The Nature Conservancy in Rhode Island

The Nature Conservancy in Rhode Island Join us in tackling climate, restoring rivers and protecting open space. Together we find a way. Science and partnerships are at the heart of everything we do.
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The Nature Conservancy protects Rhode Island’s open spaces and natural areas, restores the health of our rivers, streams, and coastal waters, and inspires a new generation of conservation leaders.

06/04/2026

Canada Geese and two precious goslings paddling around a quiet pond at the Whitehead Preserve last week.

Video by Patrick Renault

The Velvet Season at Sachuest Point. Early summer brings a quiet kind of grace to Rhode Island’s coast — and this moment...
06/03/2026

The Velvet Season at Sachuest Point. Early summer brings a quiet kind of grace to Rhode Island’s coast — and this moment captures it perfectly. A young buck, antlers still in velvet, pauses in the golden light at Sachuest Point NWR. The calm sea beyond and the soft greens of June frame his watchful presence — a reminder that nature’s rhythm is steady, serene, and endlessly captivating.

Photo and caption by Bob Arnold

06/02/2026

The Chafee National Wildlife Refuge protects habitat for Egrets, American Black Ducks and a host of other water birds. Restoring the salt marsh around Pettaquamscutt Cover ensures that the area remains a key stopover and wintering area.

Photographs courtesy of Geoff Dennis

06/02/2026

Feeding time! Three Osprey chicks getting a fresh delivery of fish at the Power Company nest platform. Video from May 28, when the nestlings were all under a week old.

Meet Grace Purcell -- TNC's new Block Island Marine Program Assistant! Grace graduated from UNCW and previously worked a...
06/01/2026

Meet Grace Purcell -- TNC's new Block Island Marine Program Assistant! Grace graduated from UNCW and previously worked as a diver on coral restoration and research in the US Virgin Islands and Panama. Welcome Grace!

Northern Blue Flag iris is abundant and blooming around the ponds at the Whitehead Preserve. Now is a great time to chec...
05/31/2026

Northern Blue Flag iris is abundant and blooming around the ponds at the Whitehead Preserve. Now is a great time to check out this easy path.

Photo by Patrick Renault/TNC

05/30/2026

He's back! The same Yellow Warbler returned to the Block Island banding station for the seventh time! First banded by Kim Gaffett in May 2019, it returns every year from as far away as Peru to nest at Clay Head at the north end of the island. Love him!

Locked in on the weekend like this Great Horned Owl! Happy Friday!Photo by Norm Grant
05/29/2026

Locked in on the weekend like this Great Horned Owl! Happy Friday!

Photo by Norm Grant

Great Black-backed Gull chicks start hatching mid-May as adorable fluff balls. Block Island has more than 1,200 nesting ...
05/28/2026

Great Black-backed Gull chicks start hatching mid-May as adorable fluff balls. Block Island has more than 1,200 nesting pairs - one of the largest gull colonies in eastern North America!

Photo by Russell Laman

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