Nature & Environment

Dartmouth, MA - Lloyd Center for the Environment Board Chair Robert “Brodie” MacGregor has announced that Rachel Stronach will be the new Executive Director of the Lloyd Center. Stronach, the Director of Education at the Center, succeeds D’Arcy G. MacMahon, who last summer announced his intention to retire from the post early in 2013.

The City and Refuse District are helping you make the most of your spring cleaning tasks with four upcoming events. Household Hazardous Waste Drop-off Day will take place on April 27th from 9 a.m. to noon at the Crapo Hill Landfill. Call for directions or visit www.gnbrrmdistrict.org.

Attention golfers:  Where can you play 36 holes at the TPC Boston, enjoy a delicious breakfast, lunch & dinner AND be eligible to win terrific prizes – all while supporting the kids in our community? - At the Junior Achievement IRONMAN Golf Tournament!

The City of New Bedford, the Greater New Bedford Regional Refuse Management District and Doc Shredding Corp. are partnering for a paper shredding day in downtown New Bedford.  The event will take place on Saturday, April 27, 2013 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (noon).

As you open your new holiday treasures, consider recycling your cardboard. Cardboard is important to recycle because it is valuable and banned from the landfill. During this season there are often large cardboard boxes at the curb.

The holidays can be stressful and they also stress the environment. Buying gifts means lots of packaging. It also means there are used items that are no longer needed. The Greater New Bedford Refuse District offers suggestions to conserve resources for the holidays and make celebrations greener.

The Lloyd Center announced today the achievement of its long-sought goal to protect the 27-acre parcel of land which lies directly across the road from its headquarters and spectacular nature preserve overlooking the scenic Slocum River estuary in South Dartmouth. Affectionately dubbed “Lloyd Woods” by the Center’s staff and bounded by Little River and Potomska Road, the recently acquired property was the unrestricted gift to the Center from its founder, the late Karen Lloyd and was one of the last pieces of unprotected land in the “necklace” that surrounds Dartmouth’s fragile Little River estuary.

New Bedford -- The City and Refuse District are hosting three events in October to help residents discard used sharps, such as insulin needles, hazardous waste and confidential papers.

The City of New Bedford, The Greater New Bedford Regional Refuse Management District, and Downtown New Bedford, Inc., will co-sponsor a paper shredding event on Saturday, October 27, 2012 from 9:00 a.m. to Noon. The event will take place in the municipal parking lot located across from New Bedford City Hall (at the corner of William and N. Sixth Streets). Residents and New Bedford area businesses are encouraged to bring their outdated paper items including (bank statements, insurance forms, medical forms, retired tax forms, personal files, receipts, etc.) to be shredded on site by Doc Shredding, Corp. Doc Shredding is a bonded federal and state contractor.

Paper clips and staples do not need to be removed, but the paper items must not be in binders or folders. A fee of $5 per box will be charged to help cover the cost of the operation and no box should weigh more than 40 lbs. Participants are welcome to watch the destruction of up to five of their boxes of paper. For more than 5 boxes, shredding may be done offsite.

In addition, the company will destroy old computer hard drives on site for a fee of $5.

For more information, please contact District Recycling Coordinator, Marissa Perez-Dormitzer at (508) 979-1493 or John Lobo in the City of New Bedford Office of Community Services at (508) 979-1692.

New Bedford, Massachusetts- Mayor Jon Mitchell joined the jubilant staff and members of the Buttonwood Park Zoo Society today in celebrating the unexpected arrival of three baby beavers to New Bedford's Buttonwood Park Zoo.

Mayor Mitchell was enthusiastic about the turn of events, "There's a long list of terrific reasons to make the Buttonwood Park Zoo a regular destination for your family. The chance to see our beaver babies up close is just one more!"

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Mayor Jon Mitchell announced today that on Monday, July 30 at 4:30pm at the Whaling National Historical Park Visitors Center, he and other City officials will participate in a “Green Carpet” event to launch 3rd Eye Unlimited’s promotional video touting the benefits of the City’s “New Bedford Energy Now (NBEN)” program.

After nearly five years at the helm of the Buttonwood Park Zoo, Director Dr. William Langbauer, one of the world’s foremost elephant specialists, announced today he will leave his post to pursue other professional opportunities, including a possible return to his primary field of elephant research and management.

From June 11 – June 15, scientists and naturalists will lead walks and conduct “collecting” trips within the local watershed. Walks are open to the public free of charge. To learn more about these events or to register, call Lloyd Center Research Director Mark Mello at 508-990-0505 ext. 22 or go to www.lloydcenter.org. Pre-registration is required. All walks are limited to 10 participants.

Mayor Jon Mitchell today announced his appointment of Michele Paul as the new Director of the City’s Office of Environmental Stewardship. Ms. Paul was selected by the Mayor after the City conducted a thorough search which yielded candidates from across Massachusetts and beyond. The Mayor’s appointment now awaits approval by the New Bedford City Council.

The Lloyd Center for the Environment is proud to sponsor the area’s first Southcoast All Taxa Biodiversity Initiative: Biodiversity Week from Monday, June 11 through Saturday, June 16, focusing on the Slocum and Paskamansett watersheds in Dartmouth and New Bedford. This program is possible thanks to generous grants received from Motorola Solutions Foundation, Adelard A. and Valeda Lee Roy, and Dominion Foundation.

The Lloyd Center for the Environment is pleased to announce that, at the first meeting of its Board of Directors following the Annual Meeting of the Members of the Center, Robert A. MacGregor, of Dartmouth, was re-elected to a one year-term as Chair of the Board, George R. Nelson, M.D., of Dartmouth, was re-elected to a one-year term as Vice Chair of the Board, Eric A. Braitmayer, of Fairhaven, was re-elected to a one-year term as Secretary, Thomas E. Lynch, Jr., of Dartmouth, was re-elected to a one-year term as Treasurer, and Sara H. Johnston, of Dartmouth, was re-elected to a one-year term as Assistant Treasurer.

Dr. Steven Lohrenz, Dean of the School for Marine Science and Technology (SMAST) at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, has accepted the Lloyd Center’s invitation to address our Annual Meeting this Thursday, May 3 at the WAYPOINT Event Center of the Fairfield Inn on MacArthur Drive in New Bedford. Members of the public are invited to a pre-meeting reception from 6:00pm to 7:00pm and stay for Dr. Lohrenz’s talk, "Our coasts in a state of change", which will follow the brief “business” part of the Center’s Annual Meeting starting at 7:00pm.

The City and Refuse District are helping you make the most of your spring cleaning tasks with three upcoming events.

North Dartmouth, MA. The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture announces a lecture, “Environmental Futures in Amazonia: The Vexing Question of Property Rights,” by Dr. Jeremy M. Campbell. The event—free and open to the public—will take place on Thursday, April 26, 2012 at 12:30 p.m. in LARTS 109, parking lot 1.

Author and environmental advocate, Richard Louv, to give a major presentation on “The Nature Principle and The New Nature Movement" on Thursday, March 29, at 7 p.m., at the Tifereth Israel Temple, 145 Brownell Avenue in New Bedford.

Louv's lecture will focus on the diminishing human connection with nature and how communities and individuals can work together to change that. The program is free and open to the public. Copies of Louv’s latest book, “The Nature Principle” will be available for purchase, courtesy of Baker Books, and Louv will on hand to sign them following his presentation.

The Lloyd Center for the Environment is holding a contest in which children (ages twelve and under) will draw an organism found at the Center’s Hardscrabble Nature Preserve. Visit the Lloyd Center, located at 430 Potomska Road in Dartmouth, over February vacation (February 18 – 25), walk the trails, visit the estuary, explore the nature center, and then have your child draw an organism found during your travels.

Venture out with Jamie Bogart, Lloyd Center Research Associate, on Saturday, March 3, for a Seal Watch and Birding on Cuttyhunk Island.

Are you an owl enthusiast, curious about these mystical birds, or just enjoy a cold New England winter's night? Then this outing may be just for you. In addition to being fascinating birds, owls are mysterious creatures that are rarely seen, and heard, only through keen observation. In winter, owls are building nests and establishing territories, so they are quite active while most other wildlife sleeps.

DARTMOUTH — Members of the Lloyd Center for the Environment convened recently in Dartmouth and unanimously elected Morris W. ("Rusty") Kellogg of Wellesley and Nonquitt, to membership on the organization's board of directors.

New Bedford, MA - The Buttonwood Park Zoological Society will hold its Annual Meeting on Thursday, January 19, at 5:30pm at the Buttonwood Park Zoo. The meeting's agenda includes an annual report of the Zoo Society. The meeting is open to the public. The Zoological Society asks those interested in attending the Annual Meeting please RSVP at (508) 991-4556 x 11.

Is one of your New Year’s resolutions to get outside and walk or to learn more about the natural world around you?

If yes, this is the perfect trip for you. Join Research Director Mark Mello for this Lloyd Center tradition of celebrating the start of the new year with a relaxing walk on Gooseberry Neck beach!

New Bedford, MA (Dec. 20, 2011) - Sharks! Lots of them! The Buttonwood Park Zoo in New Bedford, MA is pleased to announce the recent hatch of 12 chain dogfish in the Zoo's Aquatics Building. The recently hatched sharks are between 3 and 5 inches long.

The Buttonwood Park Zoological Society invites students in grades 4, 5 and 6 to participate in the Fifth Annual Animal Poetry Contest. This year, the student's poem can be about any one of the Zoo's rescued animals including: how it looks, acts, sounds, or why it is important, or why you like it so much. The Zoo's rescued animals include the American Bald Eagle, American Oyster Catcher, Asian Elephant, Harbor Seal, Mountain Lion, Plymouth Red-Bellied Turtle, and White Tail Deer. Visit www.bpzoo.org to download an entry form or obtain one at the Zoo's information desk.

The Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC), a state agency, has awarded the Lloyd Center for the Environment (Dartmouth, MA) a $5,300 Cultural Investment Portfolio Grant for public cultural programming.

Awarded through a competitive process, this organizational support grant signifies that the Lloyd Center for the Environment provides a high level of quality in its programs, community service and administrative ability.