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    • Wed, October 16, 2024
    • 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
    • Laguna Vista Library
    • 9
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     Join Ingrid Keys at the Laguna Vista Public Library for a Wild Friends Storytime! Each session, we will have a native animal themed story and craft!

    • Fri, October 18, 2024
    • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
    • Laguna Atascosa Visitor Center
    • 10
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     Join Ingrid Keys at the Laguna Vista Public Library for a Wild Friends Storytime! Each session, we will have a native animal themed story and craft!

    • Sat, October 19, 2024
    • 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM
    • Laguna Atascosa NWR, 22688 Buena Vista Rd, Los Fresnos, TX

    Hunter Education Classroom Course 

    Texas Parks & Wildlife Department is hosting a Hunters education class designed for the novice or young hunters, afges 9 & abover.at Laguna Atascosa NWR. The class will cover basic topics over hunting laws and regulations.  All materials are provided. Payment of $15 will be taken at the class, bring exact change.

    More information and to register click this TPWD Hunter Course

    • Sat, October 26, 2024
    • 7:00 AM
    • Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge
    • 9
    Register

    Join Emily Lopez for a guided bike ride on Steve Thompson Wildlife Drive. The surface will be mostly paved, but rough. Off-road or hybrid bikes required

    Meetup at the Visitor Center.

    Please be there by 7:00am! wheels up at 7:30am

    Steve Thompson Wildlife Drive  

    • Open Season: Open year-round  
    • Length: 14.2 miles 
    • Surface: Caliche(1)/paved(13.2) 
    • Difficulty: Difficult  
    • Information: This is one of the most beautiful loops we have to offer. This 14.2 mile loop is sure not to disappoint. 
    • Please park near the picnic are at the Visitor Center.
    • Sat, November 16, 2024
    • 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
    • STEC - 501 W. State Highway 100, Laguna Vista
    • 18
    Register

    Join us for the premiere of One Refuge, One Camera, Seasons of Laguna, a captivating documentary that showcases wildlife videography at perhaps the country’s premier National Wildlife Refuge, Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge.

    This film offers a unique glimpse into the diverse and vibrant ecosystem of the refuge, capturing the beauty and intricacies of its wildlife and landscapes throughout the seasons.

    We are honored to have Richard Moore, the talented filmmaker behind this project, present at the premiere. Don’t miss this opportunity to meet Richard and gain insights into his creative process and experiences while filming this extraordinary documentary.

    Refreshments and appetizers will be provided.

Past events

Sun, October 13, 2024 WALK FOR THE WILD
Thu, September 26, 2024 GRAND RE-OPENING!!!
Sat, September 21, 2024 STEC Market Day
Sat, September 21, 2024 CANCELLED!!! Friends Science Series: Family Fish Camp
Wed, September 18, 2024 Wild Friends Storytime: Do You Know That Clouds Have Names?
Sat, September 14, 2024 Bike the Bahia
Sat, September 07, 2024 Bike STWD Wildlife Drive
Sat, August 24, 2024 Bike the Bahia
Sat, August 17, 2024 The Remarkable Return of the Brown Pelican
Sat, August 17, 2024 Bike STWD Wildlife Drive
Wed, August 07, 2024 Wild Friends Storytime: Turtle Summer
Sat, July 27, 2024 Bike STWD Wildlife Drive
Wed, July 24, 2024 Wild Friends Storytime: Lizards for Lunch
Sat, July 13, 2024 Bike the Bahia
Sat, June 29, 2024 Bike the Bahia
Sat, June 22, 2024 Bike STWD Wildlife Drive
Wed, June 19, 2024 Wild Friends Storytime: Henry the Impatient Heron
Fri, June 07, 2024 Wild Friends Storytime: Henry the Impatient Heron
Sat, May 18, 2024 Living Art Class
Sat, May 18, 2024 Bike the Bahia
Tue, May 14, 2024 Friends Science Series: Fish of the Laguna Madre
Sat, May 11, 2024 Bike the Wildlife Drive
Fri, May 03, 2024 Wild Friends Storytime: If a Dolphin Were a Fish
Sat, April 27, 2024 Bike the Bahia
Fri, April 12, 2024 Wild Friends Storytime: Nature Recycles, How About You?
Wed, April 10, 2024 Wild Friends Storytime: Nature Recycles, How About You?
Mon, April 08, 2024 Friends Science Series: Solar Eclipse
Sat, April 06, 2024 Bike STWD Wildlife Drive
Thu, March 21, 2024 Dr. Sharon Wilcox Ocelot Conservation Talk
Wed, March 20, 2024 Wild Friends Storytime: The Long and Short Tail of Colo and Ruff
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
Fri, March 01, 2024 Bird & Nature Walks
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

Friends of Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. 
22688 Buena Vista Rd., Los Fresnos, TX 78566

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