If you haven’t already done so, please give to the Lloyd Center’s Annual Fund

The Annual Fund is a critical piece of our operating budget and the major funding source for our research and educational programs. 

As you know, Lloyd Center Education Programs have a high instructor-to-student ratio and help support STEM curricula taught in local schools and beyond. In the process, the Center works with over 13,000 students annually, with approximately 50% of those students coming from high-needs areas. The schools simply cannot pay the fees that would cover the cost of funding the services the Lloyd Center provides. Support for these essential programs and for our research keeps them both lively and current.

Lloyd Center for the Environment awarded $12,100 grant from Massachusetts Cultural Council

Lloyd Center for the Environment, Inc. has received a grant of $12,100 from the Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC), a state agency. This grant was awarded through the MCC’s Cultural Investment Portfolio Grant Program for cultural public programing. State grants are awarded through a competitive process, thereby signifying that the Lloyd Center provides a high level of public value through its programs and community service. 

Chasing the warmth, research in overdrive

by Jamie Bogart, Lloyd Center for the Environment Research Associate

Winter task areas are many and fall into the categories of data management, specimen identification, project and trip planning, leading winter onsite walks and outings, surveying winter waterfowl, and assisting with the upkeep of a nature center facility and property for which all Lloyd Center staff share responsibility.  But what about the fall months when cold temps are arriving and many taxonomic groups we study have flown south as with birds, or completed their life cycle, as with many insects? Although “winter mode” is a ways off, we’ve scheduled our winter waterfowl surveys, started identifications of bees, arranged outings, begun data management, and planned for future research work. Field seasons are all but over, but research staff still head out on short field excursions.

Gearing Up for the holiday season at the Lloyd Center

by Adeline Bellesheim, Lloyd Center for the Environment Educator/Naturalist

Preparations for the most wonderful time of the year look a little different at the Lloyd Center for the Environment. The leaves are changing to their brightest and most colorful form and the staff have their rakes handy waiting for the red maple leaves to fall to the ground. Everyone begins to bundle up as the temperatures drop at our coastal property. However, as offices around the country are filled with chatter about where to hang garland or if it’s too soon to light an apple spice candle, the Lloyd Center is occupied with conversation about migration and hibernation.

That’s right folks, it’s that time of year again. Not for wrapping presents and decorating trees, but to say farewell to many of our favorite creatures. Although the estuary is beautiful when the cordgrass is covered in snow, it is not the most suitable place for all of the sea creatures to spend their winter. The red and orange forest is a peaceful place, but it is far too cold for some of our woodland friends. This means our residents have to find a warm, sunny place for a migration vacation, or they must begin stocking up their resources to ride out the season.