Napatree Resources

State of Napatree Reports

• 2022 Report
• 2021 Report
• 2020 Report
• 2019 Report
• 2018 Report
• 2017 Report
• 2016 Report
• 2015 Report
• 2014 Report
• 2013 Report

Technical Publications

• Napatree Point: A Decade of Stewardship. P. August, J. Sassi & D. Cole. 2024. BRG Scientific
• RI Natural History Survey & Stewardship of Napatree, Janice Sassi & Peter August
• Bird Disturbance on Napatree, Thomas Mayo
• Napatree Shoreline Change, Dr. Bryan Oakley
• 2005 RI Natural History Survey Reconnaissance of Napatree, K. Puryear
• 2010 RI Natural History Survey Reconnaissance of Napatree, J. Buxton

Species Lists

• Birds of Napatree and Photo Guide, Reynold Larsen
• Plants of the Napatree Point Conservation Area, 1994-2002. Lisa Lofland Gould
• Bees of Napatree. Aya Rothwell and Howard Ginsberg (Northeastern Naturalist)
• 2020 Moths of Napatree. Mark Mello & Jamie Bogart
• Juvenile Fish of Little Narragansett Bay. Katherine Rodrigue, et al., 2019.

Media

• Science Advisor Alan Desbonnet: Hiking Napatree (RI PBS. Trail Stories, August 2024)
• Napatree Stewardship, Simply Southern New England (Cox Channel 4, Fall 2022)
• State of Napatree 2020 (Westerly Sun, February 26, 2021)
• Napatree: A National Case Study for Managing for Climate Change. Land Trust Alliance
• Conservancy’s Annual Report on Napatree Point: Beach is busy, Bountiful and Beautiful. (Westerly Sun, 3/19/2018)
• Napatree Studies Become a Valuable Source of Scientific Information (Westerly Sun, 3/25/2018)
• Rey Larsen, Monitoring Birds on Napatree For over 50 Years (Westerly Sun, 4/14/2018)
• Scientists at Napatree Refine Eelgrass Mapping Techniques (Westerly Sun, 4/12/2019)
• Used and Abused: How Much Can the Oceans Take? (ecoRI, 6/10/2019)

Photo Collections

• Napatree Science, Education, and Monitoring: A Year in Pictures
  • 2020
  • 2019
  • 2018
  • 2017
  • 2016
  • 2015
  • 2014
  • 2013
• A Photo Tour of Napatree, EcoRI
• Osprey Nest Rehabilitation 2018

Videos and Films

• Winter Storms 2023/2024: Overwash and Recovery
• Dune Grass Recovery Following Winter Storms of 2023/2024: Timelapse Video
• December 18, 2023 Winter Storm: Dramatic Photos and Video Clips, The Watch Hill Conservancy
• URI Coastal Institute Demonstration Site Project – The Napatree Video Trilogy: People, Geology, Ecology
• Napatree Xploration Awesome Planet with Philippe Cousteau
  • YouTube
• Horseshoe Crab Surveys at Napatree, URI Today
• Hurricane Hermine Beach Runup on Time Lapse Video, Dr. Bryan Oakley (ECSU), September 2016
• Black Skimmers Feeding in the Napatree Lagoon – 2017, Dr. Lindsay A. Green-Gavrielidis (URI)
• Swallows Staging on Napatree – 2017, Aya Rothwell (URI)
• Doe & New Fawn – June 2018, P. August & J. Sassi. 
• Eelgrass off Napatree – September 2020
• Osprey Cam – August 2020, P. August, J. Sassi, P. Paton

Maps

• Story Map Tour of Napatree, Jessica Cressman

Information Resources

• Napatree Facebook Site
• The Watch Hill Conservancy Facebook Site
• Watch Hill Fire District Web Site