Did you forget to renew your membership in March?  If yes, renew your membership today for half price! 

Membership support is essential to the Center’s operations. Due to the generosity of our members last year, the Lloyd Center was able to provide:

• experiential environmental education to over 13,000 students;
• outreach programs ranging from owl prowls to canoe trips for over 3,000 individuals;
• monitoring of threatened and endangered species throughout the state.

From one of the many teachers we work with at the Lloyd Center:

“I wanted to let you know that Kid Wind was awesome! The students absolutely loved it. I am planning on saving money to purchase the materials for fourth grade to use in the future for their energy unit. It was a very powerful unit. Our students were so motivated to figure out the best way to generate energy. So, I wanted to send you a huge thank you! Thank you again for everything. Having this partnership with the Lloyd Center and fourth grade has breathed new life into our science teaching and I am so thankful for that. :)” Grade 4 Teacher, A.J. Gomes School, New Bedford, MA

There are some big changes underway at the Lloyd Center. Our innovative new Welcome Center is under construction, and the main building is currently closed while undergoing a renovation!

During these important projects, the trails remain open and our outreach offerings for all ages continue.

Thank you for your support!

Lloyd Center Welcomes Educators/Naturalists Steve Theberge and Adeline Bellesheim to Education / Outreach Services

The Lloyd Center for the Environment is proud to welcome two educators/naturalists to the Center’s Education / Outreach Services Department.

Steve Theberge has returned to the Lloyd Center for the Environment as an Educator/Naturalist. Steve was born and raised on the south coast of Massachusetts where he worked his way through college digging and selling Quahogs. He received a BS in Fisheries Biology at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst and an MS in Biology (Coastal Zone Studies) from the University of West Florida.

Lloyd Center for the Environment’s Summer Programs Wrap Up! by Adeline Bellesheim, Lloyd Center for the Environment Educator/Naturalist

It was an exciting time at the Lloyd Center for the Environment as the Young Naturalist and Coastal Studies Programs came to an end. These fun adventures in learning brought children from different states, and even from different countries, together to learn about the environment!

The Young Naturalist Program is the Lloyd Center’s summer program for children ages five to seven years old. With approximately 70 participants in the eight-week program, the program ran from July to August.

2019 Cuttyhunk Survey highlights Elizabeth Island Moth Diversity by Jamie Bogart, Lloyd Center for the Environment Research Associate

Since 1988, the Lloyd Center for the Environment has ventured to the Elizabeth Islands to survey moths, setting UV light traps on the islands of Pasque, Naushon, Nashawena and Cuttyhunk. Between 1988 and 2015, the highest number of species by far was caught on Naushon (240) with the rest distributed between Pasque (88), Nashawena (36), and Cuttyhunk (24) islands.

In recent seasons (2016-2019), late-summer through early-fall (August-October) surveys were conducted on Cuttyhunk Island, which is easily accessible via the Cuttyhunk Ferry Company vessel, and has a rich variety of habitat which could easily contain more species than were detected thus far. Toward the island’s summit there are open and low shrubby areas, and low-lying areas that include wetlands, forested area, grassland, and barrier beach.