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National Marine Life Center Participates in Coastsweep 2009
On Saturday September 19, 2009 a group of 17 volunteers set out to the Cape Cod Canal to clean the coastline between the Train Bridge and Bourne Bridge on the Buzzards Bay side. After 2 and 1/2 hours we came back with 149 lbs of trash and cover 1.25 miles of rocks and coastline. Of […]
Upper Cape Tech Students Help Build Hospital!
Students from the Plumbing and Heating Shop at Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical High School got a real-world lesson in radiant floor heat. With the guidance of master plumber Bill Battles and his crew from Village Plumbing, the fifteen students learned the principles of radiant floor heat and helped to place tubing. Students also worked […]
Entergy Corp. donates to save stranded sea turtles!
Entergy Corporation recognizes the power of people – and animals! A long-time supporter of community environmental initiatives, Entergy’s Pilgrim Station awarded the National Marine Life Center with a $10,000 grant to provide critical environmental support for stranded, endangered sea turtles. This grant will help purchase a boiler system in NMLC’s new marine animal hospital that […]
Insulation
One of the most important features of our new marine animal hospital is that it will be well-insulated and weather-tight. When you’ve worked in a cold, leaky warehouse for years, believe me, this is really really exciting! The hospital will feature R-30 insulation in the ceiling and R-24 in the walls. According to Wikipedia, the […]
Lemonade stands raise money to save marine animals!
We were inspired by recent fundraising efforts from two groups of kids…. Alison of Gray Gables and her two cousins Jordin and Taylor have enjoyed visiting the National Marine Life Center’s Marine Animal Discovery Center. Excited about NMLC’s construction project to build a new marine animal hospital, they decided to help. Late August, they held […]
Up on the Rooftop
Today, we took a field trip to the roof top of the National Marine Life Center’s new marine animal hospital! We learned about the standing seam method of metal roof construction and the Simple Saver insulation liner that is so safe you can walk on it. In fact, it is OSHA-approved for fall safety. Brian […]
We have walls!
Over the past week, the building skeleton has been filled in with exterior wall panels. Crews from H&S Construction are working hard to finish so we can open our new marine animal hospital by October 31st for sea turtle stranding season. It’s been wonderfully fun to see the building look more and more complete each […]
Kids Who Care
Today National Marine Life Center was blessed when a group of children brought in a wonderful gift. Aaron, Natalie, Gabe, and Emily had visited NMLC’s Marine Animal Discovery Center throughout the summer with their nanny, Mary Lou. They enjoyed the crafts that they made at “Fins and Flippers” and decided they wanted to do something […]
5 Endangered Northern Red Bellied Cooters Released
The National Marine Life Center released five endangered Northern Red Bellied Cooters today at Great Quittacas Pond in Middleborough, MA. These five turtles were ones that had gone through the headstart program run by the state, and unfortunately were not big enough to be released with the rest of the headstart turtles on June 1st, […]
There’s something mesmerizing about a caterpillar.
There is just something mesmerizing about a caterpillar. No, not that kind. Well yes, that kind also…. but I was actually thinking about this kind of caterpillar! I could watch these caterpillars for hours! It’s so exciting to watch all the activity around the construction site. On any given day, there may be four or […]