|
|
Kyle Wilkinson, 8, and Savannah
Wilkinson, 10, from Houston learn about the Gulf of Mexico from GMF's Richard Gonzales, right, and Kendal Keyes
who were at the GMF booth for World Oceans Day at TSA on June 8.
|
|
News
GMF joins World Oceans Day activities at aquarium
June 8, 2021 - Gulf of Mexico Foundation staff members and volunteers from the GMF's
Science and Spanish Club participated in World Oceans Day at the Texas
State Aquarium in Corpus Christi. Handing out printed materials at the
GMF display booth, GMF staff greeted hundreds
of aquarium visitors, educating them both about the Gulf of Mexico and
the Foundation's mission.
Read on. |
|
|
|
Multicultural Education
GMF Science & Spanish
Clubs active this spring
May 12, 2021 - More than 100
students from the GMF's Science &
Spanish Clubs met with coastal county commissioners and others today during the Gulf of Mexico Community-based Youth Leadership in Stewardship Conference
today. Held in Rockport, Texas, the event created a platform for community-based coastal conservation empowerment strategies.
Organized by the GMF's project leader Richard Gonzales, the event
was sponsored by Coastal Bend Bays Foundation, and Cheniere and Valero corporations.
|
|
|
May 21, 2021 -
The first-ever Bahia Grande Beach Cleanup was held today with members
of the GMF's Science & Spanish Clubs
from Dr. Juliette Garcia Middle School in Brownsville and Port Isabel Junior High School leading other volunteers in picking up and recording
the types of trash at San Martin Lake and along the shoreline of the Port Isabel school grounds. The participating schools
are a part of the Bahia Grande ecosystem, as their school districts border the sensitive water body. Several new schools have
joined the education network making a total of 10 schools throughout south and central
Texas and northern Mexico. Read on. |
|
|
|
Staff
 Coast Guard recognizes Bobbi Reed
April 19, 2021 - The GMF's federal contracts specialist Bobbi Reed was awarded the U.S. Coast Guard
Meritorious Public Service award by Captain Lincoln Stroh for her 10
years of dedication to the South Texas Coastal Zone Area Committee. Over the
course of her involvement, the Area Committee has designed and
published detail action guidelines for responding to hazardous materials in the
marine environment. |
|
GMF staff members conduct
site visits, attend events
After attending a NOAA grants training workshop in Seattle
this winter, GMF's project coordinator Kendal Keyes joined project leader
Richard Gonzalez
on a visit to the Bahia Grande
restoration site in south Texas this spring. In December 2004, GMF's webmaster
Carrie Robertson
traveled to Brownsville to photograph a ceremony
dedicating the restored greenhouse where plants for the Bahia Grande
restoration are being grown.
Read on. |
|
|
|
Restoration
New round of CRP restoration funding available
In partnership with NOAA and the
EPA's GEMS program, the GMF sent out requests for
pre-proposals this spring to prospective applicants for the Gulf of Mexico Community-based Restoration Program (CRP) which funds citizen-driven habitat
restoration projects in the Gulf of Mexico region. Deadline
for pre-proposal submission has been extended to Aug 15..
Read on.
|
|
|
|
