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CCA Texas Continues Support for Texas Parks and Wildlife Coastal Fisheries Interns
CCA Texas has supported Texas Parks and Wildlife (TPWD) Law Enforcement, Coastal Fisheries and the internships of students and potential future employees of TPWD since the organization's existence. For the past several years, CCA Texas has funded eight interns a year for Coastal Fisheries at stations up and down the coast. At the November 2014 Executive Board meeting, $78,000 in funding for twelve interns was approved for 2015. CCA Texas's continued commitment supports the success of the intern program and CCA Texas's commitment to help ensure that the best available future marine biologists have the opportunity to receive the hands on training in the field where they hope to eventually gain employment. This is not only a bonus to these students, but also TPWD as the local field offices have the opportunity to work closely with future potential employees. The intern program has proven to be a great success with enthusiastic students that want to learn and make a difference in the health and sustainability of the Texas's coastal resources for future generations. This enthusiasm is shared every year through written and spoken testimony from the students back to CCA Texas. This program along with the CCA Texas graduate scholarship program is a vital link between the general public, TPWD and different academic institutions across the state.
During the recent Thanksgiving break, I was privileged to tour University of Texas Marine Science Institute (UTMSI) in Port Aransas and the CCA Marine Development Center (MDC) in Flour Bluff with family friend and future marine biologist Lindsey Laskowski, and her mother Lisa. Lindsey has always exhibited a keen interest in the coastal ecosystems since I first meet her over six years ago. This was a great opportunity to show a graduating high school senior two great marine science facilities and to gather great input from our hosts at UTMSI and CCA MDC. This short tour not only provided a great insight into the marine biology field for a future student, but it also offered a great opportunity for me to revisit these facilities and once again see close up all of the great work that institutions such as these do in our great state and why it is important for CCA Texas to continue supporting them. The Coastal Bend is an epicenter for coastal fisheries studies and science with facilities such as UTMSI, Harte Research Institute at Texas A&M Corpus Christi and the CCA MDC. Lindsey's inquisitive nature and interest in this field only drives home the point that the future of Texas's coastal resources depends heavily on young students like her. It also reminds those of us that love to fish and enjoy these resources that we have to continue exposing the younger generations to the great opportunities that Texas has to offer in these fields. The future of Texas coastal resources lies within these younger generations and how we prepare them for the future. The CCA Summer intern program is one of the final steps in preparing for the future and students near their college graduation.
If you have the opportunity, please take your kids and friends and visit the CCA Marine Development Center in Flour Bluff or Sea Center Texas in Lake Jackson. Set up a tour at the facility and engage your hosts with questions and thought. Both of these facilities are run by TPWD and supported by CCA Texas and recreational fishermen across the state and it just might be a CCA Summer Intern that is giving you a tour around one of the facilities. Visit TPWD's website for tour times and facility contacts at both.
During the recent Thanksgiving break, I was privileged to tour University of Texas Marine Science Institute (UTMSI) in Port Aransas and the CCA Marine Development Center (MDC) in Flour Bluff with family friend and future marine biologist Lindsey Laskowski, and her mother Lisa. Lindsey has always exhibited a keen interest in the coastal ecosystems since I first meet her over six years ago. This was a great opportunity to show a graduating high school senior two great marine science facilities and to gather great input from our hosts at UTMSI and CCA MDC. This short tour not only provided a great insight into the marine biology field for a future student, but it also offered a great opportunity for me to revisit these facilities and once again see close up all of the great work that institutions such as these do in our great state and why it is important for CCA Texas to continue supporting them. The Coastal Bend is an epicenter for coastal fisheries studies and science with facilities such as UTMSI, Harte Research Institute at Texas A&M Corpus Christi and the CCA MDC. Lindsey's inquisitive nature and interest in this field only drives home the point that the future of Texas's coastal resources depends heavily on young students like her. It also reminds those of us that love to fish and enjoy these resources that we have to continue exposing the younger generations to the great opportunities that Texas has to offer in these fields. The future of Texas coastal resources lies within these younger generations and how we prepare them for the future. The CCA Summer intern program is one of the final steps in preparing for the future and students near their college graduation.
If you have the opportunity, please take your kids and friends and visit the CCA Marine Development Center in Flour Bluff or Sea Center Texas in Lake Jackson. Set up a tour at the facility and engage your hosts with questions and thought. Both of these facilities are run by TPWD and supported by CCA Texas and recreational fishermen across the state and it just might be a CCA Summer Intern that is giving you a tour around one of the facilities. Visit TPWD's website for tour times and facility contacts at both.