East Matagorda Bay Land Conservation

Implementing Organization

Texas Agricultural Land Trust

Overview

DWH Project Funding

$5,469,016

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

Land Acquisition/Protection

Targeted Resources

Wetlands/Marshes/Estuaries

Project Description

Conserve 3,547 acres of coastal working lands in the Mid Coast of Texas through a perpetual conservation easement. The target property has frontage along the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway near East Matagorda Bay and is composed of a suite of coastal marsh, prairie, and freshwater wetland habitats.

Contact

James Oliver
None
joliver@txaglandtrust.org
Project Website

Project Partners

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD)

Affiliated Institutions

None