The Lloyd Center for the Environment is found down a long, wooded road in Dartmouth, Massachusetts. The center has a small natural history museum, observation deck, and several walking trails that meander through oak hickory forest, freshwater wetlands, salt marsh, and estuary. We arrived very late on a winter afternoon and browsed through the indoor exhibits as […]
Save The Bay Seal Watch, Newport, RI
Save the Bay, a fabulous environmental nonprofit in Rhode Island, runs a Seal Watch tour from November – April. The boat launches from downtown Newport, making it the perfect activity after you’ve had a delicious breakfast or lunch at a nearby restaurant. The Seal Watch tour is led by an environmental educator and takes you […]
Gray Seal Stranding
When I was younger, I would constantly scan the ocean, bays, and estuarine rivers of Rhode Island looking for dolphins. If I was feeling particularly sullen and angsty that day (most likely over a boy) I would sit on the shore and wish with all my might to see a dorsal fin or a tail […]