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Celebrate National Coastweek at 4H-Tidelands Nature Center. 10:00am- 12:00pm on Sep 29th with lots of fun for the whole family.
Fish Printing (Bring a T-Shirt), create a jellyfish, manatee, etc. Tour Exhibits- Aquaria, touch tanks, sea turtles, alligators. Discount on canoe rental, kayak tours, gift shop sales.
Call Tidelands 912.635.032 for additional information.
This event will focus on the endless outdoor recreational opportunities the Georgia coast has to offer. Fun for the whole family including bird watching, kayak fishing demos, beginner photography, bluegrass music, artist demonstrations and more. $3 parking. 912-882-5256.
Saturday, September 15;Â 9:00 am -6:00 pm
Crooked River State Park – St. Mary’s
Join the GTM Research Reserve’s Visitor Services Specialist Tina Bouse on Sept 8 at 11 a.m.to learn about animal habitats, food chains, and behavior. This exciting, hands-on presentation will allow visitors to get up-close and personal with creatures of all kinds in a fun and educational environment. Live estuary animal interaction sessions will take place at 11 a.m.
GTM Research Reserve Environmental Education Center
Off A1A 17 miles south of JTB or 8 miles north of Vilano Beach
904.823.4500
Admission: Admission is $2 for adults, $1 for children aged 10 to 17, children under 10 are Free
Jekyll Island, Ga. –Wildlife enthusiasts are expected to flock again to Georgia’s Colonial Coast Birding & Nature Festival held on Jekyll Island October 12-14, 2007. The fifth annual festival offers a variety of entertainment and educational activities including a keynote speech by Cornell University’s Laboratory of Ornithology Director, Dr. John W. Fitzpatrick on the Ivory-billed Woodpecker’s rediscovery; Saturday’s FREE Nature Day event for families and youth; plus seminars and field trips highlighting coastal Georgia’s abundant natural beauty and wildlife. The Jekyll Island Convention Center will serve as the hub for festival activities, and field trip excursions will include many of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife Resources Division’s (DNR/WRD) Colonial Coast Birding Trail sites.
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Here is your chance to help make a difference. U.G.A. Marine Extension’s G.E.O.R.G.I.A. program (Generating Enhanced Oyster Reefs in Georgia’s Inshore Areas) is looking for volunteers to assist in bagging oyster shell for the oyster reef restoration project. We have future plans to restore oyster populations in Beach Creek as part of a bioremediation project on Jekyll Island. September 8, 8-10 a.m.
for more informtion call E. Ashby Nix at 912.264.7323
or visit the UGA website: www.shellfish.uga.edu/oysterrest.html