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University Marina Beach Park (98-265)
Water Quality in Texas City: Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination
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The City of Texas City purchased a software package to record violations, identify illegal connections and improper discharges and their locations and times and dates of discovery or observance.
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Toward Wetland Protection in the Houston-Galveston Region: Assessing Mitigation Practices and Facilitating Watershed-Based Decision Making
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GeoTechnology Research Institute facilitated the conservation of wetland habitats in the Houston-Galveston region.
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Wetland Plant Partnership
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Texas A&M University's Wetland Plant Partnership formed a synergistic relationship with the Stormwater Wetland Program, the Wetland Restoration Program, and partnering organizations to provide native plant materials for demonstration wetlands.
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Wetlands Park Expansion
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The City of Shoreacres purchased one acre adjacent to the existing Taylor Bayou wetlands park. The acre is about one-half wetlands and about one-half wooded.
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Water Quality in Texas City
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The City of Texas City funded local activities that helped the city meet two best management practices objectives: Public Education and Public Involvement.
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City of Texas City
Carlos Garza
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Town of South Padre Island Treasure Island Circle Beach Park
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The City of South Padre Island developed an unimproved beach access point into a beach park to come into compliance with the beach maintenance program.
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The Wetland Restoration Team
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The Texas Cooperative Extension expanded the "Urban Wetland Education and Restoration" project's community outreach by hosting a Lessons Learned in Wetland Restoration workshop and monitoring water quality improvement at wetland restoration projects.
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Wetland Park Improvements
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The City of Shoreacres built an observation deck, two walkover bridges over ditches that will provide entry into the park, and a kayak/canoe/small boat launch on Taylor Bayou with an adjacent covered bench kiosk in a new park.
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Treasure Island Shoreline Profiling and Bathymetric Survey (#1150B)
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Brazoria County collected survey data to characterize the Gulf of Mexico shoreline and adjacent seabed in the vicinity of Treasure Island, Texas.