{"id":347702,"date":"2026-06-23T23:07:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T23:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/347702\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T23:07:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T23:07:09","slug":"houston-zoo-invites-public-to-quintana-beach-cleanup-for-sea-turtles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/347702\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston Zoo invites public to Quintana Beach cleanup for sea turtles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Houston Zoo is inviting the public to a beach cleanup Saturday to create a healthier habitat for Gulf Coast sea turtles and other marine wildlife.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This opportunity is simple, meaningful, family-friendly and open to everyone \u2014 no experience required,&#8221; according to a post on the Houston Zoo&#8217;s Facebook page. &#8220;We\u2019ll provide guidance, tools and support. You bring your love for wildlife and willingness to help.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Participants will spend a few hours working with zoo staff to clean up the beach in support of sea turtles that live there and other marine wildlife.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The idea is inspired by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theoffice.rw\/about-rwanda\/umuganda\/\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Umuganda, a tradition in Rwanda<\/a> that celebrates a regular community-service project that supports saving wildlife. The Neighbors for Nature events take place on the last Saturday of each month.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Those attending the cleanup should wear closed-toe shoes, long socks and long pants, according to the Neighbors for Nature website. Sunscreen, bug spray and a refillable water bottle are helpful for the day.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The next clean-up day will be July 25 at Stewart Beach.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Houston Zoo is inviting the public to a beach cleanup Saturday to create a healthier habitat for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":347703,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,58,57],"class_list":["post-347702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=347702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347702\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/347703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=347702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=347702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=347702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}