We have several free educational programs this Winter (2023). 

Port Aransas

Patton Center, 855 East Cotter Ave. 

Our Public Lecture Series is back at UTMSI in our newly renovated Patton Center - Thursdays from Jan 12 - Feb 23rd. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the lecture starts at 7 p.m. FREE.
 
Jan 12th – Alicia Walker – ARK Year in Review
Jan 19th – Katie Swanson – Black Mangroves
Jan 26th – Liz Sommerville – Weather presentation
Feb 2nd – Catherine Musemeche – Oceanographer Mary Sears
Feb 9th – Lee Fuiman – Antarctic research on seals
Feb 16th – Kristin Nielsen - Ecotoxicology
Feb 23rd – David Newstead – Bird migration

We also have a public lecture on Friday, January 13th at 4 p.m. entitled "Dredge or Die: a race to the bottom of the US Gulf Coast” by Joshua Lewis & Ben Depp 

Rockport 

Bay Education Center, 121 Seabreeze Drive, Rockport Texas 78382

Our Bay Talks is a FREE public Lecture Series at the Bay Education Center in Rockport on Wednesdays @ 2 pm from January - February. 

Jan 11th – Whooping Cranes
Jan 18th - Coastal Resiliency
Jan 25th - Oyster Restoration & Carbon Sequestration
Feb 1st - Serpulid Reeds in Baffin Bay
Feb 8th - Managing & Monitoring Mangrove Habitats in the Mission-Aransas Reserve
Feb 25th - Marine Debris

Winter Texan programs are offered weekly on Fridays from 10:30-11:15 am for our Winter Texans and others. They're limited to the first 12 adults. 

Jan 6 - Bay Walk

Jan 13 - Fish Printing

Jan 20 - Bay Walk

Jan 27 - Plankton

Feb 3- Bay Walk

Feb 10 - Bird Feeders

Feb 17 - Bay Walk

Feb 24 - Seashell Wind Chimes