Bay Talks

Join us for a series of free presentations about estuary, coastal, and marine environments - led by the people who study them. Lectures are on Friday afternoons from 12 - 1 p.m. Located in the Bay Education Center at 121 Seabreeze Drive, Rockport, Texas. Call 361-749-3152 for more information. Programs sponsored by The University of Texas Marine Science Institute (UTMSI) and Mission-Aransas Reserve.

January 15 - Harmful Plankton: Hidden Hazards of the Sea by Dr. Robert Dickey from UTMSI

January 22 - Coastal Bend Archaeological Discovery… in my family’s garage by Jace Tunnell from UTMSI and the Mission-Aransas Reserve

January 29 - Adaptive Management of Oysters in Texas by Dr. Christopher Mace of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department

February 5 - What are we doing to keep Aransas County - Rockport - Fulton clean and beautiful? by Diane Probst from the Rockport-Fulton Chamber of Commerce

February 12 - Northern Gulf of Mexico: Heaven for oil degrading microbes? by Hernando Bacosa from UTMSI

February 19 - Seagrass Conservation in Texas by Holly Grand from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department

February 26 - Poetic Building in Times of Change by Coleman Coker from The University of Texas School of Architecture

March 4 - Birding in Texas State Parks – your other backyard by Ben Horstmann from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department

March 11 - Passes in the Past: A look at the changes in the Mustang & Padre Island passes from 1848 to the present by Greg Smith, local historian