![The 17th annual Seagrass Awareness Celebration will feature family-focused activities including marine life in touch tanks, seining, games, fishing, marine creatures, marine debris, arts and crafts including making shark-tooth necklaces, boating and water safety, kayaking and food vendors. Attendees should bring water, sunscreen, a hat, water shoes and lawn chairs. [Peter Southwood | Special to the Press Gazette]](http://127.0.0.1/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/ghows-DA-48fd670f-68cd-2432-e053-0100007fe921-994f4885-scaled.jpeg)
GULF BREEZE — You can learn about seagrass, marine creatures that live in it and how to protect the habitat during the 17th annual Seagrass Awareness Celebration.
The event, free to attend, is 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 18 at Shoreline Park South in Gulf Breeze.
Family-focused activities feature marine life in touch tanks, seining, games, fishing, marine creatures, marine debris, arts and crafts including making shark tooth necklaces, boating and water safety, kayaking and food vendors. Attendees should bring water, sunscreen, a hat, water shoes and lawn chairs.
Participating organizations include the Navarre Beach Marine Science Station, the United States EPA Gulf Ecology Division, Gulf Breeze High School, University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Florida Sea Grant, UF-IFAS Master Gardeners, Ocean Hour, Navarre Beach Kayaks and Escambia County Natural Resources.
If you would like to participate in this event by offering an activity or a display, contact Chris Verlinde, UF-IFAS Santa Rosa County Sea Grant extension agent, at 623-3868 or chrismv@ufl.edu.
This article originally appeared on Santa Rosa Press Gazette: 17th Annual Seagrass Awareness Celebration scheduled