November 14th & December 5th
Our partners have identified some management needs on our rookery islands for the fall. This time is critical to prepare the rookeries for nesting birds this spring! We will offer two dates to come out on the boat with us and our partners to pick up trash, post or fix protection signage, apply ant bait, and plant some of the native shrubs that have been growing at College of the Mainland. Our only limitation is number of boats so at this time we can take up to 10 volunteers with us to the islands each workday. Our workdays will be approximately 4 hours in the morning give or take travel time to the islands. Below is an excerpt from Amanda's emails which describes where we will be going and what we will be doing.
"A couple of updates for the group, we've set dates for the West Bay Bird Islands Workday (Friday November 14th) and the North Deer/ Marker 52 Spoil Workday (Friday December 5th). Other possible workdays in the future that we discussed during the meeting were for Smith Point/ Vingt et un, Dickinson Bay Bird Island/ Texas City Prairie Preserve Spit, and Struvy Lucy/ Jigsaw which would all be a little smaller.
Our partners have identified some management needs on our rookery islands for the fall. This time is critical to prepare the rookeries for nesting birds this spring! We will offer two dates to come out on the boat with us and our partners to pick up trash, post or fix protection signage, apply ant bait, and plant some of the native shrubs that have been growing at College of the Mainland. Our only limitation is number of boats so at this time we can take up to 10 volunteers with us to the islands each workday. Our workdays will be approximately 4 hours in the morning give or take travel time to the islands. Below is an excerpt from Amanda's emails which describes where we will be going and what we will be doing.
"A couple of updates for the group, we've set dates for the West Bay Bird Islands Workday (Friday November 14th) and the North Deer/ Marker 52 Spoil Workday (Friday December 5th). Other possible workdays in the future that we discussed during the meeting were for Smith Point/ Vingt et un, Dickinson Bay Bird Island/ Texas City Prairie Preserve Spit, and Struvy Lucy/ Jigsaw which would all be a little smaller.
If you can provide staff or a boat (boats are always our
limiting factor) for a workday please let me know! I will also reach out
to some of our regular volunteers after I get an idea on boat capacity.
For West Bay Bird Islands- we'll do a trash pickup, fix/ add any needed signage, treat for fire ants and possibly do some planting.
For North Deer/ Marker 52- trash pickup, treat for fire ants, maybe clear the tern area on ND, plant some shrubs on Marker 52 I also have some supplies coming shortly.
Thanks for everything, and hope to see you soon!" ~Amanda Hackney
If anyone has a friend with a boat that might like to volunteer to ferry volunteers OR if we have other organizations offer up boats, we will be expanding our numbers of volunteers based on capacity. The sign-ups will be on a first come first serve basis and we will take up to 10 volunteers. This is a rare and exciting chance to get access to these rookery islands before nesting season. Please email me if you are interested in signing up and please let me know which date you prefer!
Thanks for all you do!
For West Bay Bird Islands- we'll do a trash pickup, fix/ add any needed signage, treat for fire ants and possibly do some planting.
For North Deer/ Marker 52- trash pickup, treat for fire ants, maybe clear the tern area on ND, plant some shrubs on Marker 52 I also have some supplies coming shortly.
Thanks for everything, and hope to see you soon!" ~Amanda Hackney
If anyone has a friend with a boat that might like to volunteer to ferry volunteers OR if we have other organizations offer up boats, we will be expanding our numbers of volunteers based on capacity. The sign-ups will be on a first come first serve basis and we will take up to 10 volunteers. This is a rare and exciting chance to get access to these rookery islands before nesting season. Please email me if you are interested in signing up and please let me know which date you prefer!
Thanks for all you do!
Kari Howard
Audubon Texas Coastal Program Associate
4702 Hwy 146 N
Texas City, TX 77590
Office: 409-941-9114
Cell: 409-223-4777
