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Event calendar

    • Fri, March 01, 2024
    • Sat, March 30, 2024
    • 10 sessions
    • Laguna Atascosa NWR Visitor Center

    Join Mark Warner every Friday & Saturday Morning in March.

    No registration necessary!

    Know before you go

    It is extremely important that visitors know your limit and plan for the weather. It's hot and humid most of the year, be aware of the signs of heat exhaustion and dress accordingly.

    These items are always recommended:

    • Hat or cap & sunglasses
    • Comfortable closed toe shoes
    • Wear proper clothing
    • Have plenty of water & snacks
    • Sunscreen & Insect repellant
    • Always observe wildlife from a safe distance.

    BE SURE TO VISIT THE NATURE STORE!

    • Wed, March 20, 2024
    • 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
    • Laguna Vista Public Library
    • 10
    Register

     Join Ingrid Keys at the Laguna Atascosa NWR Visitor Center for a Wild Friends Storytime! Each session, we will have a native animal themed story and craft!

    • Thu, March 21, 2024
    • 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
    • REI- San Antonio, 11745 I-10 Suite 110, San Antonio, TX 78230

    Join Dr. Sharon Wilcox at REI in San Antonio!


    Learn more about the work underway to save ocelots in Texas from Dr. Sharon Wilcox, Defenders of Wildlife's Senior Texas Representative and Board Member with Friends of Laguna Atascosa.

    This event is free and open to the public.

    Dr. Sharon Wilcox serves as the Senior Texas Representative for the environmental nonprofit organization Defenders of Wildlife. She has dedicated her efforts to the study, conservation and restoration of the native wild cats that call the U.S.-Mexico borderlands home, including the jaguar, jaguarundi, and ocelot. She leads Defenders’ ocelot conservation program in the Rio Grande Valley.

    Dr. Wilcox’s work has been featured in the Washington Post, The Guardian, National Geographic, Smithsonian Magazine, Nature and on Texas Public Radio.

    She is the co-author of the book, Historical Animal Geographies, and has written a number of scholarly articles and book chapters examining contemporary and historical interactions of humans and wild cats in the borderlands. Her research has received support from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Smithsonian Institution.

    Dr. Wilcox received her Ph.D. in Geography from The University of Texas at Austin. She is an Associate Professor of Practice in Geography and Sustainability at the University of Texas at San Antonio, and she serves on the Board of Directors for the Friends of Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge.

Past events

Sat, March 16, 2024 Ocelot Conservation Day
Thu, March 14, 2024 Dr. Sharon Wilcox: Ocelot Conservation Lecture
Sat, March 09, 2024 Bike the Bahia
Fri, March 08, 2024 Wild Friends Storytime: The Long and Short Tail of Colo and Ruff
Tue, March 05, 2024 Friends Science Series: All About Ocelots
Sat, March 02, 2024 Ocelot Conservation Hike: Granjeno and GNA Trail
Sat, February 24, 2024 Winter Texan Appreciation Day Matinee Movie
Sat, February 24, 2024 Birds & Nature walk with Mark Warner
Sat, February 24, 2024 Birds & Nature walk with Mark Warner
Fri, February 23, 2024 Birds & Nature walk with Mark Warner
Wed, February 21, 2024 Wild Friends Storytime: At the Marsh in the Meadow
Sun, February 18, 2024 CANCELLED Hike the Bahia
Sat, February 17, 2024 Birds & Nature walk with Mark Warner
Sat, February 17, 2024 CANCELLED Bike the Bahia
Fri, February 16, 2024 Birds & Nature walk with Mark Warner
Sat, February 10, 2024 Birds & Nature walk with Mark Warner
Fri, February 09, 2024 Birds & Nature walk with Mark Warner
Fri, February 09, 2024 Winter Wildlife Expo
Tue, February 06, 2024 Friends Science Series- BIRD 101
Sat, February 03, 2024 Friends Science Series: Family Fish Camp
Sat, February 03, 2024 Birds & Nature walk with Mark Warner
Sat, February 03, 2024 Bike the Wildlife Drive
Fri, February 02, 2024 Wild Friends Storytime: At the Marsh in the Meadow
Fri, February 02, 2024 Birds & Nature walk with Mark Warner
Wed, January 31, 2024 Wild Friends Storytime: The Tortoise and the Jackrabbit
Sat, January 27, 2024 Birds & Nature walk with Mark Warner
Sat, January 27, 2024 Bike the Bahia
Fri, January 26, 2024 Birds & Nature walk with Mark Warner
Thu, January 25, 2024 SPECIAL VETERANS Birds & Nature walk with Mark Warner
Sat, January 20, 2024 Birds & Nature walk with Mark Warner
Fri, January 19, 2024 Birds & Nature walk with Mark Warner
Sat, January 13, 2024 Birds & Nature walk with Mark Warner
Sat, January 13, 2024 Bike the Wildlife Drive
Fri, January 12, 2024 Wild Friends Storytime: The Tortoise and the Jackrabbit
Fri, January 12, 2024 Birds & Nature walk with Mark Warner
Tue, January 09, 2024 Friends Science Series-Outdoor Skills
Sat, January 06, 2024 Birds & Nature walk with Mark Warner
Fri, January 05, 2024 Birds & Nature walk with Mark Warner
Sat, December 30, 2023 Bike the Bahia
Sat, December 16, 2023 Holiday Shopping Event
Sat, December 16, 2023 Birds & Nature walk with Mark Warner
Sat, December 16, 2023 Bike the Wildlife Drive
Fri, December 15, 2023 Birds & Nature walk with Mark Warner
Sat, December 09, 2023 Wild Friends Storytime: I Love You, Sun, I Love You, Moon
Sat, December 09, 2023 Birds & Nature walk with Mark Warner
Fri, December 08, 2023 Wild Friends Storytime: I Love You, Sun, I Love You, Moon
Fri, December 08, 2023 Birds & Nature walk with Mark Warner
Thu, December 07, 2023 Christmas Tree Extravaganza
Thu, December 07, 2023 Friends Science Series-Scat, Tracks, Skins, and Skulls
Wed, November 08, 2023 30TH ANNUAL RIO GRANDE VALLEY BIRDING FESTIVAL
Sat, November 04, 2023 Friends Science Series Workshop: Creatures of the Night
Sat, November 04, 2023 Wild Friends Storytime -Baby Rattlesnake
Sat, November 04, 2023 Bike the Wildlife Drive
Fri, November 03, 2023 Wild Friends Storytime - Baby Rattlesnake
Sat, October 28, 2023 Full Moon dusk Hike: Mesquite Trail
Sat, October 28, 2023 Photography Club Invitational Session
Sat, October 28, 2023 Bike the Bahia
Thu, October 19, 2023 STEC Speaker Series: Dr. Sharon Wilcox OCELOTS!
Sat, October 14, 2023 WALK FOR THE WILD
Thu, October 12, 2023 Breakfast with the Birds
Fri, October 06, 2023 UPDATE: LOCATION CHANGE -- Wild Friends Storytime: Peregrine’s Sky
Thu, October 05, 2023 IMPORTANT UPDATE: Friends Science Series Workshop: Pollinators
Sat, September 30, 2023 Bike the Bahia
Sat, September 09, 2023 Wild Friends Storytime - The Gullywasher
Thu, September 07, 2023 Friends Science Series- Nature Journaling
Wed, August 30, 2023 Wild Friends Storytime - A Tale of a Big Lizard
Sat, August 26, 2023 Friends Science Series Workshop: Family Fish Camp
Thu, August 10, 2023 Let’s Go To the Movies
Sat, August 05, 2023 Wild Friends Storytime - A Tale of a Big Lizard
Wed, July 26, 2023 Wild Friends Storytime - Senorita Mariposa
Fri, July 21, 2023 Gyotaku Fish Printing Class
Wed, July 19, 2023 Latino Conservation Week - Games & bilingual bird walk
Sat, July 15, 2023 Latino Conservation Week - Wild Friends Storytime: Senorita Mariposa
Wed, June 28, 2023 Wild Friends Storytime - Baby Owl's Rescue
Sat, June 17, 2023 Wildlife Rock Painting
Fri, June 02, 2023 Wild Friends Storytime - Baby Owl's Rescue
Sat, May 27, 2023 Living Art Class
Sat, May 20, 2023 Friends Science Series Workshop: Family Fish Camp
Wed, May 17, 2023 Wild Friends Storytime - Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle Twins
Fri, May 05, 2023 Wild Friends Storytime- Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle Twins
Tue, May 02, 2023 Naturally Native Garden Team
Sat, April 29, 2023 Bike the Bahia
Thu, April 13, 2023 Friends Science Series- Nature Journaling
Wed, April 12, 2023 Wild Friends Storytime - Wilfred the Oily Brown Pelican
Tue, April 11, 2023 Coffee with the Birds Monthly Membership Social
Fri, April 07, 2023 Wild Friends Storytime- Wilfred the Oily Pelican
Tue, April 04, 2023 Naturally Native Garden Team
Sat, March 25, 2023 Bike the Bahia
Tue, March 21, 2023 Naturally Native Garden Team
Thu, March 16, 2023 Friends Science Series- All About Ocelots
Wed, March 15, 2023 Wild Friends Storytime - Lancelot the Ocelot
Tue, March 14, 2023 Coffee with the Birds Monthly Membership Social
Fri, March 10, 2023 Wild Friends Storytime - Lancelot the Ocelot
Sun, March 05, 2023 Ocelot Conservation Day
Thu, February 23, 2023 Friends Science Series Workshop: Native Plants: Medicinal and Wildlife Uses
Sat, February 18, 2023 Book Signing Event
Wed, February 15, 2023 Wild Friends Storytime at Laguna Vista Library
Tue, February 14, 2023 Breakfast with the Birds Monthly Membership Social
Mon, February 13, 2023 Naturally Native Garden Team
Sat, February 04, 2023 World Wetlands Day: 2 pm-4pm
Sat, February 04, 2023 World Wetlands Day: 12 pm- 2 pm
Sat, February 04, 2023 World Wetlands Day: 10 am-12 pm
Sat, February 04, 2023 World Wetlands Day: 8am-10am
Fri, February 03, 2023 Wild Friends Storytime
Sat, January 28, 2023 Bike the Bahia
Sat, January 28, 2023 Breakfast with the Birds
Fri, January 27, 2023 Breakfast with the Birds
Thu, January 26, 2023 Breakfast with the Birds
Thu, January 19, 2023 LANWR Recreational and Volunteer Opportunities
Thu, January 19, 2023 Friends Science Series Workshop: Tracks, Scat, Skins, and Skulls
Wed, January 18, 2023 Wild Friends Storytime
Fri, January 06, 2023 Wild Friends Storytime
Sat, December 17, 2022 Feed the Birds/Docent Walk, VC
Thu, December 15, 2022 Friends Science Series Workshop: Invasive Species: Hunting and Field Techniques
Thu, December 08, 2022 Christmas at the STEC
Sat, December 03, 2022 Wild Friends Storytime
Thu, November 17, 2022 Friends Science Series Workshop: Pollinators
Sat, November 12, 2022 Feed the Birds/Docent Walk
Wed, November 09, 2022 29TH ANNUAL RIO GRANDE VALLEY BIRDING FESTIVAL
Sat, November 05, 2022 Wild Friends Storytime
Thu, October 20, 2022 Friends Science Series Workshop: Bird 101
Sat, October 15, 2022 WALK FOR THE WILD with TEAM LAGUNA ATASCOSA
Fri, October 14, 2022 Wild Friends Storytime & Feed the Birds
Wed, October 12, 2022 National Wildlife Refuge Week- Mesquite Trail Hike
Wed, October 12, 2022 National Wildlife Refuge Week- Mesquite Trail Hike
Tue, October 11, 2022 Feed the Birds/Docent Walk
Sat, October 08, 2022 National Wildlife Refuge Week- Feed the Birds/Docent Walk
Sat, October 01, 2022 Wild Friends Storytime & Feed the Birds
Fri, September 23, 2022 Homeschool Science Series Workshop: Family Fish Camp
Sat, September 17, 2022 Feed the Birds/Docent Walk, VC
Sat, September 10, 2022 Feed the Birds/Docent Walk, VC
Thu, September 08, 2022 Bahia Grande Documentary
Sat, September 03, 2022 Wild Friends Storytime & Feed the Birds
Fri, July 29, 2022 Wild Friends Storytime
Fri, July 22, 2022 Wild Friends Storytime
Fri, July 15, 2022 Wild Friends Storytime
Sat, July 09, 2022 "Bahia Grande" Documentary Premier
Fri, July 08, 2022 Wild Friends Storytime
Fri, July 01, 2022 Wild Friends Storytime
Fri, July 01, 2022 Wild Friends Storytime

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