
A Cool Oasis in a Hot City
Heather Famico, DCR site supervisor at Belle Isle Marsh and Kannan Thiruvengadam, FBIM board president, interviewed by CBS News Boston “It Happens Here” about Belle

Friends of Belle Isle Marsh on WBUR’s Radio Boston
October 3, 2023 – As part of NPR’s Climate Week coverage, an FBIM board member, and the organization’s community engagement staff member discuss the importance

Belle Isle Marsh featured on Chronicle TV
Sept. 27, 2023 – “East Boston’s Belle Isle Marsh is a labor of love” was a feature on Chronicle TV, WCVB/ABC, marking 40 years of

Blue Carbon and Belle Isle Marsh
By Julie Conroy & Ana Tavares Leary Carbon sequestration is the process of capturing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, measured as a rate of carbon uptake per year. Carbon

A Climate Resilient Boston Needs Belle Isle Marsh
By Ana Tavares Leary Nestled between the cities of Boston, Revere, and Winthrop lies a natural barrier to climate change, the 359-acre Belle Isle Marsh. A

FBIM Receives a Gulf of Maine Council Award!
The Gulf of Maine Council’s Sustainable Communities Award recognizes a community, or group within a community, for exemplary work in achieving sustainability outcomes related to

The Significance of Governor Healey’s Visit to Belle Isle Marsh
By Ana Tavares Leary On April 19, 2023, Governor Healey visited Belle Isle Marsh during Earth Week. The first governor’s visit since Michael Dukakis’ in 1990, Governor