An Earth Day Message from Executive Director Mark Perry
April 22, 2020, is the 50th Annual Earth Day!
Education Outreach
Each year, the Education Department at Florida Oceanographic Society educates thousands of students from around our community and around the globe with on-site field trip programs, Virtual Field Trips, in-school outreach programs, summer camps, and special educational activities. Under the…
Educational Resources
During these challenging times, Florida Oceanographic Society wants to ensure that your youngsters are still able to learn and cultivate a passion for the environment. On this page, you will find a variety of educational resources and activities geared towards at-home learning for children (and…
Educational Tours
Are you interested in visiting the Coastal Center with a large group? Take a look at the different forms of educational tours that we offer:
Adult Groups
Self-Guided Groups
Field Trips
Homeschool Programming
Everglades Restoration
Everglades Coalition
Everglades Foundation…
FAQ
Where are you located?
We are located on Hutchinson Island at 890…
February 2020 Newsletter
Celebrate Invertebrates Month at the Coastal Center!
Field Trips
Field trips
Florida Oceanographic Society’s educational field trip program is better than ever before! Teachers – we’ve heard your concerns about standards-based lessons, and have completely redesigned our K-5 field trip curricula to touch on a minimum of 9 Next Generation Sunshine State…
Fish Cam
Check out Our Gamefish LAgoon Live Stream!
Tune in for live feeding programs Wednesday through Sunday between 11-11:30am and 2-2:30pm…
Flawed water-delivery system continues to imperil estuaries
"The water management system in South Florida is designed, engineered and operated to provide flood protection and water supply, but it obviously is being controlled to support the profit-driven agricultural industry around Lake Okeechobee."
FLOOR
Oysters are a keystone species within the IRL ecosystem and provide several critical ecosystem services such as filtering nutrients and particles from the water column and food for shorebirds and marine animals. Oyster reefs are habitat for numerous fish and marine invertebrates and break up wave…
Florida Bay: An Ecosystem on the Brink
The River of Grass no longer provides freshwater inflows needed to maintain healthy salinity levels in Florida Bay. Learn what can be done to ensure a healthy habitat and viable estuary for future generations.
Florida Estuaries In Crisis
Learn about estuaries,
why they are in crisis,
and what you can do to help…
Florida’s Fantastic Sea Turtles Virtual Lecture
In honor of Endangered Species Day, join Dr. Zack Jud for a live Zoom-based lecture focused on sea turtle biology, ecology, and conservation.
Florida Oceanographic Society Demands Stop to Discharges
Florida Oceanographic Society's Board of Directors recently passed a resolution advocating for a change to the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan.
Florida Oceanographic Society gets Impact 100 Martin grant for coastal restoration
TCPalm's Luminaries and YourNews covers a grant of $25,500 from Impact 100 Martin to Florida Oceanographic for coastal restoration.
Florida's Water Crisis Has Sport Fishing on the Brink of Collapse
Outdoor Life covers the threat of fecal matter, killer algae, too much water, and not enough water on Florida's legendary inshore fishing sport and interviews Dr. Zack Jud.
Floridian's Guide to Algae
Algae vs. cyanobacteria…
Fort Pierce algae found to not be toxic
Test results from two samples taken this week along the Indian River in Fort Pierce confirm the presence of blue-green algae but it shows no signs of being toxic.
