Lloyd Center For the Environment
The Lloyd Center is the only area organization focused on educating the public about coastal and watershed issues, and conducting research on coastal ecosystems and endangered species. The Lloyd Center serves individuals, agencies, and organizations in southeastern New England (Rhode Island to Boston to Cape Cod).
The Center cooperates on a broader level in coastal, environmental, and educational programming throughout New England, nationally and internationally.
The Center's school-based activities further expand their reach to urban audiences. A scholarship program also provides space for ten urban New Bedford students, mostly African-American and other minorities, in the Summer Program.
You can learn more about the Lloyd Center for the Environment at: http://www.lloydcenter.org.
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LLOYD CENTER TO HOLD FIFTH ANNUAL SLOCUM RIVER REGATTA - SEPT 11
- By Lloyd Center For the Environment
- Published 08/19/2010
- Nature & Environment , Announcements & Press Releases
Join the Lloyd Center for the Environment for the FIFTH Annual Slocum River Regatta, “Southern New England’s Fall Rowing & Paddling Festival” on Saturday, September 11. Races will start and finish near the mouth of the Slocum River (nearby the Lloyd Center’s pier and dock) and traverse a two-mile closed-loop buoyed course on the tidal waters of one of New England’s most beautiful estuaries. 2010 Art Drive - A big success but not over yet!
- By Lloyd Center For the Environment
- Published 08/16/2010
- Announcements & Press Releases , Arts & Culture , Nature & Environment
SEINING FOR SUBTROPICALS TRIP WITH THE LLOYD CENTER – AUGUST 21
- By Lloyd Center For the Environment
- Published 08/9/2010
- Announcements & Press Releases , Nature & Environment
DISCOVER STAND-UP PADDLE BOARDING AT THE LLOYD CENTER – AUGUST 28
- By Lloyd Center For the Environment
- Published 08/9/2010
- Announcements & Press Releases , Nature & Environment
LLOYD CENTER SPONSORS WOMEN’S CANOE TRIP – AUGUST 24
- By Lloyd Center For the Environment
- Published 08/5/2010
- Announcements & Press Releases , Nature & Environment
LLOYD CENTER SPONSORS ‘SLOCUM RIVER SUNSET KAYAK TOUR’ – AUGUST 19
- By Lloyd Center For the Environment
- Published 08/5/2010
- Announcements & Press Releases , Nature & Environment
LLOYD CENTER “PADDLEFEST” REGATTA SET FOR SATURDAY– SEPTEMBER 11
- By Lloyd Center For the Environment
- Published 08/5/2010
- Announcements & Press Releases , Nature & Environment
M.I.T.S. TEACHER WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS TAKE PART IN THE RELEASE OF THREATENED DIAMONDBACK TERRAPIN
- By Lloyd Center For the Environment
- Published 07/23/2010
- Announcements & Press Releases , Nature & Environment
Legendary South Coast Summer Opener Huge Success…Again!
- By Lloyd Center For the Environment
- Published 07/17/2010
- Announcements & Press Releases , Nature & Environment
DARTMOUTH’S LLOYD CENTER – A SPECIAL PLACE FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY
- By Lloyd Center For the Environment
- Published 06/16/2010
- Announcements & Press Releases , Nature & Environment , Tourism
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION AWARDS LLOYD CENTER $1,000 GRANT
- By Lloyd Center For the Environment
- Published 06/16/2010
- Announcements & Press Releases , Education , Nature & Environment
LLOYD CENTER SPONSORS FREE SUMMER BIRD WALK – JUNE 12
- By Lloyd Center For the Environment
- Published 06/9/2010
- Announcements & Press Releases , Nature & Environment
LLOYD CENTER SPONSORS FREE LATE SPRING BREEDING-BIRD WALK – JUNE 19
- By Lloyd Center For the Environment
- Published 06/9/2010
- Nature & Environment , Announcements & Press Releases
Dartmouth, MA – The public is invited to join Lloyd Center Research Associate, Jamie Bogart, on Saturday, June 19 for an early morning walk at the Lloyd Center. Rise early to see and hear avian life during the peak of breeding season on the Center’s unique Hardscrabble Nature Preserve with its forest, freshwater wetlands, and estuary habitats. In addition to learning about the birds encountered during this early morning stroll through the Center’s trail system, participants will discover other interesting aspects of nature on the Lloyd Center property.TAKE A SUNSET KAYAK TOUR WITH THE LLOYD CENTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT – JUNE 24
- By Lloyd Center For the Environment
- Published 06/9/2010
- Nature & Environment , Announcements & Press Releases

Watch wading and shorebirds flock to feed, see fish jump and await the multitude of color changes in the sky. This is a wonderful and relaxing way to explore the delicate ecosystem of this salt marsh. Inexperienced paddlers are welcome.
LLOYD CENTER SPONSORS SLOCUM RIVER KAYAK TOUR – JUNE 19
- By Lloyd Center For the Environment
- Published 06/9/2010
- Announcements & Press Releases , Places to Visit , Nature & Environment , Tourism
LLOYD CENTER SPONSORS WOMEN’S CANOE TRIP – JUNE 24
- By Lloyd Center For the Environment
- Published 06/9/2010
- Announcements & Press Releases , Nature & Environment
LLOYD CENTER CLAMBAKE XXV, ‘SIMPLY, THE BEST!’ - 25 YEARS AND GOING STRONG
- By Lloyd Center For the Environment
- Published 06/9/2010
- Nature & Environment , Places to Visit , Announcements & Press Releases
Dartmouth, MA – Twenty-five years ago, on a perfect summer night, hundreds of high spirited guests, in classic chauffeur-driven antique automobiles, headed down the long drive at Round Hill…on their way to an enormous white tent, on a bluff, overlooking the water. It was the launching of what was to become one of the South Coast’s most cherished traditions, one which has continued to grow, in popularity, in significance and in merriment, year in and year out.LLOYD CENTER PROWLS FOR OWLS
- By Lloyd Center For the Environment
- Published 06/3/2010
- Tourism , Nature & Environment , Announcements & Press Releases
LLOYD CENTER SPONSORS FREE SUMMER BIRD WALK – JUNE 12
- By Lloyd Center For the Environment
- Published 05/18/2010
- Announcements & Press Releases , Places to Visit , Nature & Environment
LLOYD CENTER – VOLUNTEER TRAINING: BEACHED BIRD SURVEYS FOR SEANET PROGRAM
- By Lloyd Center For the Environment
- Published 04/12/2010
- Nature & Environment , Education , Announcements & Press Releases
LLOYD CENTER – OUTER CAPE BIRDING AND WHALE WATCHING TOUR
- By Lloyd Center For the Environment
- Published 04/12/2010
- Nature & Environment , Education , Announcements & Press Releases
Join Lloyd Center Research Associate, Jamie Bogart on a true coastal spectacle with a birding and whale watching expedition to the outer Cape, where like the Lloyd Center landscape, forest meets sea. You'll witness birds swirling over the ocean, soaring with the shoreline breezes, and fluttering through the forest in a region where spring migrants and resident species intermingle for a productive birding venture. Specific stops will include Pilgrim Heights, a great hawk watching location also offering picturesque views of the landscape and a glacial lake; Herring Cove Beach, optimal for shoreline birding and a beach stroll; the Province Lands Visitor Center, an education center which includes an amphitheater and gift shop; and Beech Forest, a historically important ecosystem relative to the Cape's evolution, and a superb location to view migratory warblers.BRADIE METHENY TO ADDRESS LLOYD CENTER’S ANNUAL MEETING
- By Lloyd Center For the Environment
- Published 04/12/2010
- Announcements & Press Releases , Education , Nature & Environment
Volunteer Opportunity: Trail Day at the Lloyd Center for the Environment
- By Lloyd Center For the Environment
- Published 03/30/2010
- Nature & Environment , Announcements & Press Releases
Dartmouth, MA - The LLOYD CENTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT invites its members and friends to join their energetic group of volunteers for the year’s first trail maintenance day on Thursday, April 22nd, from 9:00am to noon at the Nature Center’s Headquarters located at 430 Potomska Road in Dartmouth. In the spirit of Earth Day, work will include removal of invasive species on the Lloyd Center property and clearing of brush, otherwise cleaning up some of these popular hiking trails. All volunteers are welcome, and pre-registration is suggested to enable the center to notify volunteers if weather makes it necessary to cancel the event. We will break at 12 noon for a light picnic lunch (provided by the Lloyd Center). To learn more about this event or to pre-register, call our Event Line (508-558-2918) or visit our website (www.lloydcenter.org).Lloyd Center sponsors Seal and Bird Watch with a stop at Cuttyhunk Island - APRIL 10
- By Lloyd Center For the Environment
- Published 03/18/2010
- Nature & Environment , Announcements & Press Releases
New Bedford, MA – Venture out with Jamie Bogart, Lloyd Center Research Associate, on Saturday, April 10, aboard the M/V Cuttyhunk Ferry to view ‘overwintering’ seals and waterfowl. During early spring, coastal waters are quite active with migratory movements. At `Gull Island’, a small sandbar situated along the Elizabeth Island chain between the Cuttyhunk and Penikese Islands, seals haul-out at low tide, and waterfowl linger in the surrounding waters. Harbor, grey, and harp seals may be viewed, along with ducks, gulls, loons, and cormorants.Lloyd Center conducts "Spring woodcock walk"
- By Lloyd Center For the Environment
- Published 02/26/2010
- Nature & Environment , Education , Announcements & Press Releases
Join Lloyd Center Research Associate, Jamie Bogart, on Monday, March 22 on a “spring woodcock walk”. Experience a true spectacle in early spring as you observe the American Woodcock (Scolopax minor) courtship flight in Dartmouth where many fields that serve as staging areas exist. These early migrants are often visible before snow melt, and are a true sign of spring.The Lloyd Center for the Environment is pleased to announce the election of George R. Nelson, M.D., to a three-year term on the Center’s Board of Directors
- By Lloyd Center For the Environment
- Published 01/22/2010
- Nature & Environment , Announcements & Press Releases
The Lloyd Center for the Environment is pleased to announce the election of George R. Nelson, M.D., to a three-year term on the Center’s Board of Directors. A longtime supporter of the Lloyd Center, Dr. Nelson is a graduate of the University of Virginia Medical School, and completed his Internal Medicine residency at Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, N.Y, and subsequent Harvard Cardiology Fellowship at the Brigham & Women's Hospital in Boston. He is a recognized authority on heart failure and Cardiac Defibrillator therapy and was certified by the International Board of Heart Rhythm Specialists in 2006 for "Special Competency in Cardiac Pacing and Defibrillation Therapy." He was a founding partner in Cardiology Associates of Fairfield County (CT) and Director of both the Pacing Service and Cardiac Rehab Program at Norwalk Hospital (CT) prior to his recent retirement.LLOYD CENTER TO HOLD `FREE` PRESCHOOL STORY HOUR
- By Lloyd Center For the Environment
- Published 01/20/2010
- Nature & Environment , Education , Announcements & Press Releases
Dartmouth, MA - Join Amanda Wilkinson, Lloyd Center Educator-Naturalist, for a “Something’s Fishy”’ story hour at the Lloyd Center’s visitor center. Children and parents will be treated to a fish-themed story followed by a tour of the Lloyd Center’s resident aquatic creatures. Spend your Saturday morning getting up close and personal with our fish, crabs, sea stars and more!COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AWARDS LLOYD CENTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT WITH $1,000 GRANT
- By Lloyd Center For the Environment
- Published 01/14/2010
- Announcements & Press Releases , Nature & Environment
Educational programs that include video clips, pictures and sound help to bring environmental education into the classroom. The addition of a new projector will allow Lloyd Center educators to provide multimedia presentations at schools that do not have the necessary technology and/or cannot travel to outdoor field programs.
LLOYD CENTER AWARDED COASTAL EXPLORATION GRANT
- By Lloyd Center For the Environment
- Published 01/14/2010
- Announcements & Press Releases , Nature & Environment
The Coastal Exploration Program on Adaptation will benefit Southcoast Massachusetts by helping students make the connection between climate change and its impact on both animals and humans. The program consists of two hands-on activities, each led by a Lloyd Center Naturalist.
Lloyd Center sponsors Seal Watch and Cuttyhunk Island Tour
- By Lloyd Center For the Environment
- Published 01/11/2010
- Nature & Environment , Arts & Culture , Announcements & Press Releases
New Bedford, MA – Venture out with Jamie Bogart, Lloyd Center Research Associate, on Sunday, February 7, to the Elizabethan chain to view over-wintering seals 'hauled out' at low tide. Seals migrate from colder northerly waters in search of warmer, shallow embayments for wintering habitat - these secluded islands being a perfect top-over.
