We are proud to protect and steward the irreplaceable, including numerous threatened and endangered species around the state, and along the coast. Below is a sampling of some of the species found at our coastal properties:
Species: Piping Plover
Status: Threatened
Trustees Properties: Crane Beach, Cape Poge, Wasque, Coskata-Coatue
Species: American Oystercatchers
Status: State species of greatest conservation need
Trustees Properties: Wasque, Cape Poge, Coskata-Coatue
(Photo credit: Jeff Denoncour)
Species: Seabeach Knotweed
Status: Special Concern
Trustees Properties: Coskata-Coatue, Cape Poge, Long Point, Wasque, Norton Point
(Photo credit: Azucena Ponce/USFWS)
Species: Purple Tiger Beetle
Status: Special Concern
Trustees Properties: Long Point, Mnemsha Hills, Wasque
(Photo credit: M.W. Nelson/MA USFWS)
Species: Least Tern
Status: Special Concern
Trustees Properties: Wasque, Cape Poge, Crane Beach, Coskata-Coatue
(Photo credit: Amanda Boyd/USFWS)
Species: Common Tern
Status: Special concern
Trustees Properties: Coskata-Coatue
(Photo credit: Tamara Marks)
Species: Sandplain blue-eyed grass
Status: Special concern
Trustees Properties: Long Point, The FARM Institute, Wasque
Species: Salt Marsh Sparrow
Status: State species of greatest conservation need
Trustees Properties: Old Town Hill, Cape Poge, Crane Beach
(Photo credit: Dominic Sherony)
Species: Coastal Heathland Cutworm
Status: Special Concern
Trustees Properties: Long Point, Crane Beach, Wasque, Menemsha Hills
(Photo credit: G. Tyler/MA USFWS)
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