Waste Pro Receives Conservation Award
Waste Pro USA of Volusia County has been named as this year’s recipient of Marine Discovery Center’s Rhizophora Conservation Hero Award. MDC presents its Rhizophora Award to individuals and entities working to make a positive impact on the health of the Indian River...
MDC’s Shuck & Share Celebrates Million-Pound Milestone
By Lisa D. Mickey It’s hard to wrap your brain around one million pounds of oyster shells. But for Marine Discovery Center’s Shuck & Share Oyster Recycling program, it’s even harder to think of those shells going into the county landfill rather than into the...
SEVAS Hopes Purple Martins Return to Nest on MDC Campus
By Lisa D. MickeyThe gourds are up! And now, the Southeast Volusia Audubon Society (SEVAS) chapter is ready for the purple martins to move in. As part of its Purple Martin Project, SEVAS held the third annual “Gourd Raising” ceremony adjacent to the bird garden on ...
Flamingos May Be Seen in a Waterbody Near You
By Lisa D. MickeyIt was long thought that American flamingos were a species you could only see in a zoo, the Yucatan Peninsula or in The Everglades if you were really lucky. As it turns out, when Hurricane Idalia hit the west coast of Florida in late August, a natural...
MDC’s Composting Bins Continue to Serve Community
Marine Discovery Center has proudly participated in a community composting program for a number of years and hopes more local residents will become aware of our program during International Composting Awareness Week! The goal of the national and international...
Ospreys Finally Appear to Be Using Nesting Platform
By Lisa D. MickeyIt's only taken about eight years, but a pair of ospreys appear to be settling in on the osprey nesting platform that was installed at MDC during spring 2015. Our Conservation Science Coordinator, Tess Sailor-Tynes, snapped this photo last week...
Students Experience MDC Field Trips Through Grant Program
by Lisa D. MickeyMarine Discovery Center’s mission of coastal ecosystem education and conservation was fully experienced by nearly 500 elementary students during a special program in late 2022. Three third-grade classes of boys and girls from Volusia County Title I...
Right Whale Presentation Set for January 2023
Right WhalesWhen: Thursday, January 19, 2023 at 6:30 p.m. Where: Marine Discovery Center, 520 Barracuda Blvd, NSB, 32169 Cost: FREE | Register onlineMarine Discovery Center will kick off its 2023 monthly Public Lecture Series with an annual January update on North...
MDC Conservation Focuses on Brazilian Pepper Eradication
By Lisa D. Mickey Conservation is always a central focus at Marine Discovery Center, and one of the ways the center helps local residents understand and get involved is through hands-on experience.Tess Sailor-Tynes, MDC’s Conservation Science Coordinator, has been...
Bat Presentation Rescheduled for November Lecture
Bats The presentation on Florida Bats at the Marine Discovery Center that was postponed in October has been rescheduled for MDC’s November Public Lecture. This lecture is FREE but registration is required. CLICK HERE to register. Ariel Horner of Casselberry will be...
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