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The Galveston Bay Foundation Seventh Annual Marsh Mania will be Saturday, April 9 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the newly restored Dickinson Bay Island. Photo and Release “Marsh Mania volunteers are essential
to this project. This is a community based event that has a
direct benefit to our Bay system," said Bob Stokes, President of the Galveston Bay Foundation. In 2003, GBF and several partners began reconstructing the first of three islands on the north side of the Dickinson Ship Channel. Prolonged wave action and subsidence over the last six decades have caused erosion to the islands that had previously provided shoreline protection for the adjacent Texas City Prairie Preserve and essential habitat for colonial waterbirds as well as commercially and recreationally important species of fish, shrimp, and crabs. The first restored
island includes approximately
three acres of intertidal marsh and two acres of uplands
suitable for ground-nesting birds. Two to three
acres of oyster reef will be created adjacent to the island. A second Marsh Mania will be held on Saturday, May 21 at two sites: Armand Bayou Nature Center in Pasadena and Sweetwater Nature Preserve on Galveston Island. Pre-registration is required to participate in all events. To pre-register call GBF at (281) 332-3381, extension 207. Volunteers will receive a T-shirt. Door prizes will be awarded and lunch will be provided. No experience is necessary. For more information, visit http://www.galvbay.org. Hyperlinks will work if this document is read Online
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