"You settle onto a rocking chair
on the porch and the gentle Gulf breeze begins to caress
your cares away, as you watch the sun sink behind turquoise
waters of the Laguna Madre bay. You are on island time
now, at South Padre's premier B & B, the Brown Pelican
Inn."
Ila Loetscher aka The Turtle Lady, founded
this organization to help educate the public about what
magnificent creatures Sea Turtles are and also do a part
in protecting them from a constant battle at the edge of
extinction.
The Coastal Studies Lab is a branch of
the University of Texas Pan-American and offers a number
of attractions for the public to view. It has large displays
of shell collections from the area, a vast collection of
preserved marine life as well as multiple aquariums with
indigenous creatures and features an educational show on
the ecosystem and marine diversity on the Padre Island Nation
Seashore. It's open to the public free of charge, if you
enjoyed it, help support it -- leave a donation!
The Texas Marine Mammal Stranding Network,
founded in 1980, is a nonprofit volunteer-based organization
dedicated to the understanding and conservation of marine
mammals. They are responsible for any sick or injured marine
mammels along the Texas coast.
Colley's Fins to Feathers
George and Scarlet Colley
PO Box 2611
S. Padre Island, TX 78597
Cell Phone: (956) 299-0629
Email: fin2feather@aol.com
