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The Dickinson Bayou Watershed Partnership,
organized by Texas Coastal Watershed Program (Texas Sea Grant /
Texas Cooperative Extension), in cooperation with the Texas Commission
on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) and the Galveston Bay Estuary Program
(GBEP), is an innovative gathering of federal, state, and private
organizations who meet to improve watershed health, integrate watershed
management, and make better use of watershed project funding. The
partnership focuses on the interrelated issues of water excess (flooding
and drainage), habitat, water quality, land use and educating the
communites within the watershed on these issues.
Mission: DRAFT To protect, preserve
and restore the quality of the Dickinson Bayou Watershed and its
communities.
Vision:
DRAFT
Dickinson
Bayou should have more fish and more kinds of fish |
Increase
biodiversity |
Support
recreational and commercial uses |
Increase
access to the bayou |
The
bayou meets designated uses - swimmable and fishable |
Economic
base |
More
birds |
Reduce
loss of habitat (green space/natural areas) |
Floods
impact less people |
Dickinson
bayou and its tributaries are fishable and swimmable |
The
water quality of Dickinson Bayou and its tributaries are improved
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Maintain
and enhance the bayou |
Support
ecosystems |
Goals:
1. Dickinson Bayou and its tributaries meet or exceed current Texas
water quality standards.
2. Develop and implement a monitoring strategy to evaluate the effectiveness
of watershed protection and restoration methods
3. Protect, restore and create valuable natural habitats throughout
the watershed
3a. Protect and restore fish and wildlife resources in the watershed
3b. Reduce exotics
4. Reduce the impact of flooding on homes and businesses, using
the watershed's natural ability to absorb floodwaters whenever possible
5. Improve awareness and understanding of Dickinson Bayou Watershed
and its value to the communities through education and outreach
6. Establish a process for coordination bewteen citizens and entities
impacting the watershed
7. Promote citizen stewardship of the bayou and its watershed
8. Integrate quality of life issues in watershed plan
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