Ruggiero Trust Funds Expansion of Consecration Dell Restoration
We are pleased to announce that the A. J. & M. D. Ruggiero Memorial Trust has awarded an $80,000 grant to the Friends of Mount Auburn Cemetery to support a new phase of habitat restoration in Consecration Dell, an extraordinary … Continue reading
The Ants of Mount Auburn Cemetery: Citizen Scientists Help Document Insect Biodiversity
By Amy Mertl If you visited Mount Auburn Cemetery this summer, and were not in a hurry to climb the Washington Tower or sneak a peek at an owl’s nest, you may have lingered by the entrance way and noticed … Continue reading
The Downy Woodpecker
March is the transition month somewhere between winter and spring – one day a burst of warm air, and then strong winds and a new coating of snow, the birds, however, know that the end of winter is near. The … Continue reading
Spotted Salamanders at Consecration Dell
by Chris Leahy Spotted Salamanders spend most of their lives beneath the forest floor feasting on earthworms and other fossorial invertebrates. But once a year during the rainiest nights of early spring, legions of this and other species of mole … Continue reading