The 300 Committee
Land Trust

Upcoming Events

Tuesdays: May 15, May 22 and June 5, 7-8:30 am
   (rain date is each Wednesday)
Bird Walks at Peterson Farm

Please join Molly Cornell at Peterson Farm and discover the fun of birding!

Bird migration and nesting activity are in full swing. No experience necessary--everyone is welcome! Bring binoculars if you have them, but please leave dogs at home. Rain cancels (light drizzle is okay). Call leader Molly Cornell with any questions @ 508-540-7652.

Directions to Peterson Farm:  Going south on Woods Hole Road, 0.7 miles beyond the bike path crossing on Locust Street, turn right on McCallum Drive.  Take immediate right up the driveway to the farm.

Saturday, May 19, 10-11:30
Nature Exploration at Margaret Doutt Preserve
—looking for signs of spring.

This is a small but interesting and varied town conservation area.  The entire walk will be less than a mile in length, but will take us through old cranberry bogs, woodlands along the Moonakis River, and various bits of wooded upland.  The footing may be damp, and we will have to jump the small cranberry bog ditches, but otherwise the walking is easy.  We will look and listen for spring birds, look for early flowering plants, and talk about the evidence of the history of the land.

Directions: Margaret Doutt Preserve is on Moonakis Road in Waquoit; just east of the blinking yellow light at Metoxit Road and Route 28 on Moonakis Road. Proceed about 1/4 mile down Moonakis Road, and park at the small dirt road on the left.

Monday, May 21, 9:30-11:30
Nature Walk at Beebe Woods—the “back forty”

Visit the less well-known northwest portion of Beebe Woods, which looks quite different from the well-traveled areas around Highfield Hall.  This area is rougher and more varied, and we ’ll talk about why that is so. The whole walk is about 2.5 miles, and includes some steep, but short, hills.
Directions: Park in the parking area at the end of Highfield Drive near the entrance to Beebe Woods between Highfield Theater and the Conservatory. (No dogs, please.)

We hope you will join us!

News

Joe's Driving Range WILL become Teaticket Park!

The 300 Committee purchased the 10.7-acre driving range on Teaticket Highway from Bill and Donna Vieira on December 30, 2011. Long-awaited news has finally arrived from Commonwealth of Massachusetts' Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affiars: our project to convert the land to a community park has received a $500,000 PARC grant! Plans for Phase I of the park conversion are moving forward.

Check out the concept plan, designed by Stephen Stimson Associates Landscape Architects:

Please stay tuned for news of upcoming events in support of Teaticket Park, and let us know if you would like to be involved in any way in this exciting project.

A Year of Falmouth Birds by Craig Gibson

NOW AVAILABLE FOR SALE!
To purchase your copy, please visit:

http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/2934533

Highlights

Monthly Nature Calendars 

The links below highlight what to look for outdoors in Falmouth each month — birds, wildlife, plants, flowers and more. These pages can be printed and posted on your bulletin board or refrigerator, and each month features a fabulous bird photograph by Craig Gibson. We hope you will take a look and see what Nature has in store as the season unfolds.

May
June
July
August

"This Land is Your Land" was a fabulous success!

Thank you to Jane Baker, Visual Arts Teacher at Falmouth High School and her colleagues John Holladay (Graphic Arts), Tom McManamon (English) and Darryl Morrey (Social Studies). Thanks also to the Falmouth Education Foundation for their financial support of this project. And, of course, thanks to the students for their fabulous original artworks, posters and oral history interviews.

Craig Gibson Photos for Sale!
Craig Gibson has generously offered for sale many of his bird photographs, with all of the proceeds benefiting The 300 Committee. To see the album and to order prints through Shutterfly.com, please visit:

www.shutterfly.com/pro/300Committee/craiggibson

The 300 Committee BioBlitz
(part of our 25th anniversary celebration, June, 2010)

Summary
map
schedule & programs
data sheet
data collection information
Species Lists by Taxon
Final Species Number by Taxon

Falmouth is a Preserve America Community!

Falmouth is the first town on Cape Cod to receive this prestigious designation. Read more...