Upcoming Events

Trash Bash 2021 is going VIRTUAL!

The River, Lakes, Bays N’ Bayous Trash Bash event will be going virtual in 2021 to protect our volunteers and their families. Celebrate with us and learn how to be good stewards of our Galveston Bay watershed the weekend of March 27, 2021. To learn more about what Virtual Trash Bash looks like, and how you can participate, check out the Virtual Trash Bash Information Packet.

REGISTER HERE!

To learn more about Trash Bash, visit trashbash.org

Galveston Bay Foundation is happy to help answer questions that you have about Virtual Trash Bash. Contact Emily Ford at eford@galvbay.org.

Galveston Bay Foundation is thrilled to host our annual Bay Day Festival as a virtual event on Saturday, May 15, 2021. This one-day event is a celebration that includes engaging virtual exhibits from a variety of environmental organizations and partners. In addition to virtual exhibits, the Galveston Bay Foundation will go LIVE at scheduled times to showcase the wonders of Galveston Bay.

Virtually Exhibit at Bay Day Festival

Exhibitors with an exciting, engaging environmental message to share are asked to submit a 5-minute video that will be considered for the Virtual Bay Day Festival. If you would like to virtually exhibit at Bay Day Festival 2021, please contact Emily Ford at eford@galvbay.org.

Sponsor Virtual Bay Day Festival

Virtual Bay Day is funded in part by donations from local corporations that are recognized as Bay Day sponsors. Download our 2021 Virtual Bay Day Sponsor Packet to learn more and submit your sponsorship. Contact Greg Loushine at gloushine@galvbay.org for more information on sponsoring Bay Day.

Take a look at what kind of exhibits you’ll see by viewing our 2020 virtual Bay Day Festival:

12pm – 1pm

Wildlife Revealed’s YouTube Channel

1pm – 2pm

2pm – 3pm

Special Thank You To Our Event Sponsors Who Made Bay Day Festival 2020 Possible: 

We are excited to offer Marsh Mania as an IN-PERSON event for 2021, so be ready for the wet and muddy marsh grass planting fun! Though Marsh Mania is normally a single-day, large-scale marsh planting event, we will instead be offering several smaller Marsh Mania days in the month of June to spread volunteers out into smaller, safer groups. In 2020, the Galveston Bay Foundation had tremendous success implementing Covid-19 protocol during marsh planting activities.

Are you ready to volunteer at Marsh Mania in June?
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We will contact you with more details about exact dates, locations, and other important information.

Sponsor Marsh Mania Month
Marsh Mania is made possible through donations from local corporate donors, all of whom are recognized as Marsh Mania sponsors. In addition to this request for funding, Galveston Bay Foundation invites corporate employees to volunteer their time to help plant marsh grass at any of the designated Marsh Mania sites. Download the 2021 Marsh Mania Sponsor Packet. Contact Greg Loushine at gloushine@galvbay.org for more information on sponsoring Marsh Mania.

The History of Marsh Mania:
The “Mania” began in 1999, when GBF hosted the first-ever “Marsh Bash” for Galveston Bay. This one-day event set a national record when 1,500 volunteers planted nearly 70,000 stems of smooth cordgrass to create 14.5 acres of new habitat at eight sites around the Bay. Marsh Bash 1999 was a huge success and earned GBF two awards: the Governor’s Award for Environmental Excellence in the civic/nonprofit category and the First Place Gulf Guardian Award in the civic/nonprofit category from the Gulf of Mexico Program. Also, for breaking the record for the largest volunteer-based restoration event, GBF received a case of Florida oranges from Tampa BayWatch, our sister organization in Florida and the previous record holder!

Today, Marsh Mania is the nationally-recognized, signature community-based wetlands restoration and education event of the Galveston Bay area. The goal of Marsh Mania is to involve local citizens in hands-on wetlands restoration activities while increasing their awareness and appreciation of wetland habitats and functions. In its 21 years, Marsh Mania has involved nearly 8,200 community volunteers in the restoration of over 212 acres of vital salt marsh habitat at 97 sites around Galveston Bay.

Volunteers are the heart and soul of Marsh Mania. Volunteers proudly identify themselves as “Marsh Maniacs” when they return each spring to participate in this annual event.