Restoring Colonial Waterbirds on the Texas Coast
Implementing Organization
Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries Program
Overview
DWH Project Funding
$363,400
Known Leveraged Funding
$0
Funding Organization
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF)
Funding Program
NFWF Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund GEBF
Details
Project Category
Environmental
Project Actions
Monitoring and Observations
Targeted Resources
Birds/Bird Habitat
Project Description
Enhance efforts of the Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries Program to manage colonial waterbird islands on the Texas coast from San Antonio Bay to the Laguna Madre, resulting in accelerated implementation of specific management actions identified in the CBBEP Colonial Waterbird Rookery Island Management Plan and several other regionaland species-specific plans at 33 targeted locations over a two (2) year period. The project will increase and optimize available nesting habitat and reduce factors commonly associated with nest failure or colony abandonment, resulting in enhanced avian utilization of colonial nesting species impacted by the Deepwater Horizon spill.
Contact
David Newstead361-885-6202
dnewstead@cbbep.org
Project Website
US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS)
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