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Audubon Society of Rhode Island |
Welcome
The Audubon Society of Rhode Island, the state's first environmental organization, invites you to discover the wonders of nature. Annually, more than 17,000 members and supporters along with tens of thousands visitors enjoy our fifteen refuges statewide, award-winning Environmental Education Center, and enthralling special events and fascinating programs.
Our Audubon was founded in 1897 to halt the slaughter of birds used in the day's fashions. Today, our mission promotes environmental education, conservation and advocacy.
The Audubon connects you with nature all year through recreational and educational activities, emphasizing birds while encompassing all native wildlife and habitats.
The natural world is both sanctuary and classroom. Audubon encourages you to enjoy nature, learn from it, and protect it. Join us and experience the discoveries that nature offers you.
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 We are proud to announce that the boardwalk at the Environmental Education Center is now open!
After
weeks of nearly round the clock construction by York Bridge Company, we
are very excited to have the boardwalk, at the McIntosh Refuge in
Bristol, open again for members and the public to enjoy this summer.
At
a small ceremony today - the 8th year anniversary of the opening of the
Environmental Education Center (July 8, 2000) - Audubon's Executive
Director, Lawrence Taft, along with a group of summer day camp
children, officially cut the ribbon and re-opened the boardwalk that
was damaged by a wildfire on April 17, 2008.
"Through this
devastating event", said Larry Taft, "Audubon has a greater
appreciation for how much this boardwalk, a symbol of connecting people
with nature, means to Audubon as well as the hundreds of thousands of
visitors that have crossed this marsh since the boardwalk opened back
in 2000."
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Read more... [Boardwalk Re-opens]
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Bird and Nature Paintings
Ray Tameo is a perfectionist in his work. A self-taught artist from Attleboro, Massachusetts, his interests in bird watching, painting, duck hunting and fly-fishing have skillfully been combined into his pieces. Also an accomplished bird carver, Mr. Tameo's work is noted for accuracy and the natural settings on which the birds are displayed. When the chill of winter is past, he goes to the marshes early in the morning to paint the harbinger of spring - the red-winged blackbird. One of Mr. Tameo's paintings of this beautiful bird was awarded first place in the Sharon, Massachusetts, Art Festival.
Environmental Book Club
JULY READING:
Control of Nature
by John McPhee. 1999 Pulitzer Prize winner. “bestselling account of
places in the world where people have been engaged in all-out battles
with nature.” Bristol: Tuesday, July 15, 7-8:30 pm Smithfield:
Wednesday, July 16, 7-8:30 pm.
Control of Nature is available at our gift shops at a discount for book club members.
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