{"id":472287,"date":"2026-10-21T03:46:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T03:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/472287\/"},"modified":"2026-10-21T03:46:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T03:46:09","slug":"national-estuary-program-conference-brings-conservation-experts-to-corpus-christi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/472287\/","title":{"rendered":"National Estuary Program conference brings conservation experts to Corpus Christi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas \u2014 Corpus Christi welcomed some of the nation\u2019s leading estuary experts Tuesday as the city hosted the National Estuary Program\u2019s Tech Transfer Meeting at the Omni.<\/p>\n<p>The three-day gathering brings together experts in estuary research, conservation and education to share knowledge and explore new approaches to protecting estuaries.<\/p>\n<p>                                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kiiitv.com\/assets\/shared-images\/icons\/arrow-circle-down.svg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                                                This story continues below.<\/p>\n<p>Representing Corpus Christi, Harte Research Institute Director of Community Engagement Jace Tunnell served as the keynote speaker. Tunnell, a member of the National Estuary Program, also highlighted the importance of local efforts to educate the public about the Gulf.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe goal is trying to get people to understand what\u2019s going on in the Gulf, and we think it\u2019s making a difference,\u201d Tunnell said. \u201cThe fact that they\u2019re calling me to be a keynote speaker that\u2019s good news, and that means that people are watching and listening and hopefully we\u2019re getting the message out about the importance of the Gulf.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The meeting continues throughout the week, with experts sharing research funding tips and innovations in data collection. Participants will also take trips to visit local estuaries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas \u2014 Corpus Christi welcomed some of the nation\u2019s leading estuary experts Tuesday as the city&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":472288,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[155,157,156],"class_list":["post-472287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi-headlines","tag-corpus-christi-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472287","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=472287"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472287\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/472288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=472287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=472287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=472287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}