NSB High School Excavation Materials Become New Reefs

NSB High School Excavation Materials Become New Reefs

by Lisa D. Mickey When the Marine Discovery Center cleared the site previously occupied by New Smyrna Beach High School in the summer of 2014, a unique kind of “harvest” took place as the five-acre salt marsh was restored. All of the concrete and structural debris...
Osprey Nesting Platform At MDC

Osprey Nesting Platform At MDC

by Lisa D. Mickey Tom Draus and Susan Fetter experienced the usual dilemma of students enrolled in Florida Master Naturalist Program (FMNP) classes: What would be their required project? Both were enrolled in the FMNP Coastal Naturalist class at the Marine Discovery...