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Gulf of Mexico Report Card Prototype for Texas

Implementing Organization

Texas A&M University Corpus Christi

Overview

DWH Project Funding

$550,000

Known Leveraged Funding

$0

Funding Organization

The U.S. Department of Treasury

Funding Program

The RESTORE Act Funds Bucket 5: Centers of Excellence Research Grant Program

Details

Project Category

Human and Social

Project Actions

Education and Outreach

Targeted Resources

Human and/or Institutional Capacity

Project Description

This project will develop a prototype Gulf of Mexico Report Card by evaluating the over all ecosystem health of the Texas Gulf Coast. Workshops of scientists, stakeholders and Texas environmental managers will convene to identify the pressures and stressors that impinge on coastal Texas ecosystems and define long-term sustainability goals.

Contact

Larry McKinney
(361) 825-2070
Larry.McKinney@tamucc.edu
Project Website
Project Partners

Mark Harwell, Jack Gentile

Affiliated Institutions

Grant funds to support the development of the Gulf of Mexico Report Card, a comprehensive Report Card on the health of the Gulf of Mexico that will be scientifically based, widely accessible, and readily understandable by policy-makers, stakeholders, scientists, and the public.

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