SATURDAY, MARCH 8 - 1:00 pm to 4:10 pm Eastside Elementary School, 901 2nd St., Palacios, TX
Session 1 1:30 to 2:10 pm
TX A&M Corpus Christi Tara Rodkey “Wet meadows and short grass prairies in Texas, the migratory hub of the American Midcontinent” Room A
TX A&M Corpus Christi Elizabeth Everett “Microplastics in Matagorda Bay: Ecological Impacts and Trophic Connections ” Room B
Executive Director of Gulf Trust Jay Kleberg “Chasing the Tides: one personal lens” Room C
Session 2 2:30 to 3:10 pm
Harte Research Institute David Essian “Resurrecting Sunken Islands to Conserve Waterbird Populations in Texas” Room A
National Audubon Alexis Baldera “Audubon Coastal Program, 100 Years and Flying” Room B
National Audubon Richard Gibbons “Conservation in Action: Bending the Bird Curve in Texas and Beyond” Room C
Session 3 3:30 to 4:10 pm
Conservation Research Director Gulf Coast Bird Observatory Rebecca Bracken “Birds of the Night: The Decline of the Nightjar and the Associated Conservation Issues” Room B
Director of Gulf Coast Programs International Crane Foundation Carter Crouch “Gulf Coast Whooping Cranes” Room C
New 2024 Moderated Panel
immediately following speaker sessions
SATURDAY, APRIL 13 - 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm PMAR - 101 Marine Center Dr., Palacios, TX
“It’s a Wrap! Matbay News 2024” Six Speaker Q&A Moderated by Fish and Wildlife Biologist, Coastal Program, TX Woody Woodrow
Director of Mat Bay FDN Bill Balboa
Field Specialist, PMAR Texas Dr. Jay Tarkington
Master Naturalist, G.C.B.O. B.O.D. and Tour Leader MB Birdfest Bob Freidrichs
