Each year, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department closes the coast to crab fishing for 10 days to support the Annual Abandoned Crab Trap Removal Program, a coast-wide effort that reduces threats to marine life, improves navigation safety, and supports healthier bays. During the 2025 Abandoned Crab Trap Removal Program, volunteers across the Texas Mid-Coast removed more […]
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Healthy bird populations are an indicator of a healthy Bay. Join the Galveston Bay Foundation for a monthly bird survey led by Texas Master Naturalist and Lead GBF Volunteer, Lisa Hardcastle, at Sweetwater Preserve, a 140-acre GBF property that is not open to the public. This restored site includes coastal prairie, estuarine marsh, salt flats, freshwater […]
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At the GBF EcoCenter Greenhouse, staff & volunteers cultivate native plants to restore & manage native coastal tallgrass prairies in four counties that surround Galveston Bay. Every Thursday and Saturday, 8-11:00 am, volunteers work in our native plant nursery to help heal one of America’s rarest and most endangered landscapes: the Coastal Tallgrass Prairie. This […]
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Join us for a Rain Barrel Workshop on January 10 from 9:00–10:30 AM at Deer Park Prairie (1222 Purdue Lane, Deer Park, TX 77536), in partnership with the Native Prairies Association of Texas. Learn how harvesting rainwater can help conserve water, reduce runoff, and support a healthier local watershed—then take home your own rain barrel […]
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Celebrate the season and support cleaner shorelines by joining the Galveston Bay Foundation’s Water Protection Marine Debris team for a creative afternoon of upcycling using debris collected during GBF’s Marine Debris surveys. You will transform these materials, once harmful to wildlife and habitats, into meaningful gifts or decorations you can keep for yourself like holiday crafts, cards, […]
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