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Mark Saturday, May 3rd on your calendar for Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve’s FREE Day of coastal fun – Rookery Bay Community Day! The annual FREE event will feature family fun for everyone. Rookery Bay is yours to Explore, Enjoy and Protect! There will be something for everyone in the family - kayak demos on the water, boat rides, art, kids’ crafts and activities, face painting, photo booths, food trucks, nature and wildlife exhibits, marine-life touch tank, boat tours, art gallery exhibit and FREE admission all day to the Rookery Bay Environmental Learning Center. It’s the perfect opportunity to learn more about the coastal environment as well as the research and conservation taking place at Rookery Bay including sea turtle monitoring, shark research, shorebird monitoring, water quality, natural history, indigenous peoples and pioneers that inhabited the area long ago.