USA Today
By Camille Fine
May 27, 203
Researchers in Texas who survey the coasts for sea life and often stare down a creepy doll with barnacles for eyes have auctioned off hundreds of items they find to help fund the rehabilitation of sea turtles and birds.
For 15 years, the Mission-Aransas Reserve at the University of Texas Marine Institute has sold off some of their best finds along a 40-mile stretch of beach to raise funds for the Amos Rehabilitation Keep. Last year, the auction brought in around $3,000, reports the Houston Chronicle’s Ariana Garcia.