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August 2020
Summer Institute for Marine Science Camp – SIMS
Day Camp for Rising 8th, 9th and 10th Grade Students August 4-7 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. $150 (scholarships are available) Registration is required rookerybay.org/events SIMS is the ideal summer camp for rising 8th, 9th, and 10th grade students with an interest in Marine Sciences. Participants will explore coastal ecology in and around the 110,000 acres of the Rookery Bay Research Reserve. Each week will include an in depth look at the mission and efforts of Rookery Bay as well…
Find out more »December 2020
Rookery Bay Road Rally
Registration is Required. RookeryBay.org The inaugural “Rookery Bay Road Rally” will take place on Sunday, Dec. 6 starting at 10 a.m. from Naples Botanical Garden, 4820 Bayshore Drive. Participants in their own vehicles will leave at one-minute intervals and follow route directions that take them 35 miles along the boundaries of the 110,000-acre Rookery Bay Research Reserve, which encompasses 40 percent of Collier County’s coastline. The untimed event includes fun quiz show-style questions to answer about things seen along the…
Find out more »March 2021
Family Camp Out
Registration is Required. https://rookerybay.org/events/kids-families/#campout Family Campout is the perfect way to get familiar with tent camping while staying safe, local and socially distant! Families can experience the outdoors while also enjoying some fun, socially distant activities! Each family will be assigned their own campsite with a maximum of 8 people per site. This is a non-campfire campout. Participants are required to bring their own camping gear.
Find out more »April 2021
ON EARTH DAY 2021, MEDICAL EXPERTS REFLECT ON CONNECTION BETWEEN WATER QUALITY & WELLNESS
A virtual Earth Day event that brings together top medical minds and environmental experts to discuss how water quality impacts the overall wellness and health of Florida’s communities. Every Floridian and American at large is affected by adverse environmental issues, especially those which pertain to bodies of water. Some are more noticeable than others which means that many times these phenomena cause a wide variety of hostile implications that are not fully understood. This panel event will educate the public…
Find out more »June 2021
Rookery Bay Welcomes Your Student to Marine Science Day Camp – Summer Institute for Marine Science (SIMS)
$50 per day – Offered Individually (Choose any daily session or come to all) Registration Required: https://rookerybay.org/events/kids-families/ June 29 or July 13 – Upland Adventure into Rookery Bay’s Outback Hiking based trip - introduction to plant identification and community data collection efforts through upland habitats and conserved spaces within the Reserve. June 30 or July 14 – Estuary Essence of the Sea Boat-based trip - See and experience the dynamic transition from the mangrove coast and fresh water of rivers…
Find out more »Rookery Bay Welcomes Your Student to Marine Science Day Camp – Summer Institute for Marine Science (SIMS)
$50 per day – Offered Individually (Choose any daily session or come to all) Registration Required: https://rookerybay.org/events/kids-families/ June 29 or July 13 – Upland Adventure into Rookery Bay’s Outback Hiking based trip - introduction to plant identification and community data collection efforts through upland habitats and conserved spaces within the Reserve. June 30 or July 14 – Estuary Essence of the Sea Boat-based trip - See and experience the dynamic transition from the mangrove coast and fresh water of rivers…
Find out more »July 2021
Rookery Bay Welcomes Your Student to Marine Science Day Camp – Summer Institute for Marine Science (SIMS)
$50 per day – Offered Individually (Choose any daily session or come to all) Registration Required: https://rookerybay.org/events/kids-families/ June 29 or July 13 – Upland Adventure into Rookery Bay’s Outback Hiking based trip - introduction to plant identification and community data collection efforts through upland habitats and conserved spaces within the Reserve. June 30 or July 14 – Estuary Essence of the Sea Boat-based trip - See and experience the dynamic transition from the mangrove coast and fresh water of rivers…
Find out more »Rookery Bay Welcomes Your Student to Marine Science Day Camp – Summer Institute for Marine Science (SIMS)
$50 per day – Offered Individually (Choose any daily session or come to all) Registration Required: https://rookerybay.org/events/kids-families/ June 29 or July 13 – Upland Adventure into Rookery Bay’s Outback Hiking based trip - introduction to plant identification and community data collection efforts through upland habitats and conserved spaces within the Reserve. June 30 or July 14 – Estuary Essence of the Sea Boat-based trip - See and experience the dynamic transition from the mangrove coast and fresh water of rivers…
Find out more »Rookery Bay Welcomes Your Student to Marine Science Day Camp – Summer Institute for Marine Science (SIMS)
$50 per day – Offered Individually (Choose any daily session or come to all) Registration Required: https://rookerybay.org/events/kids-families/ June 29 or July 13 – Upland Adventure into Rookery Bay’s Outback Hiking based trip - introduction to plant identification and community data collection efforts through upland habitats and conserved spaces within the Reserve. June 30 or July 14 – Estuary Essence of the Sea Boat-based trip - See and experience the dynamic transition from the mangrove coast and fresh water of rivers…
Find out more »October 2021
Swamp Celebration
The Alliance for Florida’s National Parks is hosting its annual Swamp Celebration once again at famed photographer Clyde Butcher’s Big Cypress Gallery on October 23 -24. This two-day fundraising affair gives attendees an exclusive opportunity to explore the private property surrounding Clyde Butcher's Big Cypress Gallery within Big Cypress National Preserve through guided swamp walks. Although within the boundaries of the public lands of Big Cypress National Preserve, Clyde Butcher’s gallery remains private property and only a special few each…
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