Jake and Heidi Morgan: Happy to “Be A Small Part” of MDC

Jake and Heidi Morgan: Happy to “Be A Small Part” of MDC

by Lisa D. Mickey Jake and Heidi Morgan have been in New Smyrna Beach for the last two decades and have stayed involved with Marine Discovery Center since their arrival. Jake served in the U.S. Navy as a carrier pilot in Vietnam before becoming a commercial pilot with...
MDC Receives FNPS Landscape Award of Excellence

MDC Receives FNPS Landscape Award of Excellence

by Lisa D. Mickey Marine Discovery Center has received the Florida Native Plant Society’s (FNPS) 2025 Landscape Award of Excellence. It is an annual honor determined by a jury of professionals, practitioners and native plant advocates recognizing projects that advance...
Joe and Margaret Anglin Discuss “Finding Joy in Giving” at MDC

Joe and Margaret Anglin Discuss “Finding Joy in Giving” at MDC

by Lisa D. Mickey Joe and Margaret Anglin have been familiar faces at MDC for many years, moving to New Smyrna Beach in 2008 after living for 30 years in Maitland while working in Orlando. The couple had each retired when they moved here and considered their adult...
Cheryl Hood and Holly Perpall Give to Help Assure MDC’s Future

Cheryl Hood and Holly Perpall Give to Help Assure MDC’s Future

by Lisa D. Mickey Cheryl Hood and Holly Perpall moved to Port Orange in 2013, and once they retired in 2015, both began volunteering at Marine Discovery Center. Cheryl had worked in professional liability insurance with medical malpractice, while Holly, who holds a...
MDC, SEVAS Work to Bring Motus Tracking Station to MDC Campus

MDC, SEVAS Work to Bring Motus Tracking Station to MDC Campus

by Lisa D. Mickey The campus at Marine Discovery Center became one of Florida’s newest Motus tracking stations on August 13, expanding the North American network and enhancing Florida’s east coast range used to track movements of such flying species as tagged birds,...