In partnership with Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Galveston Bay Foundation will facilitate a crab trap removal event in Anahuac and Bolivar on Saturday, February 22, 2020 from 9am to 1pm. Volunteers can bring their own boat to help pull traps out of the water, or they can wait on land for boats to come in and help unload and smash the traps. Our crab trap removal events take place in Anahuac and Bolivar. Spaces are very limited: REGISTER TODAY!
Dr. Jack Davis Will Present on his Pulitzer Prize-Winning Book, The Gulf: The Making of An American Sea The Gulf: The Making of An American Sea has been described as an important, comprehensive environmental history of the Gulf of Mexico that brings crucial attention to Earth’s 10th-largest body of water, one of the planet’s most diverse and productive marine ecosystems. We are thrilled to have Dr. Jack Davis discuss the book at our upcoming membership meeting and we look forward to seeing you…
Galveston Bay Foundation will host a Rivers, Lakes, Bays n’ Bayous Trash Bash site at the Bay Area Park meetup location on March 28 from 8:30am – 1pm. Join over 600 volunteers as we collect thousands of pounds of trash. Though anyone is welcome to show up the day of the event to register, we encourage everyone (especially groups) to sign up in advance. INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS LESS THAN 10 PEOPLE: REGISTER HERE! GROUPS OF 10 OR MORE: REGISTER HERE! In…
Galveston Bay Foundation's inaugural Oyster Festival is a day of food, fun and fundraising that marks its Oyster Shell Recycling Program's expansion into the Inner Loop of Houston. Join us at this unique event from 11am – 4pm on Saturday, April 4, 2020, at Silver Street Studios (2000 Edwards Street, Houston, TX 77007). Chefs at the Houston Oyster Festival will prepare oyster dishes and attendees will have the opportunity to vote for their favorite restaurant. All proceeds will directly fund…
Come celebrate Galveston Bay at Bay Day 2020! On Saturday, May 16 of 2020 from 11am to 4pm, the Kemah Boardwalk will be transformed into a fun, educational, environmental atmosphere complete with all things wet, furry, scaly, feathery, muddy and more that define Galveston Bay. Bay Day Festival is free to attend! Visitors to the Galveston Bay Foundation’s annual Bay Day Festival learn all about Galveston Bay, the largest bay in Texas and one of the most productive estuaries in…
We are gearing up for the next Marsh Mania on Saturday, June 13, 2020 from 9am -1pm and we hope you will join in on the fun! Volunteers make the difference at this signature, community-driven restoration event as we plant marsh grass along eroding shorelines of Galveston Bay. Families and kids are welcome at most locations (details on the registration form below). REGISTER The History of Marsh Mania: The “Mania” began in 1999, when GBF hosted the first ever “Marsh…
