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What's New at Mass Audubon

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    Benefit Concert with Sweet Wednesday

    Spread out your picnic blankets, enjoy a cold sweet treat, and kick back for a summer evening of music in the outdoors featuring local band Sweet Wednesday!

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    18th Annual Barbara J. Walker Butterfly Festival

    Celebrate all things butterflies with a day of educational fun at Broad Meadow Brook, where butterflies fly free in their natural habitats!

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    Arcadia Folk Festival

    Listen to live music with a beautiful backdrop at the Arcadia Folk Festival. 

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    MABA in the Wild: Mass Audubon’s Art Collection on View Across the State

    This summer, the Museum of American Bird Art (MABA) hits the road, bringing a curated selection of pieces from the collection to eight Mass Audubon wildlife sanctuaries.

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    Rutland Brook Wildlife Sanctuary

    A Pathway to 30x30

    This report makes the case for protecting natural and working lands and outlines how the Commonwealth can reach the 30x30 and 40x50 land conservation goals in Massachusetts.

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    Jenny Zhao

    Rescue Raptors

    Mass Audubon is launching a campaign to reduce the use of rodent poisons across Massachusetts.

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    Mass Audubon Shop

    The Mass Audubon Shop is proud to carry a variety of products that help explain, identify, and celebrate the wonders of nature

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    2025 Cape Cod ADA Day Celebration

    In celebration of the 35th anniversary of the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Spaulding Adaptive Sports Centers is hosting the 2025 Cape Cod ADA Celebration Day in partnership with Mass Audubon and the CORD (Cape Organization for Rights of the Disabled). 

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    Photo Contest

    We're seeking photos that highlight people in nature, capture the beauty of Massachusetts wildlife, and/or celebrate our stunning landscapes.

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Our Work

Mass Audubon has worked to protect the nature of Massachusetts for people and wildlife for more than 125 years. Today, we're renowned for our land protection and wildlife conservation, successful advocacy, and innovative approaches to connecting people and nature.

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Broadmoor

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Latest News

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News July 14, 2025

Hit the Water: Boating Across Massachusetts

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News July 08, 2025

In Your Words: Alyssa Giaquinto

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Press Release July 07, 2025

Mass Audubon Hires Adrienne Frazier as New Chief Financial and Administrative Officer

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By the Numbers

With the help of our members and supporters, we protect land, offer nationally recognized education programs, and provide endless opportunities to experience the outdoors.

  • 41,000

    acres of protected land

  • 500,000

    visitors to our wildlife sanctuaries

  • 160,000

    members and supporters

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    In Your Words

    "Nature and wildlife are resilient, and we have the power to change the future for the next generation." Read more
     

    Alyssa Giaquinto
    Climate & Nature Champion with Mass Audubon's Rescue Raptors Campaign
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    Andy Tolland

    In Your Words

    "From hilltop to rocky headland, from forest to meadow, from farmstead to streamside, I saw things I’d never seen (or perhaps noticed) before in all my decades of rambling throughout the state." Read More

    Andy Tolland
    Mass Audubon Member of 30 Years
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    In Your Words

    "[Volunteering] has helped us learn more about and feel connected to the natural complexity and interrelatedness of the world around us." Read more

    Ellie and Chris Leigh-Manuell
    Father-daughter volunteer team at Drumlin Farm, Lincoln
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    In Your Words

    "I love working with Mass Audubon, and I enjoy exploring the sanctuaries as a proud member. All the sanctuaries are great, but my favorite is Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary in Natick. It was the first wildlife sanctuary I ever visited, and I just love their trails." Read more

    Michael Bryant
    Photographer
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    In Your Words

    "For my entire life, I have had a heart and passion for nature, the earth, and the environment...Volunteering helped with many important life skills I was working on, including listening, socializing, and co-working." Read more

    Katie Catalano
    MAPLE (Mass Audubon Accessible Programs & Learning Experiences) Intern
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    In Your Words

    “This is a critical moment for our climate, communities, and wildlife that requires us all to work together for our future. I’m excited to bring to it collaborative leadership, optimism, and an instinct for action, along with a deep love of our natural communities here in the state.” Read more

    Jocelyn Forbush
    Chief Conservation Officer, Mass Audubon
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    In Your Words

    “Mass Audubon staff members have helped me become more knowledgeable about the natural world, and in turn, I felt the need to do my part in helping to protect wildlife and wild places.” Read more

    Shawn Carey
    Wildlife Photographer, 2022
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    In Your Words

    "Volunteer work at Mass Audubon has provided opportunities to meet and work with people from many different backgrounds, to learn botany and ecology, to present at the annual Staff Natural History Conference, to drive a tractor, and to keep physically fit." Read more

    Jeanne Li
    Volunteer
  • Girl with a purple sweatshirt holds a large vegetable in her hand, moving it from one bucket to another.

    In Your Words

    "Mass Audubon’s Youth Climate Leaders program has provided me and my peers with the tools to help lead the next phase of this fight. Our mission is to help other young leaders recognize that we each have a powerful voice that we can use to spark change.” Read more

    Ollie Perrault
    Youth Climate Leader, 2022
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    In Your Words

    "I was fortunate that I could follow my dreams and do what makes me happy. Not everyone has that luxury. We need to ensure that young people can make a living in science and that some of the coolest, weirdest, offbeat people are scientists. It’s not all people in white lab coats spending time indoors." Read more

    Scott Edwards
    Professor and Mass Audubon Board Member
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    In Your Words

    “Being a nature preschooler made me the environmentalist I am today, and I could not be more grateful for the chance I was given." Read more

    Phoebe Klein Taylor
    Former nature preschooler now CIT, 2023