Nature preserve expands with Phase Two addition
     You can get new perspectives on local wildlife at the Port Aransas Nature Preserve at Charlie’s Pasture. The preserve is 1,271 acres of undeveloped land between the Corpus Christi Ship Channel, Port Aransas Community Park, State Hwy. 361 and Piper Channel.
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Paddlers may enjoy the Lighthouse Lakes Trails
     The Lighthouse Lakes Paddling Trails, the first such trails established by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD), wind across shallow waters and flats northwest of Port Aransas. There are four trails along the South Bay side of Lydia Ann Channel, all accessible from the Lighthouse Trails Park along the State Hwy. 361 causeway.
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Learn marsh ecology at Wetland Education Center
     Salt marshes are some of the most ecologically productive habitats on the planet, and that is just one of the facts visitors learn when they walk through the Wetlands Education Center just 50 yards from the University of Texas at Austin Marine Science Institute’s visitors’ center.
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Native plants at botanical gardens
     Learn about Coastal Bend plants and animals at the South Texas Botanical Gardens and Nature Center, located at 8545 S. Staples St. in Corpus Christi.
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