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    Padre Island

    National Seashore Texas

Park Newspaper

Gulf Breeze 2013 Cover

The Gulf Breeze

Download (PDF, 2.71MB) the 2013 edition of The Gulf Breeze, Padre Island National Seashore's park magazine. It's a wonderful resource for planning your visit to the park, with helpful information on things to do and commonly asked questions. It also has some great articles on the plants, animals, landscape, and history of the park. Download and print your copy today!

In this Issue

Things to Do

Sea Turtles: Breaking Records!

The Virtual Side of Padre Island

Slipping Away: The Decline of the Park's Colonial Waterbirds

Shark Bite Games!

Traveling Down Island: What You Should Know

On the Wing

A Man and His Island

National Seashores: Jewels of the Coasts

Frequently Asked Questions

And more!

 
 

Did You Know?

A Kemp's ridley returns to the Gulf with a radio transmitter so that her travels outside of nesting season can be tracked.

Kemp's ridley sea turtles are both the smallest and the most endangered sea turtles in the world.  Padre Island National Seashore is one of only a few places in the world where Kemp's ridley sea turtles come to nest. More...