Padre Island National Seashore

Breathtaking sunrises, remote beaches, and dark night skies make Padre Island a top vacation destination.
Protecting sixty-six miles of wild coastline along the Gulf of America, the narrow barrier island is home to one of the last intact coastal prairie habitats in the United States. Along the hypersaline Laguna Madre, tidal mud flats teem with life. Native Americans, Spanish explorers and cattle ranchers have walked along its shores. Padre Island National Seashore is waiting to be rediscovered.
Map showing location of park.
Four pigs foraging in the grass
Padre Island National Seashore seeks public comment on environmental assessment for proposed removal of invasive swine and antelope
Padre Island National Seashore is seeking public comment on a draft Feral Exotic Invasive Species Management Plan and Environmental Assessment (EA) that would allow the park to remove feral swine and antelope (nilgai). Increasing numbers of feral swine and antelope at the seashore can negatively impact federally threatened and endangered species and their habitat, including the nesting Eastern black rail and Kemp’s ridley sea turtle. 
Yellow flowers bloom in the dunes along Malaquite Beach.
Photo by NPS Photo/ Thomas DiGiovannangelo
Small shell fragments in the sand long the beach.
Photo by NPS Photo/ Sue Wolfe
Two deer feed on grass. Their antlers have velvet on them.
Photo by NPS Photo/ Kara Rogers
Several sea turtle hatchlings crawl on the sand towards the Gulf of Mexico.
Photo by NPS Photo
A hawk like bird with an orange beak stands on a fence post.
Photo by NPS Photo/ Sue Wolfe
Small wooden structures are seen looking through a wood fence.
Photo by NPS Photo
Several brown pelicans stand on the sand next to the edge of the sea.
Photo by NPS Photo/ Sue Wolfe