Winter Programs

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