MEETING: The next meeting will be on August 20, 2016, at the Galveston Country Club, 14228 Stewart Road , starting at 8:30 AM for breakfast burritos and the meeting starting at 9:00 AM.
PROGRAM: We are pleased to have Cherie O’Brien, Coastal Ecologist for Texas Parks & Wildlife, to present the “West Galveston Island Entrance Channel Dredging and Marsh Restoration Project”. This project involves 10 bay subdivisions on the west end and about seven miles of project area in the bay. The group met many times and the WGIPOA submitted for engineering funds from the RESTORE Act (Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill). Cherie has been so successful with the TPW in obtaining funds from federal agencies for various marsh restoration projects on the west end and she has spearheaded this project from the beginning.
Galveston Beach Band Concerts: This is Americana at its best! Free concerts every Tuesday through August 16 at the Sealy Gazebo, 24th and Sealy Avenue. The City of Galveston has sponsored these concerts since 1928 and conductor Frank Incaprera returns for his 54th season to lead 23 musicians and a singer in these free 90 minute performances.
Upcoming Events:
Ongoing: Join the American Shore & Beach Preservation Association (ASBPA) and automatically become a member of the Texas Chapter. Seewww.asbpa.org and www.texasasbpa.org for details.
Sept. 14-16 2016: FSBPA Annual Conference at the Naples Grande, Naples, FL. Details at www.fsbpa.com
Oct. 25-28, 2016: ASBPA’s National Coastal Conference, Ocean Place Resort, Long Branch, NJ. See details at: www.asbpa.org
December 10-15, 2016: Restore Americas Estuaries and the Coastal Society present 2016 Summit: Our Future, Our Choice, at the Hilton Riverside Hotel, New Orleans, La: see https://www.estuaries.org/Summit
Feb. 8-10, 2017: National Conference on Beach Preservation Technology, Hutchinson Island Marriott, Stuart, FL. Details at www.fasbpa.com
Feb. 28-March 2, 2017: ASBPA Coastal Summit, Washington, DC. Details to come at www.asbpa.org
Thank you for your support and we hope to see you on Saturday August 20, 2016, at the Galveston Country Club, starting at 8:30 AM for breakfast burritos and the meeting to follow at 9:00 AM.
Jerry Mohn
President