Dear FoGISP Members (Past and Present)!

The new FoGISP Board of Directors is off to a great start! We have developed a monthly FoGISP Newsletter to keep everyone informed of upcoming Park activities, volunteer opportunities and highlights of the Park’s natural resources. The first newsletter is attached to this email, for your convenience, and to help you stay engaged with FoGISP.

Future editions of the Newsletter will highlight special activity days where we will partner with Park staff, such as arts & craft days, Smore’s Day, Summer Solstice celebration and star gazing nights. In addition, the Board is already planning Camp Wild 2024 and working with Park staff to identify other projects that FoGISP can support. Keep your eyes open for these monthly Newsletters.

We would also like to invite past members to re-join FoGISP. It’s only a $20.00 donation per year to become a member (and is tax deductible!). To make it easy we now have a QR Code that you can scan with your phone and donate and become a member. The QR code is in the attached Newsletter.

We hope to see you in the Park!

FoGISP Communications Team:

Sharon Tirpak

Robin Novak

Kat Pollock

Taylor Burley Galaviz

Destination Exploration follows the stories of the people and events that shaped the island and Galveston Island State Park. Bringing together outdoor skills, hands-on activities, and storytelling, Destination Exploration will transport visitors to the age of exploration.

This is one of many 100-year celebration events happening in Texas state parks this year. Entry to a park is free on the day it hosts an official 100-Year Celebration (applies to day passes only). Guarantee entry by reserving your free day pass up to one month before this special event.

More information: https://tpwd.texas.gov/calendar/galveston-island/destination-exploration

Volunteer today!

For scheduling a group visit contact galvestonislandsp@tpwd.texas.gov (phone (409) 737-1222) with your information

Check out https://tpwd.texas.gov/state-parks/galveston-island

Image by Verva Dunsmore

Galveston Island State Park has two thousand acres of surf, beach, dunes, coastal prairie, fresh-water ponds, wetlands, bayous and bay shoreline. It is a richly diverse preserve with hundreds of species of wildlife — you may see roseate spoonbills resting in an oak mott, tree frogs croaking out their mating calls, skimmers nesting in terraced wetlands, egrets fishing the ponds, coyotes prowling the nighttime grassland, sandpipers skittering in the surf and pelicans surveying from high above.

For recreation, you can swim at the beach, hike or bike the miles of trails, kayak the wetlands and fish the bay or surf. The Park is also a science laboratory for naturalists and students of marsh ecology, bird migration, shoreline stability and wildlife habitat.