Dollar Bay-Moses Lake Wetlands Restoration and Protectio. Phase II
Implementing Organization
Galveston Bay Foundation
Overview
DWH Project Funding
$850,000
Known Leveraged Funding
$1,030,000
Funding Organization
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF)
Funding Program
NFWF Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund GEBF
Details
Project Category
Environmental
Project Actions
Engineering and/or Construction
Targeted Resources
Wetlands/Marshes/Estuaries
Project Description
Construction project will restore and protect over 500 acres of degraded wetlands and protect 6,800 linear feet of vulnerable shorelines from erosion within the Dollar Bay-Moses Lake complex in Galveston Bay, Texas. Dollar Bay and Moses Lake are contiguous bodies of estuarine marsh adjacent to western Galveston Bay that are highly productive habitat important to the life cycle of a number of species.
Contact
Courtney Marie Smith281-332-3381
csmith@galvbay.org
Project Website
US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Texas General Land Office, The Nature Conservancy, Shell Oil Company, NRG Energy
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