Conservation

July 9, 1908

To Preserve the Heath Hen

Vineyard Gazette
The State, acting through the fish and game commission, has under consideration the purchase of the 600-acre farm of Antone Andrews, located on the Martha’s Vineyard plain, near Little Pond some th
Heath hen
Manuel F Correllus State Forest
Conservation
April 30, 1926

The Vineyard Forest Reserve

Vineyard Gazette
With the latest acquisition of land by the state, the order of tak­ing of which by the Department of Conservation was published in last week’s paper, the forest reserve on Martha’s Vineyard compr
Conservation
Manuel F Correllus State Forest
Forest fires
November 15, 1985

Upon A Pole Our Vineyard Osprey Nest

Mark Alan Lovewell
The osprey, once a seriously threatened Vineyard bird, has made a significant recovery. The osprey population on the Vineyard has doubled and doubled again in recent years.
Osprey
Conservation

1968

December 13, 1968

Felix Neck, Gift to Mass. Audubon, Will be Preserve

Vineyard Gazette
Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary
Conservation
George M. Moffett Jr., widely known as a yachtsman and conservationist, signed an agreement last week by which Felix Neck, more than 200 beautiful acres of widely varying terrain extending into Sengekontacket Pond, will be conveyed to the Massachusetts Audubon Society as a wildlife sanctuary. Part of the acreage is transferred immediately, and the balance will be leased to the Audubon Society until the gift is completed.
 

1966

August 2, 1966

Island Is Special, Secretary Udall Says at Gay Head

Peter S. McGhee
Gay Head Cliffs
Conservation
Aquinnah History
In a friendly but eloquent mixture of encouragement, advice and warning to the whole Island, Secretary of the Interior Steward L. Udall formally dedicated the colorful clay cliffs of Gay Head as a National Landmark on Saturday afternoon.
 

1965

June 25, 1965

New Group Would Strive to Save Island’s Beauty

Vineyard Gazette
Vineyard Conservation Society
Conservation
Letters have gone out to a number of Vineyarders seeking support for a new organization devoted to preserving the natural splendors of the Island. The organization is a committee of the Natural Area Council Inc., and its letter is self-explanatory:
 
“An organization is in process of formation under the name, Friends of the Island. Its purpose is to preserve the natural beauty of Martha’s Vineyard. If it is to accomplish its goal it will need the support and cooperation of all segments of the Vineyard community.
 

1960

September 12, 1960

Foundation Insures Sanctuary in a Town

Vineyard Gazette
Conservation
Sheriff's Meadow Foundation
The Sheriff’s Meadow Foundation figures this year for the first time in the list of tax-exempted property in the town of Edgartown. The property so designated is the old ice pond known for generations as Sheriff’s Meadow Pond, and the land immediately around it, now assured of preservation for all time in its present native state.
 

1949

August 5, 1949

Garlands for the Garden Club on Its Anniversary

Vineyard Gazette
Conservation
Martha's Vineyard Garden Club
The sides of the weatherbeaten old mill at West Tisbury fairly bulged with the throng who gathered there to participate in the silver jubilee celebration of the Martha’s Vineyard Garden Club on Tuesday afternoon. Including those who stood outside and listened through the windows, attendance at the meeting was close to the three hundred mark with others dropping in later at the Open House.
 
August 2, 1949

Editorial: Silver Anniversary

Vineyard Gazette
Conservation
Twenty-five years of the Martha’s Vineyard Garden Club leave us wondering a little what the Island would have been with­out this active force. It is easy to recall dozens of times when the traditional understanding as to billboards would have been broken, when trees would needlessly have been cut down, when road work would have ravaged the countryside without need, when many unforeseen contingencies of the kind have arisen, and the good sense and courteous firmness of the Garden Club have prevailed.
 

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