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Dear Friend of Orenda Wildlife Land Trust (OWLT), We are thinking of you, your family, and friends in this unsettled time and sending you wishes for peace, prosperity and, most importantly, good health. In alignment with federal, state and local authorities, we are following social distancing precautions regarding COVID-19 (coronavirus) in order to keep volunteers,…

The Barnstable Patriot Article By Barbara Clark Read the article here: https://www.barnstablepatriot.com/news/20200221/orenda-wildlife-land-trust-looks-to-future Brewster native Jeff Thibodeau has recently been named as the new executive director of the Orenda Wildlife Land Trust, whose offices are located on Route 6A in Barnstable. Thibodeau took up his new post in January, succeeding Orenda’s former director, Theresa Mitchell Barbo, who…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 11, 2019 Baker-Polito Administration Awards Grants to Municipalities and Organizations for Wildlife Habitat Management BOSTON – The Baker-Polito Administration today awarded $341,396 to individuals, municipalities and organizations across the state for projects to improve habitat for native Massachusetts wildlife. The grants are provided through the Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game’s Division…

Join Us! For the 10th Annual Cape Cod Wildlife Festival Saturday September 7th, 2019 from 10am to 3pm Long Pasture Wildlife Sanctuary 345 Bone Hill Road Cummaquid, Mass Download a pdf poster here: Cape Cod Wildlife Festival 2019 (pdf)

Cape Wildlife Center & Orenda Wildlife Land Trust to Host Gather on the Grasses (Cummaquid, Cape Cod, Mass.) – Bring your own picnic and blanket to spread on the ground for Gather on the Grasses, two informal and engaging lectures for anyone interested in Cape Cod wildlife and preserving open spaces. Gather is hosted by Zak Mertz, executive director of…

Work began on our Carl Monge Sanctuary and Makepeace Mercy Lowe Sanctuary the week of February 20th. The Orenda Wildlife Land Trust,Inc., Town of Mashpee, Natural Resources Conservation Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and Massachusetts Division of Fisheries & Wildlife, will partner to restore native habitat at the above sanctuaries and 147 Lovells Lane.…

With generous support from the David H. Simser estate and grants from the Cape Cod Five Foundation, the Charles H. Thomsen Land fund and also support from our members and the Compact of Cape Cod Trusts Orenda was able to complete the purchase this past July. The .68 acre island is comprised of wooded upland…

Held once again at the picturesque Long Pasture Center of the Mass Audubon Society in Cummaquid. Orenda Wildlife Land Trust joined fifteen exhibitors comprising of local land and ocean trusts, natural welfare groups such as IFAW, Whale and Dolphin Adoption Society, the Thornton Burgess Society and National Marine Life Center at the third annual festival.…

Although much of its habitat has been lost, there are still wild and preserved places on Cape Cod that provide the environment so badly needed by the New England Cottontail ; One of these places in the Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge. This partnership of land owners has come together to support current research being done…