A Chat With Chad: Stepping Outdoors Can Ease Tensions of Pandemic

A Chat With Chad: Stepping Outdoors Can Ease Tensions of Pandemic

​Chad Truxall believes that heading outdoors for some fresh air and cautious activity during this time of social distancing has helped ease the tension most Americans have experienced during the Corona-19 virus pandemic. Even if it’s only to sit in the backyard, walk...
April Volunteer Spotlight: MaryAnne West

April Volunteer Spotlight: MaryAnne West

MaryAnne West is that happy-faced volunteer you might find baiting hooks for kids in summer fishing camps or encouraging youngsters on the 203 stairsteps winding up the Ponce Inlet Lighthouse during camp and education outings. You might even see her working at the...
Soundscape Project Serves As Reminder To Listen To Nature

Soundscape Project Serves As Reminder To Listen To Nature

By Lisa D. Mickey The spring of 2020 may forever be remembered as a season of fear and change when the Corona-19 virus roared across the globe in pandemic fashion and impacted many lives along the way. Businesses and schools closed their doors around the world, which...
March Volunteer Spotlight: Maia Leibowitz

March Volunteer Spotlight: Maia Leibowitz

If you are ever at the Marine Discovery Center on a Wednesday afternoon, Maia Leibowitz will be the volunteer answering the phone, ringing up purchases and checking in guests for afternoon boat tours. She’s been doing that since 2014, making the native New Yorker one...
MDC Offers Two New Boat Tours For Up-Close Exploration

MDC Offers Two New Boat Tours For Up-Close Exploration

​Guests on the Marine Discovery Center’s boat tours will enjoy two new offerings this year designed to provide deeper understanding of the diversity of the Indian River Lagoon’s marine species, as well as its challenges.​ The new two-hour boat tours include the...
MDC March Lecture: Postponed

MDC March Lecture: Postponed

Indian River Legacy 19 March, 2020 When: Thursday, March 19, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. Where: Marine Discovery Center, 520 Barracuda Blvd, NSB, 32169 Cost: FREE The lecture is open to the public at no charge and no reservations are required. *This lecture has been postponed,...