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(Corpus Christi, TX November 5, 2015) – The Coastal Bend Bays Foundation will hold their annual Conservation and Environmental Stewardship Awards Banquet to honor our 2015 Award winners, who have contributed to protecting and preserving our beautiful coastal natural resources.

The Conservation & Environmental Stewardship Awards Program recognizes and honors outstanding Coastal Bend citizens, educators, businesses, governing bodies and other entities that have made significant contributions to education and or protection of Coastal Bend natural resources, habitats and native species.

Banquet attendees will enjoy a gourmet dinner, bid on Silent Auction items, win wonderful prizes in our raffle, and meet and congratulate our Award winners. The Awards Banquet theme this year is “For Love of the Environment.”

Table and Ticket prices can be found at baysfoundation.org.

Proceeds from the Banquet benefit the Coastal Bend Bays Foundation, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, and help us provide outreach, habitat restoration, and educational opportunities that promote conservation of  our precious natural resources.

If unable to join the Banquet, please consider making a donation.  Your support allows us to continue our conservation efforts in the Coastal Bend, protecting and preserving our beautiful habitats now and forever. Be thinking of who YOU want to nominate for this year’s awards!

We look forward to seeing you at the banquet!

Our awesome investors and donors for the 2015 Conservation and Environmental Stewardship Awards Banquet are:

Top Investors:

Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program

Building the Bays Investors:

voestalpine Texas LLC

Cheniere Energy

Cove Investors:

Flint Hills Resources

Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies

HDR Engineering, Inc.

M&G Resins

Valero Bill Greehey Refinery

Information on CBBF

The Coastal Bend Bays Foundation is a public interest organization [non-profit 501(c)(3)] dedicated to the conservation of freshwater and coastal natural resources through communication, advocacy, research, and education.  The Coastal Bend Bays Foundation has been at the center of water and natural resource issues in the Coastal Bend for 12 years helping find fair and equitable solutions for people, industry, agriculture, and wildlife.  Our public forums, education outreach programs and other projects, such as Earth Day Bay Day, keep the public informed about the urgent need for conservation of natural resources and the protection of natural habitats.  Since 1999 CBBF has organized Earth Day-Bay Day, a free outdoor education and recreation festival for Coastal Bend residents.  Earth Day-Bay Day is aimed at increasing citizen awareness of the importance of protecting Coastal Bend bays and freshwater inflows, as well as encouraging recycling, litter abatement, and habitat protection.  The event has grown in attendance and importance, with over 7,500 visitors in 2012. The conservation of freshwater and coastal natural resources remains the goal of CBBF; and we seek to achieve this goal through communication, advocacy, research, and education, the cornerstones of our organization.