Join avid birders and Jug Bay volunteers, Gwen Brewer and Elaine Friebele, to learn skills for identifying birds by sight and sound. Novice and experienced birders are welcome on this 2-3 mile walk to explore the forests and wetlands in search of the 250+ species of birds that call Jug Bay home, or migrate through.…

Explore, learn and celebrate World Wetlands Day with a Guided Marsh Hike at Jug Bay! Bring your COVID mask and binoculars. Free with $6 per vehicle entrance fee.

Explore, learn and celebrate World Wetlands Day with a Guided Marsh Hike at Jug Bay! Bring your COVID mask and binoculars. Free with $6 per vehicle entrance fee.

Join us for an hour on Sunday January 24th, starting at 2pm for the start of this winter’s virtual Soup & Science series.   Liana Vitali, Stewardship and Citizen Science Coordinator for Jug Bay, will share stories from 30 years of birding at Jug Bay. Registration is required. The email you include with your registration will receive a…

Cancelled – Join Siobhan Percey for an off-trail adventure in search of the fascinating skunk cabbage plant. Siobhan studied this unusual wetland inhabitant and will share her knowledge with a walk along swamp edges in search of their winter blooms. Wear boots that can get wet and muddy. Bring your own flashlight. COVID masks required.…

Bring the little ones to explore nature! Learn about a nature topic and then head out to experience the Sanctuary. We look, feel, listen, and discover at preschooler speed. Dress for the weather – we will always try to go outside! Parents play along with their children. Ages: 3-5. Fee: $6 per child, payable the…

Join an avid birder and Jug Bay volunteer, Gwen Brewer, to learn skills for identifying birds by sight and sound on a guided hike. Wear comfortable walking shoes, dress for the weather, and bring a spotting scope and binoculars if you have them. Registration required. Ages 12 and older. Free with $6 per vehicle park…

First Day Hikes are free, guided hikes offered each year on New Year’s Day. The program started in Massachusetts in 1992 and has since gone nationwide. The hikes are intended to promote an alternate way of celebrating the New Year by going outside, getting exercise, and enjoying local nature and history. This year join our…

Join Master Naturalist and Jug Bay Volunteer, Mike Quinlan, to welcome winter on this shortest day of the year. Enjoy a brisk hike to look for anything green which survives the cold.  We’ll enjoy hot chocolate and donuts in the Plummer House at the end of the hike. Maximum 10 participants. Please bring your COVID mask.…

Bring the little ones to explore nature! Learn about a nature topic and then head out to experience the Sanctuary. We look, feel, listen, and discover at preschooler speed. Dress for the weather – we will always try to go outside! Parents play along with their children. Ages: 3-5. Fee: $6 per child, payable the…