Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program: Causeway Bird Island
Texas Coastal Program will provide funding
to support the Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries Program to protect an important bird rookery
island in Nueces Bay, Texas from continued erosion and enhance fish and wildlife
habitat
values in a manner consistent with the needs of colonial waterbirds. The
Program has been working in cooperation with the Texas General Land Office to
restore and protect vital islands in the Nueces Bay area. Theses islands are
important breeding sites for many colonial waterbirds including black skimmers,
terns and others. A previous island restoration project has been successful and
was immediately colonized by breeding waterbirds. The bird islands in the area
have suffered significantly from erosion and are in need of protection,
restoration or enhancement. The proposed project will continue the efforts to
protect and enhance the bird islands in the region to provide more suitable
nesting grounds and success. Specifically this proposal will protect/enhance the
Causeway Island along IH-35 in Nueces Bay.
Partners: Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries Program, and the Texas Coastal Program