The Endangered Species Media Project (ESMP), a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization, was founded in 1990 to establish a partnership with schools, corporations and private individuals.  The mission of ESMP is to promote a greater understanding of how the quality of human life can be enhanced by the preservation of our wilderness and wildlife.

ESMP Achieves these goals by initiating and supporting publications and programs that foster a perspective toward stewardship of Earth's ecological treasures while providing hands-on conservation activities for young people. ESMP also assembles museum tours of endangered wildlife educational art exhibits.

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Art shows created by VANISHING WILDLIFE OF TEXAS focus on rare and endangered species and their vanishing habitats:

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ESMP has produced several IMAGES OF VANISHING NATURE collections. An invitational art show represented more than 30 internationally acclaimed wildlife artists debuted at Houston's Museum of Natural Science, and toured North America.  ESMP's Images of Vanishing Nature tours have traveled from Houston's Rice University Media Center, and Nations Bank Center, to Canada's National Museun of Natural Science, Virginia Museum of Natural Science, Scripp's Institution of Oceanograpy, Sacramento Fine Art Center, Detroit Zoological Gardens, and have included works that have been at the United Nations and the Smithsonian Institution.  Our exhibitions have been the subject of local television news programs and documentaries by public television.

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Young peoples' wildlife art from a number of Texas school districts has been sponsored by ESMP as part of an art-science lesson plan developed by our teacher advisory committee, and has been shown at a number of Texas sites including; the State Capitol Building, Padre Island National Seashore,
Texas A&M University, 2 Houston Center, HISD Headquarters and others.

GALVESTON BAY DOLPHIN EXPEDITIONS
This project brings inner city and at-risk youth into Galveston Bay on a Texas
A&M research boat; studying dolphins and other sea and animal life in Galveston Bay's ecosystem, and learning about the interrelationship of all living things.  The news media frequently accompanies us on these trips, as well as documentary crews from public television.  Teachers that work with us on this program feel the trips instill a positive influence on youth.  When you see the children observing the dolphins it's easy to understand how these friendly and intelligent creatures, in their natural habitat, can have such an amazing effect on the children.  Ventures into outdoor settings have been found useful in the prevention of juvenile delinquency.  The Teachers are confident about the students' ability to be inspired and to appreciate learning from these expeditions, thereby staying in school.

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