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Experience the nature of Rookery Bay Research

Reserve up-close and personal with one of our

naturalist-guided kayak or boat tours.

Lunch & Learn Lecture: The 2018-19 lecture series
Rookery Bay through will focus on the history of
the Eyes of the Historian the Rookery Bay area and the
November 27, 2018 • 12 pm – 1 pm • $15, includes lunch establishment of the Research
Reserve. Lectures by staff and
Registration is required www.rookerybay.org/calendar
volunteers will describe 3,000
Please join us for the first in a series of six lectures in honor
years of use of the estuary, the
of the 40th anniversary of the Rookery Bay Research Reserve -
grassroots movement to save
Rookery Bay through the Eyes of the Historian. Steve Bertone,
the bay, fisheries research, the
Rookery Bay’s Cultural Resources Specialist, will present a talk
establishment of the Research
on the history of the Rookery Bay area and the many different
Reserve and Environmental
people who’ve inhabited it, from the Calusas to the post-Civil War
Learning Center, as well
pioneers. Lunch will be provided.
as some of the more recent
accomplishments and notable events in the Reserve’s timeline.
Painting Annual Exhibition - Art Reception
November 29, 2018 • 5:30 pm – 7 pm • This is a Free Event
Registration is required www.rookerybay.org/calendar
Join us for the opening reception of our Annual Painting
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 Morgan
Paine, FGCU painting professor. Following along with Rookery
Bay’s environmental mission, works will share a central theme of
flora and fauna. Most of the paintings are for sale. The opening
reception includes wine and light hors d’oeuvres.

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