Join Maura Kraus, Environmental Specialist for Collier County, in a special lecture about sea turtles--air-breathing reptiles that emerge from the sea and deposit their eggs on tropical and subtropical beaches around the world. Collier County has been monitoring and protecting sea turtle nests since 1989. Components involved in protecting sea turtles include monitoring nesting, beach […]
The Big Cypress National Preserve is partnering with the Museum of the Everglades to bring you Wilderness Wednesdays, a lecture series hosted at the museum every Wednesday from 2:00 – 3:00 PM. Join us for a series of talks from January through April presented by our National Park Service on a variety of topics.
Tying in to our current exhibit "Just Beachy," we'll be exploring the coastal environment from sandcastles to seashells! Learn about all the critters that live on the beach from sanderlings to starfish. Make your own beach in a bottle!