2018 Trull Foundation Environmental Roundtable: Presentation materials

The Lower Colorado and Lavaca Rivers and Matagorda Bay are facing a multitude of threats.

On Oct. 17, Trull environmental grantees gathered to discuss what makes this region special and unique, how organizations are working to find solutions to protect the region, and priorities for action.

Matagorda: A Region and a Way of Life Bound by Water – The interconnected fates of Matagorda Bay, the lower Colorado River and the communities of the Coastal Bend

Bill Balboa, SeaGrant / Matagorda Bay Foundation

Balboa: Matagorda Bay: A region and a way of life from Texas Living Waters Project

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Instream & Freshwater inflows – drivers and trends and what this means for the Matagorda region

Myron Hess, Consultant for Texas Living Waters Project

Hess: Role of instream flows from Texas Living Waters Project

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Opportunities and Threats for the Matagorda Bay Region

David Bradsby, Program Leader, Water Quantity Division Texas Parks and Wildlife Department

Bradsby: Matagorda Bay System: Challenges and Threats from Texas Living Waters Project

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The Ecology of Matagorda Bay

Leslie Hartman, Matagorda Bay Ecosystem Leader, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department

Hartman: Coastal Values from Texas Living Waters Project

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Freshwater Mussels Studies and Status

Meghan Hope, Economic Growth and Endangered Species Management Division Texas Comptroller’s Office

Hope: Freshwater mussel research from Texas Living Waters Project

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29 Sep

The Ike Dike could cost $57 billion over a 20-year period due to inflation and rising costs. That puts a much bigger burden on five coastal counties to raise the nearly $20 billion needed for local cost share, notes our policy specialist @DanielleGoshen.

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28 Sep

"To strike oil in America, you need water. Plenty of it."

A fascinating deep dive into how water supplies in Texas are threatened by "monster fracks" that pump aquifers and other vulnerable sources:

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Danielle Goshen @daniellegoshen ·

24 Sep

A very serious and costly reminder of the importance of maintaining freshwater inflows. They are not just for the health of bay and estuary ecosystems — but for the proper functioning of drinking water systems as well.