2025 Activity Report

SMWS 2025 Report – Year in Review Summary

Sanctuary staff after one of our regular nature walks, this one at Seawall Point, July 18th, 2025, from L to R: Nathaniel Austin, Holly Tighe, Emma Flood, Rusty Taylor, Stanley Grierson, board member & volunteer Greg Helbig, Billy Helprin

2025 was a busy year with many types of education programs, alewife and loon study, fish passage maintenance, courtesy boat inspections, invasive species public outreach and control efforts, trail work, and the completion of a new garage/shop/year-round office building. We had three seasonal staff members on board during the summer, along with our three year-round staff.

We are grateful to all our volunteers who help count alewife, provide loon observations, and assist with education programs and trail work; our agency and non-profit partners in education programs and wildlife projects; and our larger community of supporters, neighbors, and participants in the wide range of Sanctuary endeavors. Thank you to all!

Read the full report here.