Galveston Bay

Title: Galveston Baykeep Fundraiser: Folk n’ Oysters
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Date: 2009-12-30
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The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality is hosting three public meetings at the end of February about a water quality project being initiated in to address bacterial concerns in Upper Galveston, Trinity, East, West, Chocolate, and Lower Galveston Bays. (more…)

By Ella Tyler

I have decided that the book “The Formation and Future of the Upper Texas Coast: A Geologist Answers Questions about Sand, Storms, and Living by the Sea” by Rice professor John B. Anderson is required reading for any one who cares about our coast. (more…)

By Lauren Barth

The US House of Representatives passed a $27.6 billion appropriation for the interior, environment, and related agencies at the end of June. The votes and debate on various motions to amend the bill revealed interesting facets of our local legislators’ environmental personalities. (more…)

Just weeks after Hurricane Katrina struck, John Sullivan of the Sealy Center for Public Health and Medicine and Bryan Parras of Texas Environmental Justice Advocacy Services were sent to Louisiana to meet with community leaders to find out how the National Institute for Environmental Health could collaborate with local groups. (more…)

By Ella Tyler

The Gulf Restoration Network and the Sierra Club released a joint report, May 31, titled “The School of Big Storms – the High Cost of Compromising Our Natural Defenses and the Benefits of Protecting Them.” (more…)

By Ella Tyler

Jerry Patterson, Commissioner of the Texas General Land Office, announced Wednesday that he is making $1.3 million in state money available to help remove houses from public beaches. (more…)

By Ella Tyler

Kemp’s ridley sea turtles, which had a near brush with extinction, appear to be making a comeback. So far, 69 of their nests have been discovered along the Texas coast during this year’s nesting season, including five in Galveston County. (more…)

Purpose: To monitor activities and proposed activities that impact the bay/shore environment and the Galveston Bay area human community, with the intent to modify or prevent activities that may have adverse environmental effects. (more…)

Purpose: To preserve, protect, and enhance the natural resources of the Galveston Bay estuarine system and its tributaries for present users and for posterity. To accomplish this mission, the Foundation has targeted four goals: advocacy, conservation, education, and research. (more…)

Purpose: To provide comprehensive ecosystem management through collaborative partnerships to preserve Galveston Bay’s multiple uses. Uses include: commercial fishing, recreation, tourism, wastewater discharge, shipping and transportation, industry, and petroleum. (more…)

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Purpose: To work for the preservation of endangered turtles and to be involved in the international project to save Kemp’s Ridley Turtle. HEART is an affiliate of the Sea Turtle Restoration Project – Texas.

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An Affiliate of SCENIC TEXAS, Inc. & Scenic America Friends of the Estuary Networking Guild

Purpose: Dedicated as scenic habitat conservation preserves, Scenic Galveston’s mission is permanent protection and restoration of its 900-acre JohnM. O’Quinn I-45 estuarial corridor and the contiguous 1500 acres of undeveloped coastal habitat on the Virginia Point peninsula. Publications: Regular updates and project news to members, volunteers, agency partners, and Estuary Friends.

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Purpose: The protection and enjoyment of the state’s oceans, waves and beaches for all people, through conservation, activism, research and education.

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