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Tessa Richards of Chicago takes 'touch tank' literally. Rookery Bay held their annual Nature Fest over the weekend, giving residents and visitors a chance to explore many aspects of our natural surroundings. Lance Shearer/Eagle Correspondent

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Tessa Richards of Chicago takes "touch tank" literally. Rookery Bay held their annual Nature Fest over the weekend, giving residents and visitors a chance to explore many aspects of our natural surroundings. Lance Shearer/Eagle Correspondent

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  • Tessa Richards of Chicago takes 'touch tank' literally. Rookery Bay held their annual Nature Fest over the weekend, giving residents and visitors a chance to explore many aspects of our natural surroundings. Lance Shearer/Eagle Correspondent
  • Bill Reigle watches an interactive presentation on the food web. Rookery Bay held their annual Nature Fest over the weekend, giving residents and visitors a chance to explore many aspects of our natural surroundings. Lance Shearer/Eagle Correspondent
  • Volunteer Marilyn McCollister talks shellfish with Tessa and Maren Richards. Rookery Bay held their annual Nature Fest over the weekend, giving residents and visitors a chance to explore many aspects of our natural surroundings. Lance Shearer/Eagle Correspondent
  • Marco environmental specialist Nancy Richie delivers a talk on the burrowing owl to a full house in the ELC auditorium. Rookery Bay held their annual Nature Fest over the weekend, giving residents and visitors a chance to explore many aspects of our natural surroundings. Lance Shearer/Eagle Correspondent
  • Marco environmental specialist Nancy Richie delivers a talk on the burrowing owl. Rookery Bay held their annual Nature Fest over the weekend, giving residents and visitors a chance to explore many aspects of our natural surroundings. Lance Shearer/Eagle Correspondent
  • Marco environmental specialist Nancy Richie delivers a talk on the burrowing owl. Rookery Bay held their annual Nature Fest over the weekend, giving residents and visitors a chance to explore many aspects of our natural surroundings. Lance Shearer/Eagle Correspondent
  • Michaela Irvin explores a seine net, and drops in a crustacean. Rookery Bay held their annual Nature Fest over the weekend, giving residents and visitors a chance to explore many aspects of our natural surroundings. Lance Shearer/Eagle Correspondent
  • Volunteers at the ELC entrance include Bethany Bragg, Deborah Woods, Pete Tallman, Lila Goodson, and Harriet Tallman. Rookery Bay held their annual Nature Fest over the weekend, giving residents and visitors a chance to explore many aspects of our natural surroundings. Lance Shearer/Eagle Correspondent

The wetlands, estuaries and uplands managed by the Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve encompass all the land connecting Marco to the mainland, and even the island itself, outside the city limits, is the subject of a Rookery Bay-sponsored mangrove restoration project.

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