988\, M.I.T./Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst.) founded in 1999 and is the Chief Scientific Officer of Molecular Isotope Technologies ℠ LLC (MIT LLC)\, a company that specializes in pharmaceutical product and process (“Nature’s Fingerprint®” and “Isotopic Pedigree®”) authentication. By training\, he is an analytical organic and stable isotope chemist who uses bulk and compound-specific approaches to determine the sources of organic matter via their natural-isotopic “fingerprints\,” particularly in pharmaceutical materials. \nJohn P. Jasper Ph.D.\, aboard WHOI’s R/V Atlantis overlooking the gyrocompass at the Fiftieth MIT/WHOI Reunion. \nPHOTO CREDIT: Long eelgrass blades-leaves floating on the surface of the water at low tide\, by Emily Bodell \nJoin from PC\, Mac\, iPad\, or Android: \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/81662716015

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URL:https://fergusonmuseum.org/event/understanding-the-global-to-regional-climate-driven-by-atmospheric-co2/
CATEGORIES:Illustrated Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250730T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250730T150000
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SUMMARY:Food Chain Connections
DESCRIPTION:Learn about energy flow in an ecosystem and how all living things are interconnected.\nMeet live animals and explore predator-prey relationships that exist in the wild and play a fun food chain game. \nWHEN: Wednesday\, July 30\, 2025\nTIME: 2 to 3 p.m.\nLOCATION: In person at the Museum \nDenison Pequotsepos Nature Center (DPNC) family program for ages five and up.\nSuggested donation $10.\n \nAll Wednesday children’s programs are in person at the Museum.\nAttendance is limited to 15 children so advance registration is recommended.\nPlease phone: 631-788-7239 or email info@fergusonmuseum.org\n(note the name and date of the specific program and the name and age of the attendee/s).
URL:https://fergusonmuseum.org/event/food-chain-connections/
CATEGORIES:Family Program
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250727T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250727T170000
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CREATED:20250325T203214Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250726T190655Z
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SUMMARY:Healthy Landscape Ecosystems 
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an illustrated talk by Jim Sirch\, naturalist and President of the Connecticut Horticultural Society\, to learn about relationships in nature\, and how a healthy landscape ecosystem functions well for people and wildlife.\nWHEN: Sunday\, July 27\, 2025\nTIME: 4 p.m.\nPLACE: In person at the Museum and virtual via zoom \nJoin Zoom WebinarNature\, like life\, is about relationships. When you observe a tree in your landscape\, what do you see? Do you see leaves\, limbs and bark? Or\, do you see\, if only in your mind’s eye\, the many species that it supports? – the caterpillars that feed on its leaves\, the birds that feed those caterpillars to their young\, the woodpeckers that drill into its bark for insects or the mammals that make their nests in its branches. \nWe need to look closely to understand and appreciate how species interact and depend upon one another. For instance\, we’ve all observed bees. But did you know that there are more than 400 bee species in New York State alone? They range from large bumblebees to tiny little native bees\, and many specialize on specific plants for survival. The same is true of many other kinds of wildlife\, such as butterflies\, moths\, and birds. Many animals have evolved over millennia to specialize on specific native plants. John Muir wrote: “When we try to pick out anything by itself\, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe.” When we begin to appreciate the interconnectedness of all things in nature\, we see that everything is interdependent and affects everything else. \nIn an age in which humans are rapidly unraveling the ecosystem services of the planet\, It’s important to understand how we can make a difference in our own landscapes. It matters what trees you plant\, what shrubs you install\, or how you site a water feature. All these things contribute to having a healthy landscape ecosystem. \nJim Sirch is a trained Naturalist and President of the Connecticut Horticultural Society. He recently retired from the Yale Peabody Museum. Jim is a UConn Master Gardener and board member of his local land trust and the Mountain Laurel chapter of Wild Ones. As a naturalist\, he brings a deep understanding of geology\, plants and wildlife and how they interact within a particular ecosystem. Jim is passionate about helping others decrease their lawn and re-wild their yard. He founded the Peabody-Beardsley-Maritime chapter of FrogWatch\, a national community science program to identify and track frog populations and co-founded a native plant seed library at his local public library. Jim holds a B.S in Forestry from West Virginia University\, a B.S. from Miami University in Science Education; and an M.S. in Environmental Studies Administration from Antioch University. He is honored to be a Sigmund Abeles Award recipient from the Connecticut Science Teachers and Supervisors Association for outstanding science teaching and professional development. Jim also authors a nature blog called Beyond Your Back Door at www.beyondyourbackdoor.com. \nHealthy Landscape Ecosystems ResourcesWarbler feeding chicks. Photo by Steve Maslowski USFWS \nJoin Zoom from PC\, Mac\, iPad\, or Android:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/89959486559 \nPhone one-tap:\n+16469313860\,\,89959486559# US\n+16465588656\,\,89959486559# US (New York) \nJoin via audio:\n+1 646 931 3860 US\n+1 646 558 8656 US (New York)\n+1 305 224 1968 US\n+1 309 205 3325 US\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)\n+1 360 209 5623 US\n+1 386 347 5053 US\n+1 507 473 4847 US\n+1 564 217 2000 US\n+1 669 444 9171 US\n+1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose)\n+1 689 278 1000 US\n+1 719 359 4580 US\n+1 253 205 0468 US\n+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\nWebinar ID: 899 5948 6559\nInternational numbers available: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kj713bflu
URL:https://fergusonmuseum.org/event/healthy-landscape-ecosystems/
CATEGORIES:Illustrated Lecture,Volunteer
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250723T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250723T150000
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SUMMARY:Awesome Amphibians
DESCRIPTION:We love our slimy friends!\nLearn what amphibians are\, meet live frogs\, and find out why amphibians are so important to the environment. \nWHEN: Wednesday\, July 23\, 2025\nTIME: 2 to 3 p.m.\nLOCATION: In person at the Museum \nDenison Pequotsepos Nature Center (DPNC) family program for ages five and up.\nSuggested donation $10.\n \nAll Wednesday children’s programs are in person at the Museum.\nAttendance is limited to 15 children so advance registration is recommended.\nPlease phone: 631-788-7239 or email info@fergusonmuseum.org\n(note the name and date of the specific program and the name and age of the attendee/s).
URL:https://fergusonmuseum.org/event/awesome-amphibians-2/
CATEGORIES:Family Program
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250720T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250720T170000
DTSTAMP:20260505T005524
CREATED:20250304T171003Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250717T211540Z
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SUMMARY:Homegrown National Park
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an illustrated talk by Doug Tallamy\, founder of Homegrown National Park whose goal is to create a national movement to restore 20 million acres with natives\, an area representing ½ of what is now in lawn\, as well as millions more acres in agriculture and woodlots.\nWHEN: Sunday\, July 20\, 2025\nTIME: 4 p.m.\nPLACE: In-person at the F.I. Theater and virtual via zoom\nReception to follow. \nJoin Zoom WebinarOur parks\, preserves\, and remaining wildlands – no matter how grand in scale – are too small and separated from one another to sustain the native trees\, plants\, insects\, and animals on which our ecosystems depend. We can fix this problem by practicing conservation outside of wildlands\, where we live\, work\, shop\, farm\, and ranch. Thus\, the concept for Homegrown National Park: a national challenge to create diverse ecosystems in our yards\, communities\, farms\, and surrounding lands by reducing lawn\, planting native\, and removing invasives. \nWe are at a critical point where we are losing so many native plant and animal species that our life support systems are in jeopardy. However\, if many people make small changes\, we can restore healthy ecological networks and weather the changes ahead. \nDoug Tallamy is the T. A. Baker Professor of Agriculture in the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware\, where he has authored 115 research publications and has taught insect related courses for 45 years. Chief among his research goals is to better understand the many ways insects interact with plants and how such interactions determine the diversity of animal communities. His books include Bringing Nature Home\, The Living Landscape\, co-authored with Rick Darke\, Nature’s Best Hope\, a New York Times Best Seller\, The Nature of Oaks\, winner of the American Horticultural Society’s 2022 book award\, and his latest How Can I Help. In 2021 he cofounded Homegrown National Park with Michelle Alfandari. His awards include recognition from The Garden Writer’s Association\, Audubon\, The National Wildlife Federation\, Allegheny College\, Ecoforesters\, The Garden Club of America\, The Herb Society\, and The American Horticultural Association. \nThis event is co-hosted with Fishers Island Conservancy.\nJoin from PC\, Mac\, iPad\, or Android:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/88410117213 \nPhone one-tap:\n+16469313860\,\,88410117213# US\n+16465588656\,\,88410117213# US (New York) \nJoin via audio:\n+1 646 931 3860 US\n+1 646 558 8656 US (New York)\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)\n+1 305 224 1968 US\n+1 309 205 3325 US\n+1 253 205 0468 US\n+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n+1 360 209 5623 US\n+1 386 347 5053 US\n+1 507 473 4847 US\n+1 564 217 2000 US\n+1 669 444 9171 US\n+1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose)\n+1 689 278 1000 US\n+1 719 359 4580 US\nWebinar ID: 884 1011 7213\nInternational numbers available: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kcdabsjFqg
URL:https://fergusonmuseum.org/event/homegrown-national-park/
CATEGORIES:Illustrated Lecture,Volunteer
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250718T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250718T103000
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CREATED:20250114T144157Z
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SUMMARY:FISM 3rd Annual Fishers Island Eelgrass Boat Tour
DESCRIPTION:Join the Fishers Island Seagrass Management Coalition for its 3rd Annual Eelgrass Boat Tour with guest speaker Jamie Vaudrey\, Ph.D.\, Assistant Research Professor of Marine Sciences\, University of Connecticut.\nWHEN: Friday\, July 18\, 2025\, @ 8:30 -10:30 am \nLOCATION: Fishers Island Ferry District (CT attendees can come over on the charter from New London!) \nTICKETS: $50/per person – plus processing fees \nWe will board at the Fishers Island Ferry Dock and cruise to some of our island’s best eelgrass locations. Dr. Vaudrey will discuss eelgrass around Fishers Island\, its importance in the Long Island Sound ecosystem\, and what threatens its survival. Learn to identify and distinguish these amazing plants from salt marsh grasses\, widgeon grass\, and seaweeds. Discover the newest methods scientists are using to restore and protect Long Island Sound eelgrass! Attendees will take home a special FISM gift to commemorate this can’t-miss experience. \nSeating is limited to 28 people\, so reserve your spot today! \nREGISTER TODAY!About Our Speaker: \nJamie Vaudrey\, Ph.D. \nDr. Vaudrey’s research interests are in ecosystem dynamics in the coastal zone\, specifically in the effect of land use on the coastal environment and how anthropogenic changes to the landscape may change our coastal ecosystems. She is specifically interested in the relationship between human activities and the expression of eutrophication in large systems (Narragansett Bay\, Long Island Sound) and small embayments of these larger systems. She also has an interest in seagrass systems as indicators of a desirable state of water quality and inputs to coastal systems. She has been involved with a variety of seagrass projects throughout New England\, including assessing the genetic diversity of eelgrass\, evaluating restoration projects\, and developing a model to assist with the siting of restoration projects. \nVaudrey received a B.A. in Biology with a minor in Philosophy from Wellesley College\, MA\, and a Ph.D. in Oceanography from the University of Connecticut. She is currently a research faculty member in the Department of Marine Sciences at UConn and has recently been the UConn lead for the establishment of a National Estuarine Research Reserve in Connecticut\, which opened its doors in July 2022.
URL:https://fergusonmuseum.org/event/fism-3rd-annual-fishers-island-eelgrass-boat-tour/
CATEGORIES:FI Seagrass Coalition,Volunteer
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250717T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250717T120000
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SUMMARY:FI Treasure Hunt: 6 & Under
DESCRIPTION:Arrr\, the wind’s pickin’ up and the tide be right—our Pirate Treasure Hunt sets sail soon! Sharpen yer wits and ready yer boots. Clues\, riddles\, and cursed gold await…\n \nTeam Registration & More Info
URL:https://fergusonmuseum.org/event/fi-treasure-hunt-6-under/
CATEGORIES:Family Program,Treasure Hunt
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250716T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250716T150000
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SUMMARY:Bird’s Eye View
DESCRIPTION:Meet live birds and explore the ways bird vision differs from humans.\nLearn how birds perceive colors and ultraviolet light\, and how they use this special sense to find food\, attract mates\, avoid danger\, and more. Encounter one of DPNC’s resident birds of prey and make a bird feeder to attract colorful birds to your own home! \nWHEN: Wednesday\, July 16\, 2025\nTIME: 2 to 3 p.m.\nLOCATION: In person at the Museum \nDenison Pequotsepos Nature Center (DPNC) family program for ages five and up.\nSuggested donation $10.\n \nAll Wednesday children’s programs are in person at the Museum.\nAttendance is limited to 15 children so advance registration is recommended.\nPlease phone: 631-788-7239 or email info@fergusonmuseum.org\n(note the name and date of the specific program and the name and age of the attendee/s). \nPHOTO CREDIT: Common grackle bird\, courtesy of National Park Service
URL:https://fergusonmuseum.org/event/birds-eye-view/
CATEGORIES:Family Program
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250713T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250713T170000
DTSTAMP:20260505T005524
CREATED:20250301T190338Z
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UID:34160-1752422400-1752426000@fergusonmuseum.org
SUMMARY:Temple to the Wind: The Story of America's Greatest Naval Architect and His Masterpiece\, Reliance
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an illustrated talk by author Christopher Pastore\, who will share the story of Reliance drawing from Nathanael G. Herreshoff’s sketches\, photos\, original models and plans\, as well as Herreshoff’s personal papers and letters.\nWHEN: Sunday\, July 13\, 2025\nTIME: 4 p.m.\nPLACE: In person at the Museum\, second floor and virtual\, via zoom\nBook signing and reception to follow. \nJoin Zoom WebinarDesigned and built in 1903\, Reliance was a yacht like no other. A marvel of her time\, Reliance’s topsail yard towered nearly 190 feet above the water\, with sails stretching 202 feet from the bowsprit to the boom’s end. Many said Reliance\, carrying more sail than any single-masted boat before\, was simply too dangerous to sail\, but the stakes were awesome. By the turn of the century racing for the America’s Cup had become more than a gentleman’s game. In 1903 it was an all-or-nothing contest—fraught with political tension—between two great rivals\, Britain and America. Anticipating the acrimonious battles over the America’s Cup today\, the story of Reliance explores the ways big yachts and even bigger personalities have defined the contest since its inception. \nPHOTO CREDIT: Reliance Crossing Finish Line\, photo work of Detroit Publishing Co.\, collection at the Library of Congress\, Public domain\, via Wikimedia Commons. \nAbout the author \nChristopher Pastore is Associate Professor of History at the University at Albany\, State University of New York\, where he teaches courses in environmental history\, early America\, and the Atlantic world. He holds a Ph.D. in American History and M.S. in college teaching from the University of New Hampshire\, an M.F.A. in nonfiction Creative Writing from New School University\, and a B.A. in Biology from Bowdoin College. \nA Rhode Island native\, Pastore grew up racing sailboats on Narragansett Bay just down the road from the Herreshoff Marine Museum and America’s Cup Hall of Fame. His journalistic work has appeared in the New York Times\, Boat International\, Cruising World\, Newport Life\, Offshore\, Restoration Quarterly\, Real Simple\, and Sailing World\, where he worked as Associate Editor. He also served as Editor of American Sailor and Junior Sailor\, the official publications of U.S. Sailing\, the sport’s national governing body. He is the author of Temple to the Wind: The Story of America’s Greatest Naval Architect and His Masterpiece\, Reliance (Lyons Press\, 2005)\, early selections from which earned the 2003 National Arts Club Annual Award for Nonfiction\, and Between Land and Sea: The Atlantic Coast and the Transformation of New England (Harvard University Press\, 2014)\, which earned a spot on the shortlist for the Turku Book Prize\, awarded for best book by the European Society for Environmental History. \nReliance passing the Brenton Reef light ship at high speed\, 1903. Photograph by Nathaniel Livermore Stebbins\, Public domain\, via Wikimedia Commons. \nJoin from PC\, Mac\, iPad\, or Android:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/85900106303 \nPhone one-tap:\n+16469313860\,\,85900106303# US\n+16465588656\,\,85900106303# US (New York) \nJoin via audio:\n+1 646 931 3860 US\n+1 646 558 8656 US (New York)\n+1 305 224 1968 US\n+1 309 205 3325 US\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)\n+1 253 205 0468 US\n+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n+1 360 209 5623 US\n+1 386 347 5053 US\n+1 507 473 4847 US\n+1 564 217 2000 US\n+1 669 444 9171 US\n+1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose)\n+1 689 278 1000 US\n+1 719 359 4580 US\nWebinar ID: 859 0010 6303\nInternational numbers available: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kdwpwwbl8O
URL:https://fergusonmuseum.org/event/temple-to-the-wind-the-story-of-americas-greatest-naval-architect-and-his-masterpiece-reliance/
CATEGORIES:Illustrated Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250713T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250717T120000
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SUMMARY:FI Treasure Hunt: 11-14 Year Olds
DESCRIPTION:Arrr\, the wind’s pickin’ up and the tide be right—our Pirate Treasure Hunt sets sail soon! Sharpen yer wits and ready yer boots. Clues\, riddles\, and cursed gold await…\n \nTeam Registration & More Info
URL:https://fergusonmuseum.org/event/fi-treasure-hunt-11-14-year-olds/
CATEGORIES:Family Program,Treasure Hunt
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250713T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250717T120000
DTSTAMP:20260505T005525
CREATED:20250704T033339Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250709T122327Z
UID:35356-1752393600-1752753600@fergusonmuseum.org
SUMMARY:FI Treasure Hunt: 7-10 Year Olds
DESCRIPTION:Arrr\, the wind’s pickin’ up and the tide be right—our Pirate Treasure Hunt sets sail soon! Sharpen yer wits and ready yer boots. Clues\, riddles\, and cursed gold await… \n\nTeam Registration & More Info
URL:https://fergusonmuseum.org/event/fi-treasure-hunt-7-10-year-olds/
CATEGORIES:Family Program,Treasure Hunt
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250709T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250709T150000
DTSTAMP:20260505T005525
CREATED:20250304T221809Z
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UID:34237-1752069600-1752073200@fergusonmuseum.org
SUMMARY:Creature Camouflage Colors
DESCRIPTION:Meet live animals and learn how they use unique colors and patterns to camouflage for survival.\nExplore different types of camouflage and discover the importance of hiding for both predators and prey. Meet DPNC’s ambassador animals with excellent camouflage. \nWHEN: Wednesday\, July 9\, 2025\nTIME: 2 to 3 p.m.\nLOCATION: In person at the Museum \nDenison Pequotsepos Nature Center (DPNC) family program for ages five and up.\nSuggested donation $10.\n \nAll Wednesday children’s programs are in person at the Museum.\nAttendance is limited to 15 children so advance registration is recommended.\nPlease phone: 631-788-7239 or email info@fergusonmuseum.org\n(note the name and date of the specific program and the name and age of the attendee/s). \nPHOTO CREDIT: Eastern box turtle\, Larry McGahey\, Creative Commons
URL:https://fergusonmuseum.org/event/creature-camouflage-colors/
CATEGORIES:Family Program
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250630T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250630T120000
DTSTAMP:20260505T005525
CREATED:20250303T214542Z
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UID:34186-1751277600-1751284800@fergusonmuseum.org
SUMMARY:Wild Edible Plant Excursion on Fishers Island
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a two-hour ramble through some of the shaggier parts of the Island with naturalist and wild food enthusiast\, Russ Cohen to encounter and learn the comestible virtues of at least eighteen species of edible wild plants.\nSpecies expected to be spotted include Black Elderberry\, Common Milkweed\, Black Locust\, Sassafras\, Burdock\, Chicory\, Autumn Olive and Japanese Knotweed. We may even have an opportunity to get down to the shoreline to see some coastal plants like Beach Pea and Sea Rocket. Keys to the identification of each species will be provided\, along with info on edible portion(s)\, season(s) of availability and preparation methods\, as well as guidelines for safe\, ethical and environmentally-responsible foraging. \nRuss will provide handouts and offer some samples of foraged goodies made with wild edibles for people to sip and nibble on. \nWhen: Monday\, June 30\, 2025\nTime: 10 a.m. to approx. 12 noon\nPlace: Meet at the Museum \nLimited to 30 people. To assure a spot\, please sign up by contacting the Museum by phone (631-788-7239) or by e-mail (info@fergusonmuseum.org) \n(Please note also the related talk “Nibbling on the Wild Landscape of Fishers Island” that Russ is giving on June 29\, 2025 at the Museum. \nRuss Cohen\, naturalist and wild foods enthusiast\, grew up in Weston\, Mass.\, where he spent much of his free time in the woods\, thereby cultivating a strong spiritual connection to nature. Russ’ first formal exposure to edible wild plants occurred while a sophomore at Weston High School\, where he enrolled in an “Edible Botany” mini-course offered by the high school biology department. The course taught him about two dozen edible species that grew around the high school grounds\, and the class finished with a “big feed”: a communal meal prepared from these plants\, at the end of the course. Russ got turned on to the subject\, went to the local library and took out every book he could find on the topic\, taught himself over fifty more species\, and\, in his senior year of high school (1974)\, he taught the Edible Botany class he had taken as a sophomore. Russ added edible wild mushrooms to his teaching repertoire in 1989 after returning home from a trip to the Soviet Union\, where he caught the mushroom hunting bug from the Russians. \nRuss received his bachelor’s degree in land use planning from Vassar College in 1978\, and received a masters in Natural Resources and a law degree from The Ohio State University in 1982. Until retiring from state service\, Russ was employed by the Riverways Program (now part of the Division of Ecological Restoration) of the Mass. Department of Fish and Game since 1988\, and served as its Rivers Advocate from 1992 until June of 2015. Other past employers have included the Nature Conservancy\, the Land Trust Alliance\, The Hillside Trust\, a land trust in Cincinnati\, Ohio\, and the Massachusetts Audubon Society. \nSince his retirement in June 2015\, while continuing to offer walks and talks on foraging for wild edibles\, Russ is now playing the role of Johnny Appleseed for native edible species. He has set up a nursery (near his childhood home in Weston\, MA) where he is growing over 1\,000 plants\, representing more than a third of the more than 190 species native to Northeast ecoregions that are edible by people. Many of these plants were propagated from seed Russ gathered himself. Russ is then collaborating with land trusts\, municipalities\, state and federal agencies\, schools and colleges\, tribal groups\, organic farms and others\, to plant plants from his nursery on appropriate places on their properties. You can learn more about this endeavor in the article Russ Cohen’s Wild Edible Adventures\, by Cathy Walthers\, which ran in the Summer 2018 issue of Edible Boston Magazine; Meet the ‘Johnny Appleseed’ of Edible Native Plants\, by Barbara A. Schmitz\, which ran in the Spring 2019 issue of the Wild Ones Journal; a March 2020 video podcast interview with Kim Eierman of EcoBeneficial; or\, most recently\, the profile of Russ and his native edible plant propagation and planting that ran in the January 2024 edition of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society’s The Leaflet newsletter.
URL:https://fergusonmuseum.org/event/wild-edible-plant-excursion-on-fishers-island/
CATEGORIES:Nature Walk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250629T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250629T170000
DTSTAMP:20260505T005525
CREATED:20250303T205144Z
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SUMMARY:Nibbling on the Wild Landscape of Fishers Island
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an illustrated talk with Russ Cohen\, author of the book Wild Plants I Have Known…and Eaten\, to learn about at least two dozen of the tastiest wild plant species the Island has to offer.\nFishers Island is home to over 70 species of edible wild plants\, many of which are more nutritious and/or flavorful than their cultivated counterparts. These include native species\, like Fox Grape and Beach Pea; non-native weeds\, like Chicory and Burdock; and invasive species\, like Autumn Olive and Japanese Knotweed. \nThis presentation will include plant species everyone knows well\, like Daisies and Dandelions\, to species people may have never even heard of\, like Nannyberry and Meadow Beauty. Keys to the identification of each species will be provided\, along with info on edible portion(s)\, season(s) of availability and preparation methods\, as well as guidelines for safe\, ethical and environmentally-responsible foraging. \nWhen: Sunday\, June 29\, 2025\nTime: 4-5 pm\nPlace: At the Museum\, 2nd floor and virtual\, via zoom\nReception to follow – Russ will accompany his talk with handouts and samples of goodies made with wild foraged ingredients for people to sip and nibble on. \nJoin Zoom WebinarPhone one-tap:\n+16469313860\,\,88227499591# US\n+16465588656\,\,88227499591# US (New York) \nJoin via audio:\n+1 646 931 3860 US\n+1 646 558 8656 US (New York)\n+1 305 224 1968 US\n+1 309 205 3325 US\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)\n+1 253 205 0468 US\n+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n+1 360 209 5623 US\n+1 386 347 5053 US\n+1 507 473 4847 US\n+1 564 217 2000 US\n+1 669 444 9171 US\n+1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose)\n+1 689 278 1000 US\n+1 719 359 4580 US\nWebinar ID: 882 2749 9591\nInternational numbers available: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kcLhrVPzMF \n(Please note also the related “Wild Edible Plant Excursion on Fishers Island” Nature Walk that Russ will lead the following day\, June 30\, 2025.) \nRuss Cohen\, naturalist and wild foods enthusiast\, grew up in Weston\, Mass.\, where he spent much of his free time in the woods\, thereby cultivating a strong spiritual connection to nature. Russ’ first formal exposure to edible wild plants occurred while a sophomore at Weston High School\, where he enrolled in an “Edible Botany” mini-course offered by the high school biology department. The course taught him about two dozen edible species that grew around the high school grounds\, and the class finished with a “big feed”: a communal meal prepared from these plants\, at the end of the course. Russ got turned on to the subject\, went to the local library and took out every book he could find on the topic\, taught himself over fifty more species\, and\, in his senior year of high school (1974)\, he taught the Edible Botany class he had taken as a sophomore. Russ added edible wild mushrooms to his teaching repertoire in 1989 after returning home from a trip to the Soviet Union\, where he caught the mushroom hunting bug from the Russians. \nRuss received his bachelor’s degree in land use planning from Vassar College in 1978\, and received a masters in Natural Resources and a law degree from The Ohio State University in 1982. Until retiring from state service\, Russ was employed by the Riverways Program (now part of the Division of Ecological Restoration) of the Mass. Department of Fish and Game since 1988\, and served as its Rivers Advocate from 1992 until June of 2015. Other past employers have included the Nature Conservancy\, the Land Trust Alliance\, The Hillside Trust\, a land trust in Cincinnati\, Ohio\, and the Massachusetts Audubon Society. \nSince his retirement in June 2015\, while continuing to offer walks and talks on foraging for wild edibles\, Russ is now playing the role of Johnny Appleseed for native edible species. He has set up a nursery (near his childhood home in Weston\, MA) where he is growing over 1\,000 plants\, representing more than a third of the more than 190 species native to Northeast ecoregions that are edible by people. Many of these plants were propagated from seed Russ gathered himself. Russ is then collaborating with land trusts\, municipalities\, state and federal agencies\, schools and colleges\, tribal groups\, organic farms and others\, to plant plants from his nursery on appropriate places on their properties. You can learn more about this endeavor in the article Russ Cohen’s Wild Edible Adventures\, by Cathy Walthers\, which ran in the Summer 2018 issue of Edible Boston Magazine; Meet the ‘Johnny Appleseed’ of Edible Native Plants\, by Barbara A. Schmitz\, which ran in the Spring 2019 issue of the Wild Ones Journal; a March 2020 video podcast interview with Kim Eierman of EcoBeneficial; or\, most recently\, the profile of Russ and his native edible plant propagation and planting that ran in the January 2024 edition of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society’s The Leaflet newsletter.
URL:https://fergusonmuseum.org/event/nibbling-on-the-wild-landscape-of-fishers-island/
CATEGORIES:Illustrated Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250628T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250628T190000
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SUMMARY:2025 Annual Exhibitions Opening Reception
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our opening reception:\nSaturday\, June 28th\, 5 to 7 PM\nAll are Welcome! \nRefreshments will be served on the deck\, weather permitting\, or inside\, if need be. \nThe Henry L. Ferguson Museum • 2025 Exhibitions \nThe Cottage Colonies of Fishers Island\nIst Floor Main Gallery \nThe Longer Look: Photographs by John Wilton\n2nd Floor Main Gallery \nPassages: A Public Sculpture Over Time\, 1980–2025\n2nd Floor Side gallery \nSteps of Battery Marcy\, Parade Ground\, 1997. \nPeople viewing sculpture by artist Harriet Brickman\, South Beach\, Sept. 1980  \n2025 Annual exhibitions sponsored by ALTUS Partners
URL:https://fergusonmuseum.org/event/2025-annual-exhibitions-opening-reception/
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250601T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250601T100000
DTSTAMP:20260505T005525
CREATED:20250516T213709Z
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UID:34733-1748768400-1748772000@fergusonmuseum.org
SUMMARY:Backyard Birding with Ken
DESCRIPTION:Join us at the Museum for coffee\, pastries\, and birdwatching with local naturalist Ken Edwards\, Sr.\nWhen: Sunday\, June 1\, 2025\nTime: 9-10 am\nPlace: At the Museum\, Gazebo (back deck) \nKen is well-known on the Island and beyond for his wide breadth of wildlife knowledge and his particular passion for birds. Together\, we’ll watch the feeder at the H. Lee Ferguson\, Jr. Sanctuary and identify birds as they flit through the canopy. All ages welcome. \nAmerican Goldfinch (male) photo by Dave Menke\, USFWS
URL:https://fergusonmuseum.org/event/backyard-birding-with-ken/
CATEGORIES:Bird Watch
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250524T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250524T130000
DTSTAMP:20260505T005525
CREATED:20250114T143253Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250407T205342Z
UID:33933-1748084400-1748091600@fergusonmuseum.org
SUMMARY:Right Place\, Right Plant - Native Plants and Practical Uses
DESCRIPTION:Native plants are essential to repairing and sustaining our fragile ecosystem on Fishers Island. But what makes them unique\, and how can we use them effectively? Join us\, at the Museum for a discussion of native plants and practical gardening tips!\nWHEN: Saturday\, May 24\, 2025 \nTIME: 11 am – 12 pm (Talk)\, 12-1 pm (Reception) \nPLACE: In person at the Museum\, 2nd Floor and virtual via zoom \nBy understanding the impact of our actions on land\, we can make a significant difference. Non-native plants often require extra maintenance\, like fertilizer and pesticides\, which can harm our delicate ecosystem. Fishers Island’s sandy\, porous soil does not retain these chemicals once applied; instead\, they flow into our waters. Fertilizer runoff is a significant source of nitrogen pollution that damages marine habitats and creates algal blooms. The fertilizer and pesticides that do not run into the water damage soil quality and harm native insects. Planting native is an easy win for our entire ecosystem. \nAt this event\, we will hear from experienced peers and professionals to discover more about Fishers Island’s native landscape\, the role of invasive plants in the food chain\, and how we can use native plants within our landscaping projects. Dr. Adam Mitchell\, Terry McNamara\, Dianne Crary\, Diana Fiske\, and Melie Spofford will each give a lightning talk about native plants and happily answer your questions. \nAfter our speakers take you on a journey to learn about Fishers Island’s native plants\, we will hold a reception that will host various Fishers Island contractors\, lots of helpful handouts\, and a plant sale. \nDon’t miss out on this unique opportunity! Space for the in-person talk is limited\, so secure your spot today. \nRegisterJoin Zoom WebinarDownload Flyer
URL:https://fergusonmuseum.org/event/right-place-right-plant-native-plants-and-practical-uses/
CATEGORIES:Illustrated Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250518T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250518T170000
DTSTAMP:20260505T005525
CREATED:20250221T180929Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250221T195457Z
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SUMMARY:American Seacoast Defenses and the Long Island Sound
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a VIRTUAL illustrated talk by Mark Berhow\, author and chairman of the publications committee for Coast Defense Study Group\nWHEN: Sunday\, May 18\, 2025\nTIME: 4 p.m.\nPLACE: Virtual via zoom \nFrom the establishment of the United States in 1790 through 1950 the federal government fortified its major deep water harbors to deter attack from foreign navies. Long Island Sound has been a prominent location for these defense programs because of its many natural harbors and its “back door” access to New York. Rapid developments in warship and artillery technology during this time led to an evolution of seacoast fortifications with increasing effective range as reflected in the Long Island defenses. The saga of these forts and the changes that led to their eventual closure will be covered in this presentation. \nMark Berhow is a retired research chemist who worked for the USDA Agricultural Research Service in Pasadena\, California and Peoria\, Illinois. He has had a long interest in American military history and the defenses of United States. He is actively involved with the Coast Defense Study Group as the chairman of its publications committee and is currently the editor in chief of the Coast Defense Journal and the CDSG Newsletter. He has written both books and articles on American seacoast and air defenses. \nJoin zoom webinarPhone one-tap:\n+16694449171\,\,89682052336# US\n+16699009128\,\,89682052336# US (San Jose) \nJoin via audio:\n+1 669 444 9171 US\n+1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose)\n+1 253 205 0468 US\n+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n+1 719 359 4580 US\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\n+1 360 209 5623 US\n+1 386 347 5053 US\n+1 507 473 4847 US\n+1 564 217 2000 US\n+1 646 558 8656 US (New York)\n+1 646 931 3860 US\n+1 689 278 1000 US\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)\n+1 305 224 1968 US\n+1 309 205 3325 US \nWebinar ID: 896 8205 2336\nInternational numbers available: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kbfGyh3G49
URL:https://fergusonmuseum.org/event/american-seacoast-defenses-and-the-long-island-sound/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Illustrated Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250427T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250427T170000
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CREATED:20250205T115422Z
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SUMMARY:The Rumrunner Wrecks of Fishers Island
DESCRIPTION:In this virtual illustrated talk\, Museum director Pierce Rafferty utilizes and expands selected portions of his 2019 talk on prohibition entitled “Scotch on the Rocks” with a focus on the five rumrunner wrecks on Fishers Island\, especially Steam Yacht Thelma Phoebe on Chocomount Beach\, April 1923. \nWHEN: Sunday\, April 27\, 2025 (Moved from April 20)\nTIME: 4 p.m.\nPLACE: Virtual via zoom \nJoin Zoom WebinarPhone one-tap:\n+16465588656\,\,81701546488# US (New York)\n+16469313860\,\,81701546488# US \nJoin via audio:\n+1 646 558 8656 US (New York)\n+1 646 931 3860 US\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)\n+1 305 224 1968 US\n+1 309 205 3325 US\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\n+1 719 359 4580 US\n+1 253 205 0468 US\n+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n+1 360 209 5623 US\n+1 386 347 5053 US\n+1 507 473 4847 US\n+1 564 217 2000 US\n+1 669 444 9171 US\n+1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose)\n+1 689 278 1000 US\nWebinar ID: 817 0154 6488\nInternational numbers available: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kc35uI0rZs
URL:https://fergusonmuseum.org/event/the-rumrunner-wrecks-of-fishers-island/
CATEGORIES:Illustrated Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250419T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250419T160000
DTSTAMP:20260505T005525
CREATED:20250324T202644Z
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SUMMARY:Earth Day Battle of the Invasives: Buckthorn and Bittersweet Blitz
DESCRIPTION:In honor of Earth Day\, please join the Fishers Island Conservancy and the H.L. Ferguson Museum and Land Trust in tackling invasive plants and cleaning up beach debris.\nWHEN: Saturday\, April 19\nTIME: 2-4 PM\nPLACE: Meet at the Museum at 2 p.m. to get an assignment before hitting the trails and Parade Grounds.\nReception with light snacks at the Museum to follow. \nPlease bring tools that you can handle safely (clippers\, loppers\, etc.) NO CHAINSAWS. We’ll have some tools available. \nWe suggest you wear long pants\, long-sleeved shirts\, socks and gloves to battle beasts thorns and poison ivy. \n  \nQuestions?\nContact Jessica NeJame at jnejame@fergusonmuseum.org\nCourtney MacDonald at courtneymacdonald@gmail.com \n\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Bittersweet Berries\n				\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Buckthorn Berries\n				\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Bittersweet girdling\n				\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Buckthorn\n				\n		\n\nThis event is co-hosted by\nthe Fishers Island Conservancy and the H.L. Ferguson Museum and Land Trust \n 
URL:https://fergusonmuseum.org/event/earth-day-battle-of-the-invasives-buckthorn-and-bittersweet-blitz/
CATEGORIES:Trail Clearing
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250309T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250309T170000
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SUMMARY:Between Land and Sea: The Atlantic Coast and the Transformation of New England
DESCRIPTION:A virtual illustrated talk by Christopher L. Pastore\, author and Assistant Professor of History at the University at Albany\, State University of New York based on his book “Between Land and Sea: The Atlantic Coast and the Transformation of New England”\nOne of the largest estuaries on the North Atlantic coast\, Narragansett Bay served as a gateway for colonial expansion in the seventeenth century and the birthplace of American industrialization in the late eighteenth. Christopher Pastore presents an environmental history of this watery corner of the Atlantic world\, beginning with the first European settlement in 1636 and ending with the dissolution of the Blackstone Canal Company in 1849. Between Land and Sea traces how the Bay’s complex ecology shaped the contours of European habitation\, trade\, and resource use\, and how littoral settlers in turn reconfigured the physical and cultural boundaries between humans and nature. \nNarragansett Bay emerges in Pastore’s account as much more than a geological formation. Rather\, he reimagines the nexus of land and sea as a brackish borderland shaped by the tension between what English settlers saw as improvable land and the perpetual forces of the North Atlantic Ocean. By draining swamps\, damming rivers\, and digging canals\, settlers transformed a marshy coastal margin into a clearly defined edge. The resultant “coastline” proved less resilient\, less able to absorb the blows of human initiative and natural variation than the soggy fractal of water and earth it replaced. \nToday\, as sea levels rise and superstorms batter coasts with increasing ferocity\, Between Land and Sea calls on the environmentally-minded to make a space in their notions of progress for impermanence and uncertainty in the natural world. \nWHEN: Sunday\, March 9\, 2025\nTIME: 4 p.m.\nPLACE: Virtual via zoom \nJoin Zoom WebinarAbout the Author \nChristopher L. Pastore is Associate Professor of History at the University at Albany\, State University of New York\, where he teaches courses in environmental history\, early America\, and the Atlantic world. He holds a Ph.D. in American History and M.S. in college teaching from the University of New Hampshire\, an M.F.A. in nonfiction Creative Writing from New School University\, and a B.A. in Biology from Bowdoin College. He has held research fellowships at the University of Munich\, Trinity College Dublin\, and most recently at the Yale Center for British Art and as a Fulbright scholar at the University of the Andes in Bogotá\, Colombia. \nA Rhode Island native\, Pastore grew up sailing\, fishing and exploring Narragansett Bay. His journalistic work has appeared in the New York Times\, Boat International\, Cruising World\, Newport Life\, Offshore\, Restoration Quarterly\, Real Simple\, and Sailing World\, where he worked as Associate Editor. He also served as Editor of American Sailor and Junior Sailor\, the official publications of U.S. Sailing\, the sport’s national governing body. In 2005\, he published a biography of Rhode Island yacht designer Nathanael G. Herreshoff (1848-1938) titled Temple to the Wind: The Story of America’s Greatest Naval Architect and His Masterpiece\, Reliance (Lyons Press\, 2005)\, early selections from which earned him the 2003 National Arts Club Annual Award for Nonfiction. He is currently writing an environmental history of the early modern Atlantic world with a special focus on slimy things in the sea. \nPHOTO CREDIT: Martin Johnson Heade\, Rhode Island Shore\, 1858\, Los Angeles County Museum of Art\, Gift of Charles C. and Elma Ralphs Shoemaker. \nPhone one-tap:\n+16465588656\,\,84585122588# US (New York)\n+16469313860\,\,84585122588# US \nJoin via audio:\n+1 646 558 8656 US (New York)\n+1 646 931 3860 US\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)\n+1 305 224 1968 US\n+1 309 205 3325 US\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\n+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n+1 360 209 5623 US\n+1 386 347 5053 US\n+1 507 473 4847 US\n+1 564 217 2000 US\n+1 669 444 9171 US\n+1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose)\n+1 689 278 1000 US\n+1 719 359 4580 US\n+1 253 205 0468 US\nWebinar ID: 845 8512 2588\nInternational numbers available: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kC54oDps3
URL:https://fergusonmuseum.org/event/between-land-and-sea-the-atlantic-coast-and-the-transformation-of-new-england/
CATEGORIES:Illustrated Lecture
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SUMMARY:Beyond Your Back Door: Connecting with Nature Where You Live
DESCRIPTION:A virtual illustrated talk by trained naturalist and master gardener Jim Sirch\, who will use his blog to take a deeper dive into the amazing natural events happening right in our own backyards – and beyond – throughout the seasons.\nDuring the pandemic\, people working from home found themselves spending more time in their yards and local green spaces. They began to look beyond the grass that needed mowing and leaves that needed raking\, and started to notice the wildlife that lived there. They observed songbirds\, raptors\, snakes\, toads\, tiny native bees and more\, often marveling at what they saw. In response to questions about what they were observing\, Jim Sirch created a nature blog to help others better understand and learn about phenological changes – natural events happening throughout the year. In this talk\, Jim will share his broad understanding of geology\, plants and wildlife and their interconnectedness within particular ecosystems. \nWHEN: Sunday\, February 23\, 2025\nTIME: 4 p.m.\nPLACE: Virtual via zoom \nJoin Zoom WebinarAbout Jim Sirch \nVice President of the Connecticut Horticultural Society\, Jim Sirch is a UConn Master Gardener\, past president and board member of his local land trust\, and on the board of the Mountain Laurel chapter of Wild Ones\, a nonprofit dedicated to native plants. Recently retired from his position as Education Coordinator for the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History\, he founded the Peabody-Beardsley-Maritime chapter of the citizen science program Frogwatch USA\, the country’s largest chapter. \nJim is passionate about helping others decrease their lawns and re-wild their yards. He co-founded a native plant seed library at his local public library. Jim holds a B.S in Forestry from West Virginia University\, a B.S. from Miami University in Science Education; and an M.S. in Environmental Studies Administration from Antioch University. He is also a recipient of the Sigmund Abeles Award from the Connecticut Science Teachers and Supervisors Association for outstanding science teaching and professional development. Jim lives in a 19th century farmhouse in Connecticut with his wife and daughter. \nPhone one-tap:\n+16469313860\,\,87957432563# US\n+16465588656\,\,87957432563# US (New York) \nJoin via audio:\n+1 646 931 3860 US\n+1 646 558 8656 US (New York)\n+1 305 224 1968 US\n+1 309 205 3325 US\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)\n+1 253 205 0468 US\n+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n+1 360 209 5623 US\n+1 386 347 5053 US\n+1 507 473 4847 US\n+1 564 217 2000 US\n+1 669 444 9171 US\n+1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose)\n+1 689 278 1000 US\n+1 719 359 4580 US\nWebinar ID: 879 5743 2563\nInternational numbers available: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/keBEBfwIjT
URL:https://fergusonmuseum.org/event/beyond-your-back-door-connecting-with-nature-where-you-live/
CATEGORIES:Illustrated Lecture
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SUMMARY:Winter Birds and Waterfowl Walk
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an in-the field Water Fowl Watch led by birder and naturalist Maggie Jones. Meet at the Museum at 10 a.m.and we’ll drive to the first site from there. (If you don’t have a car\, you can carpool with others.)\nDATE: Saturday\, January 25th\, 2025 \nTIME: 10 a.m. \nLOCATION: Meet at Museum Parking Lot \nPlease dress for the weather and don’t forget your binoculars! Length of walk is one hour to one hour and half. \nThis Penni Sharp Nature Walk is sponsored in loving memory of Penelope “Penni” Sharp\, birder\, botanist & HLFM president from 2003 until 2014. \nBrant photo by Justine Kibbe
URL:https://fergusonmuseum.org/event/winter-birds-and-waterfowl-walk/
CATEGORIES:Nature Walk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250119T160000
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SUMMARY:Winter Waterfowl of Fishers Island and the Surrounding Region
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a Virtual Illustrated Talk by Kim Hargrave\, interim executive director of the Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center\, Mystic\, Conn.\nKim Hargrave \nTIME: Sunday\, January 19\, 2025 @ 4:00 – 5:00 P.M.\nPLACE: Virtual via Zoom \nDiscover the wondrous world of winter waterfowl as we explore the unique species that grace Fishers Island and the surrounding coastlines during the colder months. Learn more about their remarkable cold-weather adaptations and incredible migration patterns. From the elegant long-tailed duck to the striking red-breasted merganser\, learn basic identification tips for a variety of species. \nGoldeneye photo by Todd McCormack \nJoin Zoom WebinarPhone one-tap:\n+16465588656\,\,85385140226# US (New York)\n+16469313860\,\,85385140226# US
URL:https://fergusonmuseum.org/event/winter-waterfowl-of-fishers-island-and-the-surrounding-region/
CATEGORIES:Illustrated Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241222T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241222T190000
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SUMMARY:The 12th Annual HLFM Holiday Party
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening of Holiday cheer\, convivial conversations\, and tasty light fare by Karla Heath. Adults and children of all ages are welcome\, as are visiting relatives and house guests!\nWhile at the Museum\, be sure to visit (or revisit) the 2024 annual exhibit. \nWe hope to see you there!
URL:https://fergusonmuseum.org/event/the-12th-annual-hlfm-holiday-party/
LOCATION:Henry L. Ferguson Museum\, 1109 Equestrian Ave\, Fishers Island\, NY\, 06390\, United States
CATEGORIES:Family Program,Museum Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241130T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241130T130000
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SUMMARY:Holiday Sale!
DESCRIPTION:Holiday Sale! Get 20% off all items in the Museum Gift Shop this Friday and Saturday\, from 10am to 1pm.\nWe’ve got tons of new items in stock\, from books to posters to stationary to educational toys to stuffed animals\, and more. There’s something for every naturalist in your life\, no matter the age. The large format images on the second-floor gallery are also for sale and proceeds benefit the Museum’s Art Fund.
URL:https://fergusonmuseum.org/event/holiday-sale-2/
LOCATION:Henry L. Ferguson Museum\, 1109 Equestrian Ave\, Fishers Island\, NY\, 06390\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gift Shop,Museum Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241129T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241129T160000
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SUMMARY:19th Annual Thanksgiving Trail Clearing & Beach Clean Up
DESCRIPTION:The Henry L. Ferguson Museum\nPresents the \n19th Annual\nThanksgiving Trail Clearing\, Beach Clean Up\, Invasive Removal\n(NO OYSTER AFTERPARTY THIS YEAR)\nFriday\, November 29\, 2024 \nUPDATED TIME: 2 – 4 p.m. \nWE NEED YOUR HELP! You and your family and friends are invited to join the rest of the HLFM community for some hale and hearty in-the-field-fellowship on the Friday afternoon after Thanksgiving. Together we’ll clear invasives from trails\, de-vine trees\, and pick up debris along the beach. It’s a wonderful tradition\, now in its 19th year—as good for the soul as it is for the Island. ALL are WELCOME! \nPlease note that the Oyster Afterparty at the Museum will not occur this year out of respect for the remembrance of Dee Ross being held at the American Legion Post #1025 from 3 – 5 p.m. \nWHERE / WHAT: \nBe sure to arrive promptly at 2 p.m. for hot cider and autumn treats as you get your team assignments and pep talk from Board Member Scott Reid before proceeding to the Museum’s Land Trust trails and beaches. This year we will be expanding assignments to include invasive plant control in order to clear vines on select trails\, as well as clean-ups at several beach areas. \nTOOLS: \nPlease bring tools you can handle safely (clippers\, loppers\, etc.) NO CHAINSAWS. We will provide heavy-duty garbage bags for beach and path cleaning. \nDRESS: \nWe suggest you wear long pants\, long-sleeved shirts\, socks and gloves to battle beastly thorns and poison ivy. \nPlease take photos of your team in action and share them with the Museum. \nWe look forward to resuming the popular Oyster Afterparty again next year. \nCommunity members gather at the Museum for the 18th Annual Trail Clearing in 2023. \nFor further information please contact:\nScott Reid\n646.431.8536\nbsr1265@gmail.com\nor\nPierce Rafferty\n631.788.7239\ninfo@fergusonmuseum.org \nHappy Thanksgiving!\nAnd as a reminder if you’re holiday shopping. . .\nThe Museum store will also be open Friday/Saturday and it’s filled with gifts for naturalists of all ages. The large format images on the second floor gallery are for sale and proceeds benefit the Museum’s Art Fund. \nWhile at the Museum\, please check out and enjoy the current annual exhibit on display “A Birds’ Eye View – Aerial and Drone Photography of Fishers Island”\, curated by Pierce Rafferty and generously sponsored by Altus Partners. \nThe Land Trust’s trail system is maintained throughout the year by the HLF Museum and volunteer opportunities are also always available.\nInterested in learning more about invasive plant management? \nTrail guides Terry McNamara (pictured at the top of this page) and Diana Fiske (pictured below) recently led thirty community members on a guided trail walk through Clay Point Road Trail. For more information on plants encountered during this Invasive Plant Guided Trail Walk view the article by clicking the photo below. \nTrail photos by Hannah Vagts\, FISM Coordinator
URL:https://fergusonmuseum.org/event/19th-annual-thanksgiving-trail-clearing-beach-clean-up/
CATEGORIES:Museum Event,Trail Clearing
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