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HELEN ELLIS TRUST TERRAPIN GRANT BRINGS SCIENCE TO WESTPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL

no@spam.com (Lloyd Center For the Environment) — Fri, 09 May 2008 12:18:47 CDT

WESTPORT — With a $2,000 grant to work with, all seventh and eighth grade students in the Westport Middle School will be taking part in a Diamondback Terrapin Science Program, through the Lloyd Center for the Environment, in the upcoming year.

PINNEY HONORED AT Lloyd Center ANNUAL MEETING

no@spam.com (Lloyd Center For the Environment) — Fri, 09 May 2008 12:14:36 CDT

DARTMOUTH — When the name of William M. Pinney, Jr. was announced by board president Mary Ellen Hawes Lees last Thursday night as the winner of this year’s George G. Haydock Award at the Lloyd Center for the Environment’s Annual Meeting, held at the Dartmouth Grange Hall, the audience erupted with an enthusiastic roar of approval and applause.

LLOYD CENTER RECEIVES GRANTS FOR SCIENCE CURRICULUM REFORM AND DEVELOPMENT IN FALL RIVER SCHOOLS

no@spam.com (Lloyd Center For the Environment) — Fri, 09 May 2008 12:11:19 CDT

Dartmouth, MA – The Alces Foundation, Grimshaw-Gudewicz Charitable Foundation, The Harold Whitworth Pierce Charitable Trust, and the Rodgers Family Foundation have awarded the Lloyd Center for the Environment $28,000 in grants to support its Science Curriculum Reform and Development Initiative in the Fall River public schools.

Twenty Dartmouth and Westport Artists Team Up for New Tour

no@spam.com (Press Room) — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 09:01:56 CDT

April 22, 2008 – Dartmouth and Westport artists have teamed up to start a new open studio weekend event that emphasizes educating their visitors, in real-life environments by demonstrating their skills, one artist, at one studio, at one time. Consisting of some of the area’s premiere painters, ceramic artists, photographers, jewelers and others, the ART drive emphasize a consistent level of professionalism and quality with some unusual studio venues that are spotted among the area’s coastal villages, lovely farm lands, and seacoast. Taking place on the weekend of August 16 and 17, the ART drive artists will donate a percentage of their sales to The Lloyd Center for the Environment.

Twenty Dartmouth and Westport Artists Team Up for New Tour to Benefit Lloyd Center for the Environment

no@spam.com (Press Room) — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:46:27 CDT

Dartmouth and Westport artists have teamed up to start a new open studio weekend event that emphasizes educating their visitors, in real-life environments by demonstrating their skills, one artist, at one studio, at one time. Consisting of some of the area’s premiere painters, ceramic artists, photographers, jewelers and others, the ART drive emphasize a consistent level of professionalism and quality with some unusual studio venues that are spotted among the area’s coastal villages, lovely farm lands, and seacoast. Taking place on the weekend of August 16 and 17, the ART drive artists will donate a percentage of their sales to The Lloyd Center for the Environment.

Comprehensive Recycling Program to Commence in New Bedford Public Schools

no@spam.com (Elizabeth Treadup (Mayor's Office)) — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 12:49:28 CDT

New Bedford, Massachusetts - On March 31, 2008, the New Bedford School Committee unanimously voted to support a motion submitted by Mayor Scott W. Lang to institute a school recycling program throughout the New Bedford Public Schools System.

LLOYD CENTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT TO HOST SPRING WOODCOCK WALK

no@spam.com (Lloyd Center For the Environment) — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:51:09 CST

Dartmouth, MA – Join Jamie Bogart, Research Associate at the LLOYD CENTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, on a unique journey. You will experience a true spectacle in early spring as you observe the American Woodcock (Scolopax minor) courtship flight in the fields of South Dartmouth. The American Woodcock is a unique member of the shorebird family because it spends its life near woodlands. These upland birds are early migrants often visible before snowmelt, and are ground nesters. In addition to open habitats, woodcocks require early successional to mature hardwood forest where their main food source, earthworms, is plentiful.

LLOYD CENTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT HOSTS SEAL WATCH AND CUTTYHUNK ISLAND TOUR

no@spam.com (Lloyd Center For the Environment) — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 11:49:49 CST

New Bedford, MA – Motor out to Cuttyhunk Island with Lloyd Center for the Environment’s Research Associate, Jamie Bogart, to view wildlife associated with the island in early spring. After a glimpse of flocks of sea ducks and the Elizabethan Chain from the “M/V Cuttyhunk”, step foot on Cuttyhunk Island for a walk to “the lookout”, the island’s highest point, whereby you’ll gain a sense of the island’s natural history, and enjoy superb panoramic views of Buzzards Bay and Vineyard Sound. Cuttyhunk bird life can be quite diverse, and we’ll stop for a look at any birds seen along the way.

LLOYD CENTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT HOSTS LATE WINTER WILDLIFE WALK

no@spam.com (Lloyd Center For the Environment) — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 16:01:59 CST

Dartmouth, MA – Join LLOYD CENTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT’S Research Associate, Jamie Bogart, on a special journey. By exclusive invitation, you will visit Mishaum Point, Nonquitt, Salters Pond, as well as the Lloyd Center’s maritime forest and waterfront, and the Slocum and Little rivers. Departing from the Lloyd Center’s Headquarters, this unique trip will take place on Sunday, March 2nd, from 9:30am to 12:30pm.

Dartmouth - Lloyd Center Winter Waterfowl Count

no@spam.com (Lloyd Center For the Environment) — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:38:32 CST

On Sunday February 3, 2008, Lloyd Center staff scientists and volunteer surveyors completed the 2nd count for this season’s annual winter waterfowl survey, from the Sakonnet River in Rhode Island to Apponagansett Bay in Dartmouth.