Dickinson Bay Islands Restoration Project: Implementing the Plan

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dc.acquisition-srcen_US
dc.call-noQH 541.5 .E8 G322 2003 c.1-2 GBAYen_US
dc.call-noREF QH 541.5 .E8 G322 2003 GBAYen_US
dc.call-noARCHIVES QH 541.5 .E8 G322 2003en_US
dc.contract-noCTF-009/03en_US
dc.contributor.authorBaker, William B. (Bill), Jr.en_US
dc.contributor.otherThe Sixth Biennial State of the Bay Symposium January 14-16, 2003en_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-15T17:38:32Z
dc.date.available2010-02-15T17:38:32Z
dc.date.issued2003en_US
dc.degreeen_US
dc.descriptionpg. 133en_US
dc.description-otheren_US
dc.description.abstractIn 1934, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers constructed three islands in Dickinson Bay with dredged material from the Dickinson Channel Project. For 65 years these islands provided erosion protection for lands associated with the Texas Nature Conservancy's Texas City Attwater Prairie Chicken Preserve and served as critical nesting habitat for a host of colonial waterbird species (Galloway, personal communication). Subsidence and long-term erosion, exacerbated by a series of tropical storms in the 1990's, resulted in the loss of all three islands, thus eliminating their ecological benefits. In addition to the loss of critical bird nesting habitat, significant intertidal marsh losses have also occurred in the Dickinson Bay complex during the last four decades..... Project goals are to strategically construct three engineered islands of various sizes, 6, 14, and 9 acres respectively. Each island will have multiple ecological components including intertidal marsh restoration, colonial waterbird nesting habitat, heron/egret rookery habitat, oyster reef construction, erosion control, and water quality improvements. Educational and recreational components are also included in the restoration plan.en_US
dc.description.urien_US
dc.geo-codeUnited Statesen_US
dc.geo-codeTexasen_US
dc.geo-codeGalvestonen_US
dc.geo-codeGalveston Bayen_US
dc.history7/28/05 easen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/26354
dc.latitudeen_US
dc.locationGBIC Circulating Collection; GBIC Reference Collection; GBIC Archives Collectionen_US
dc.longitudeen_US
dc.notesen_US
dc.placeWebster, TXen_US
dc.publisherGalveston Bay Estuary Programen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries9252.00en_US
dc.relation.urihttp://gbic.tamug.edu/gbeppubs/sob2003/sessions.html#islandrestoreen_US
dc.scaleen_US
dc.seriesGBEP T-8en_US
dc.subjectwater qualityen_US
dc.subjecthabitaten_US
dc.subjectecologyen_US
dc.subjectwatershed managementen_US
dc.subjectdickinson bayen_US
dc.subjectrestoratioen_US
dc.subjectdredged materialen_US
dc.subjecterosion protectionen_US
dc.subjectnesting habitaten_US
dc.subjectcolonial waterbird speciesen_US
dc.subjectprairie chicken preserveen_US
dc.subjectintertidal marshen_US
dc.subjectheronen_US
dc.subjectegret rookeryen_US
dc.subjectoyster reef constructionen_US
dc.subjecterosion controlen_US
dc.subjectwater quality improvementsen_US
dc.subjecteducationen_US
dc.subjectrecreationalen_US
dc.titleDickinson Bay Islands Restoration Project: Implementing the Planen_US
dc.typeBooken_US
dc.universityen_US
dc.vol-issueen_US

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