Category: Volunteers


Woods Hole Intern Adventure!

intern

Here on the Cape, there are many organizations which focus on marine science and other related fields. Woods Hole, MA is a leader in marine research and discoveries with facilities like the Marine Biological Laboratory and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. Today, we took a trip down to Woods Hole to visit the NOAA Woods Hole […]

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Brittany’s Week 2

Bruce Pierce & Vesuvius

We released Teanna this week. We drove to the Mass Audubon Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary to release her.  We got a tour of the facility and got to go behind the scenes and see Teanna weighed, measured, etc. She was also notched so if she was ever caught we would be able to identify her. […]

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A Bright Future

diamondback terrapin

The past two weeks at the National Marine Life Center have been busy and full of promise. Just as the few days of sun we received were a hint of what the summer has in store, all that has gone on at NMLC recently has shown just how exciting this summer will be as things […]

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Brittany’s Internship Week 1

Cape Wildlife Center

This week was VERY  busy. I started on Monday morning; got the tour of the Discovery center, the hospital and the rest of the building. I met the patients we had at the time, which consisted of Teanna (a Diamondback Terrapin), Catch 22 (a Red-Bellied Cooter) and the 8 Hatchlings that we received through the  […]

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Monofilament Recycling Program Underway!

Last week the interns were charged with a new task – emptying the monofilament recycling bins. So far there are two bins in place along the Cape Cod Canal, one near the herring run  and the other  right behind the National Marine Life Center. The Monofilament Rocovery and Recycling Program (MMRP)  is relatively new to […]

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Internship Week One

hatchling release

My first week at the National Marine Life Center has been all that I could hope for. The great group of staff members and volunteers has welcomed me and has already made me feel comfortable at my new internship. In addition to getting to know everyone at NMLC, I have learned a lot about caring […]

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A big step to a career: Brie’s internship blog 1

At 4 am on Monday morning, I prepared to catch my plane to Buzzards Bay to begin my internship at the NMLC. I’ve learned so much this week about how the center runs, like how volunteers and staff support each other, water chemistry testing procedures, tank cleaning practices, the backgrounds and treatment for the turtles, […]

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Welcome 2011 Summer Interns

The National Marine Life Center would like to welcome our 2011 summer interns.  After a competitive process we have invited four awesome interns to join the NMLC team for the summer.  We are very excited for their arrival over the next few weeks! These four students will be the face of the NMLC in the […]

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Thank You, Volunteers!

We have a volunteer I call “Awesome Bob” because, well, he is.  And when I think about our other awesome volunteers, additional adjectives come to mind.  Wonderful, hard-working, dedicated, helpful, amazing, fabulous, really cool…. As National Volunteer Week draws to a close, I would like to thank and recognize everyone who volunteers at the National […]

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Summer Internship Opportunities

The National Marine Life Center is seeking qualified students to fill our summer internship positions. Summer interns will assist NMLC staff and volunteers with education projects and animal care. See below for the complete details or click here for the pdf internship announcement. Summer Internship Opportunity The National Marine Life Center (NMLC) is a non-profit organization dedicated to rehabilitating for […]

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