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Become a Duxbury Docent or Trailhead Educator
Become a Duxbury Docent or Trailhead Educator

Help inspire others to cherish and protect our coast! Become a Duxbury Docent!

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lena zentallDecember 31, 2025Training, Volunteer
2025 Early season Monarch count results
2025 Early season Monarch count results

Sharing an update on results of the early season (Oct 18-Nov 2, 2025) Monarch count results. Photo credit: © Natalie Clark on iNaturalist.

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lena zentallDecember 2, 2025
Point Reyes Butterfly Count 2025 Results
Point Reyes Butterfly Count 2025 Results

A summary from the Marin Monarch Working Group on the 2025 Point Reyes Butterfly Count

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lena zentallOctober 12, 2025
Government shutdown impact on Point Reyes National Seashore
Government shutdown impact on Point Reyes National Seashore

Point Reyes National Seashore Association executive director, Donna Faure, shared an update on what visitors can expect as a result of the government shutdown on October 1, 2025

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lena zentallOctober 5, 2025
A closer look at coastal fog
A closer look at coastal fog

An interesting new study from UC Santa Cruz (Go slugs!) about coastal fog asks “what is in fog?” and “how will fog change as the planet warms?”

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lena zentallSeptember 29, 2025
Snowy Plover 2025 season final stats
Snowy Plover 2025 season final stats

Twenty-nine snowy plover chicks fledged this summer in Point Reyes National Seashore! Only two fewer than last season’s record.

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lena zentallSeptember 13, 2025Snowy Plover Docent
What's a Mission Blue Hope Spot?
What's a Mission Blue Hope Spot?

The Greater Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries have been named a Mission Blue Hope Spot — one of the most prestigious recognitions in global ocean conservation!

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lena zentallAugust 29, 2025
Winter Wildlife Docent program is open for (limited) recruitment!
Winter Wildlife Docent program is open for (limited) recruitment!

The Point Reyes National Seashore is recruiting new docents to join the Winter Wildlife Docent Program (WWDP). A limited number of new docent spots are available. Submit your application before the closing date of Friday, September 12, 2025.

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lena zentallAugust 8, 2025Volunteer, Winter Wildlife Docent
Bears in West Marin
Bears in West Marin

Seen bear poop in West Marin? Local wildlife photographer and conservationist extraordinaire, Sarah Killingsworth is collecting samples.

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lena zentallJuly 27, 2025
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Home page video: The stalwart Great Blue Heron affectionately called "Gill Scott Heron" fishing in the lagoon near the bridge. July 20, 2025