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Photography Annual Exhibition - Art Gallery
Reception
January 31, 2019 • 5:30 – 7 pm • This is a Free Event
Registration is required www.rookerybay.org/calendar
Join us for the opening reception of our Photography Annual
Exhibition presented by of the Friends of Rookery Bay and the
United Arts Council of Collier County. Works are submitted by
artists from Collier and Lee counties and juried by local experts.
Following along with Rookery Bay’s environmental mission,
works will share a central theme of flora and fauna. Most of the
photographs are for sale. The opening reception includes wine and
light hors d’oeuvres.

Festival of Birds
January 18, 19 & 20, 2019
Registration is required https://rookerybay.org/festival-of-birds
Please join Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
for the Festival of Birds. This event invites guests to explore the
local environment through almost 40 guided field trips to wildlife
hot spots around Southwest Florida, and also features programs
at the Rookery Bay Environmental Learning Center January
18,19 & 20, 2019.
Lunch & Learn Lecture:
Rookery Bay through the Eyes of
Local Residents and Volunteers
January 29, 2019 • 12 – 1 pm • $15, includes lunch
Registration is required www.rookerybay.org/calendar
Please join us for the third in a series of six lectures in honor
of the 40th anniversary of the Rookery Bay Research Reserve -
Rookery Bay through the Eyes of Local Residents and Volunteers.
Allison Haynes, Rookery Bay Research Reserve volunteer and one
of few who have actually lived within the boundaries of the reserve,
will trace the establishment and growth of the reserve as well as the
volunteer experience. Lunch will be provided.
The 2018-19 lecture series will focus on the history of the
Rookery Bay area and the establishment of the Research Reserve.
Lectures by staff and volunteers will describe 3,000 years of
use of the estuary, the grassroots movement to save the bay,
fisheries research, the establishment of the Research Reserve and
Environmental Learning Center, as well as some of the more
recent accomplishments and notable events in the Reserve’s
timeline.

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