Advanced Training: Janel Ortiz, PhD Candidate, Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute at Texas A&M University-Kingsville, will be presenting "Bringing the Outside IN: Wild Birds in the 6th & 7th Grade Classroom" at the Audubon Outdoor Club meeting.  7 pm.  South Texas Botanical Gardens and Nature Center.

Volunteer Opportunity!  Coastal Bend Children in Nature in looking for volunteers to help with Science Night at Yeager Elementary. 5:00 - 7:30 pm.   Contact Sarah Coles (361-826-4661, [email protected]) for more information.

Volunteer Opportunity!  The Friends of Redhead Pond will be hosting a Fall clean up event at Redhead pond on October 7th from 9:00am to 1pm. At this clean up we will continue to focus on removing Brazilian pepper trees and move closer to completing the East Side of the property. It will be a fun day with your... Read More →

Volunteer Opportunity!  Volunteers are needed to help with the Family Science Exploration: All About Crabs! workshop at Oso Bay Wetlands Preserve.  This is a 2 hour workshop for families to explore science topics. Time: TBD.  For more information contact: Caleb Harris at 361.826.3947 or [email protected]

Volunteer Opportunity!  Coastal Bend Children in Nature in looking for volunteers to help with the Harte of the Gulf Film Festival at TAMU-CC. 10 am – 4 pm.  Contact Sarah Coles (361-826-4661, [email protected]) for more information.

Volunteer Opportunity!  From Oso Bay Wetland Staff: As temperatures (hopefully) start to cool down soon, we thought it would be a great time to start having  more trail cleanups! The major focus on our upcoming cleanups would be invasive grass removal and cleaning up the mulch beds around the building. Cleanups will start at 8:00am and will... Read More →

Bill Runyon (Community Collaborative Rain, Hail & Snow Network, CoCoRaHS) will be presenting "The Big Picture, How to volunteer and participate in the citizen scientist project, CoCoRaHS." The talk begins at 6:30 p.m. in the Education Station at the South Texas Botanical Gardens and Nature Center, 8545 S. Staples St. Corpus Christi. Our speakers are first on... Read More →

Advanced Training Opportunity: Come out to the Oso Bay Wetlands Preserve for this month's Eco-Expert, Katie Swanson, Stewardship Coordinator of the Mission-Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve at the University of Texas Marine Science Institute. Walk along any beach near Corpus Christi and you will surely find many interesting and delightful things, sand dollar fragments, sea shells,... Read More →

Volunteer Opportunity!  Help is needed for a kids fishing event at the CCA Marine Development Center on 4300 Waldron Road.  Volunteer duties are 1) setting up and 2) helping kids fish on the ponds.   October 21, 2017.  7 am to 1 pm. For more information, please contact Louisa Torrance at [email protected].

Advanced Training:  Executive Director Michael Womack will present "Trees for South Texas", from 10 am to noon, Saturday, October 21.  There’s more suitable tree possibilities out there than you might think!  Learn about tree varieties, growth rates, soil preferences and how to plant and prune for optimum growth and strength. Location: South Texas Botanical Gardens... Read More →

Volunteer Opportunity!  Sara and Lauren are looking for some front desk help (Learning Center Host) on Saturdays at the Oso Bay Wetlands Preserve.  Shifts are 2-5 hours and duties include greeting visitors, loaning out binoculars, and answering general questions about the site and programs we offer. Training is included!  For more information contact Lauren Piorkowski at [email protected] ... Read More →

Advanced Training: Nueces Master Gardener Composting Specialist Deb Holliday, will present “Creative Composting”, from 10 am to noon, Saturday, October 21.  Even if your yard is small, learn the basics of composting and easy, practical ways to recycle your kitchen scraps and landscape debris into “Gardener’s Gold”, with helpful tips dispelling the “dirty and smelly”... Read More →

Advanced Training Opportunity: Marine debris discussion at Texas A&M Corpus Christi.  Researchers to discuss plastic trash in the waters and on the beaches of Corpus Christi. At the next meeting of the Surfrider Foundation, five graduate students in the Texas A&M Corpus Christi Life Sciences Department and Physical & Environmental Sciences Department will give presentations... Read More →

Advanced Training:  Mission Aransas - National Estuarine Research Reserve all day workshop. Join us October 31, 2017 at the Del Mar Center for Economic Development Center in Corpus Christi, TX from 9am to 4pm as we improve resilience through bridging science communication to our local planning audience. This workshop will bring engaged scientists together with planners, floodplain managers, and other... Read More →