Introducing OceanS.A.F.E.

I would like to introduce the new student organization, OceanS.A.F.E. This organization is currently open to University of Texas/Austin students that are interested in marine conservation. We will be having our first meeting on Septemeber 18th at 6pm at the turtle pond. If we have bad weather, I will update this site with a new location. This is the offical website of the organization. All anouncements and meeting times will be posted here. I am planning a trip to South Padre to participate in a coastal cleanup the weekend of Sept. 16, 2006. My friends and I will most likely be camping and will be cleaning up the beach for 4 hours on Sat. The rest of the weekend will be left to you to spend as you like. There are dolphin watches, sea turtle rescue centers, surfing, body boarding and live music. There is also no UT home game this weekend, I checked:. This will be the first event coming up. I do volunteer work with The Ocean Conservancy and will work on getting one of the members to come speak at one of our meetings in the coming month. This organization will be participating in many exciting events. Some include: Town Lake canoe cleanups, Adopt-A-Creek programs, Barton Springs outreach, local diving (if certified), field trips to UTMSI, beach trips to learn about animal rescue,outreach seminars. We will be addressing important conservation issues and doing our part to get the word out and offer support. We will also have round table discussions of marine science topics to relay information to students. Notice to members or interested students, please post all inquiries about the organization to this website, via the comment link or send them to oceanadventurer@mail.utexas.edu
I am looking forward to getting this organization up and running and also to meeting all of you. Thanks. ~AMI