Now Accepting Proposals for the 2025 Cape Cod Natural History Conference

Now Accepting Proposal Submissions

Wellfleet Bay invites researchers to submit proposals to present at the 28th Annual Cape Cod Natural History Conference.

The work to be presented may be the result of professional or personal study, and should focus on the ecology, status, distribution of local plants, animals, natural communities, or environmental restoration projects on the Cape.

General Guideines

Submissions with results will be favored over proposed research, though all submissions are welcome. Those who would like to share their work but prefer not to present are encouraged to propose a science poster. 

Proposal submissions are due January 13th, 2025. The conference will take place on Saturday, March 8, 8:30 am-3:00 pm at Cape Cod Community College in Barnstable.

Submit a Proposal

Last Year's Presentations

• Reconstructing the Past and Documenting the Present at Duck Harbor: A System in Transition by Katie Castagno, Center for Coastal Studies
• Migrating Seabird Staging Trends Observed at Norton Point in Edgartown, Ma by Jamie Infanti, Mass Audubon Coastal Waterbird Program 
• Desperate Times Call for Innovative Measures: Preventing Salt Marsh Loss with Runneling and Ditch Remediation by Jordan Mora, Association to Preserve Cape Cod 
• Massachusetts' First Shorebird Blitz: A Snapshot of Shorebird Migration Along our Coast by Liana DiNunzio, Manomet, Inc. 
• Beech Leaf Disease: An Emerging Threat to New England and Cape Cod Forests by Chris Brothers, Oyster Pond Environmental Trust 
• Proliferation of a Rare Grassland/Heathland Species Assemblage Within a Military Headquarters by Jacob McCumber, Massachusetts Army National Guard