Conservation on Parade is back! Enjoy the Free Family Event Sat. Aug. 3, 3-6 p.m. at the Parade Grounds. Learn about local wildlife through hands-on discovery. Watch “Take Back the Harbor” at the movie theater, and don’t forget face painting and the ice cream truck!

It was a cloudy quiet day on Fishers Island, as grass and dirt rested between soft rain showers. As I rode down the hill west of the oyster farm, I spotted an idle shape above me, a bird perched on one of the Four Corners’ telephone poles. At first glance, I thought it was the […]

Appearing otherworldly through a camera lens, dragonflies whizz and hover within tall grasses these sultry July mornings. These predators play a key role in Parade Ground habitat, feeding on a variety of prey including mosquitoes and biting flies. From the Field, Field Note by Justine Kibbe, July 21, 2019

This coming weekend is an exciting one for FIConservancy! Join us for tours of our successful grassland restoration areas Saturday and Sunday. We are also offering property walk-throughs Sat. and Sun. afternoons, and of course, Sunset on the Beach is this Saturday evening!

Leslie Conant captured this image of a coyote trotting across her backyard July 16 on the north side of Fishers Island.

Mourning Dove is wide awake within this early morning’s light.

Long Island Sound is home to over 100 species of fish. July days bring recreational fishing off Fishers Island’s South beach, hoping to reel in summer flounder, striped bass and bluefish. FIConservancy works with New York and Connecticut to conserve some 400 acres of precious Eelgrass meadows that provide vital “nursery” habitat for fish, as […]