Padre Island, one of few hyper-saline lagoons in the world, protects 70 miles of coastline, dunes, prairies, and wind tidal flats teeming with life. The island provides a safe nesting ground for the Kemp’s ridley sea turtle, and a haven for 380 bird species.
These bilingual interpretive waysides feature this rare coastal landscape, the species it supports, both threatened and endangered, and it’s history of human land uses.
Padre Island, one of few hyper-saline lagoons in the world, protects 70 miles of coastline, dunes, prairies, and wind tidal flats teeming with life. The island provides a safe nesting ground for the Kemp’s ridley sea turtle, and a haven for 380 bird species.
These bilingual interpretive waysides feature this rare coastal landscape, the species it supports, both threatened and endangered, and it’s history of human land uses.