Friends of Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge

08/06/2026

Working with the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe at POH Camp is always great fun and rewarding. And their end-of-year clambake is AMAZING! Thanks to the Tribe, and to everyone who participated this year and for the past 11 years of the Friends being involved with the program.

08/05/2026

Thank you to Alayna, our 2025-26 AmeriCorps member for her amazing contributions to our organization over the past year!

As my AmeriCorps Cape Cod year of service comes to an end, I am grateful for all of the experiences that I have gained through my individual placement with the Friends of the Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge. My supervisor, Lucinda Keith, and all the members of the Friends’ Board have helped me to...

08/05/2026

Great article about "Oscar" in the Cape Cod Times:

A young osprey at a Waquoit Bay nest in Falmouth has drawn thousands of followers, thanks to a livestreaming we**am.

08/04/2026

Today was Alayna’s last day! A day of completing projects, checking out the garden at KC Coombs and filling up the trail heads kiosks with brochures and maps!

Thank you AmeriCorps Cape Cod for a great service member and to Alayna for all that she did in providing education to schools and adults through multiple presentations, hands on activities, and resources that can be utilized. Unreal ALL she achieved in a total of 32 Tuesdays!

Your future will be amazing!

08/02/2026

Last winter, the Falmouth Lawrence 7th Grade students Learned about Native plants and how to start these plants that needed the Cold Stratification process with the Friends of Mashpee NWR's AmeriCorps member Alayna.
They used milk jugs for this process...they added some soil, individuals seeds and placed the jugs outside, each containing a different native plant species.
The Friends took the seedlings at the end of the school year and transplanted them into individual pots.
Wow, the result is there are now over 200 plants 🌿of Ironw**d, a native that likes wetland areas.
Look how big they have gotten...in July 10 plants were installed around the vernal pool at Lawrence school, 20 were gifted to the Wampanoag Youth Camp event in July. More of these plants will be installed by Lawrence students this fall into the perennial garden next to the vernal pool and yet still more plants will be distributed to other native gardens within the Mashpee Refuge!
Now that's Conservation well done by our local children...
Thank to Teacher Ms. Olson and her students and Alayna K. with AmeriCorps Cape Cod Together they all made it happen 🦋🐞🌿🌻🐝

07/30/2026

Last week, the Friends of MNWR supported the Mashpee Wampanoag “Preserving Our Homelands” (POH) Youth Camp for our 11th consecutive year! This year, we planned and purchased plants, and worked with Tribal youth, counselors and staff to plant a variety of cultural, medicinal and pollinator-friendly plants at the Wampanoag Maushop Farm. Volunteers from the Friends were joined by staff from the Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, MA DCR Fire and US Fish & Wildlife Service. It was an amazing day of learning about pollinators, planting, fire and prescribed burns, and creating natural crafts. Thanks to all who make this great program possible!
https://www.friendsofmashpeenationalwildliferefuge.org/2026/07/30/2026-wampanoag-poh-youth-camp/

07/30/2026

Looking for something to do today? This is a great opportunity to learn about those beauties in your yards! No Registration needed.

07/28/2026

Went to KC Coombs to w**d the gardens. The rain has been helpful for everything to flourish.

Then off to map out planting from POH camp last week.

07/27/2026

It's always fun to participate in events run by Mashpee NWR Partner organizations, in this case, the Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (WBNERR). Yesterday, at their annual Block Party & Cookout on the Bay, we spoke to attendees about bees, butterflies and other pollinators, pollinator friendly gardening, ospreys, and a wide range of other topics! Thanks to everyone who attended this great event and visited our table.