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Whooping Crane Habitat Enhancement

Summary

The Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program (CBBEP) will enhance protection of Whooping Crane habitat on the Lamar Peninsula in Aransas County. New bollards will be installed to protect 107 acres of Whooping Crane habitat. Individual Plant Treatments will be conducted on approximately 20 acres of shrub habitat to control the encroachment of mesquite. Debris will be removed to enhance the coastal marsh and tidal flat habitat. Signs will be installed to educate the public about Whooping Cranes.
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Basics

Aransas
N/A
The Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program
$69,777

Classification

  • CMP 306
Habitat Restoration/Protection Public Education & Outreach

Timeline

completed
2020

Funding Sources

Source 1

19-057
Coastal Management Program (CMP)
Primary
Federal
$41,866
23
2019

Source 2

Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program
Other
Other
$27,910
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Contacts

Responsibility
The Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program
Contact
Jake Herring Director of Land Conservation 615 N. Upper Broadway, Suite 1200 361.336.0309 Email
Responsibility
General Land Office
Contact
Coastal Resources 800.998.4456 512.475.0773