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Regional Monitoring Database
Regional Monitoring Database
The Regional Monitoring Database (RMD) is a repository of quality assured downloadable environmental data and exploratory dashboards from across the Galveston Bay Watershed.
Galveston Bay NEP Publications
Galveston Bay NEP Publications
These documents include workplans, baseline data, research, and meeting proceedings from the inception of the Galveston Bay National Estuary Program through the early 2000s.
GBEP Projects and Publications
GBEP Projects and Publications
This site provides access to a collection of the final reports and findings from completed projects, beginning in 2005, funded through the Galveston Bay Estuary Program.
The State of the Bay
The State of Galveston Bay
This reference combines historic monitoring and analysis data with current data, modern tools, and success stories of GBEP supported projects.
Association of National Estuary Programs
Association of National Estuary Programs
The Association of National Estuary Programs (ANEP) is a nonprofit with the mission to unite and support organizations within the National Estuary Program.
GBEP Implementation Viewer
GBEP Implementation Viewer
This GIS dashboard includes details and the status of current and past Galveston Bay Estuary Program projects that implement actions from the Galveston Bay Plan, 2nd ed.
Galveston Bay Plan, 2nd edition
Galveston Bay Plan, 2nd edition
The 2nd edition of the plan was revised to focus on identifying new issues facing Galveston Bay that were not addressed by the 1995 plan and presented them in an easily accessible format.
The Galveston Bay Plan
The Galveston Bay Plan
The Galveston Bay Plan (The Plan) was developed to ensure long-term preservation of the bay’s health. The Galveston Bay Council, a 41-member advisory committee to TCEQ, oversees The Plan’s implementation.
Estuary Resilience Action Plan
Estuary Resilience Action Plan
The Estuary Resilience Action Plan (ERAP) was created to identify potential stressors to Galveston Bay, and how those stressors could impact the implementation of the Galveston Bay Plan.
Charting the Course to 2015: Galveston Bay Strategic Action Plan
Charting the Course to 2015: Galveston Bay Strategic Action Plan
Charting the Course to 2015: Galveston Bay Strategic Action Plan (SAP), was created to help focus and guide the implementation of the GBP through 2015.
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EcoRise GenThrive: Galveston
EcoRise GenThrive: Galveston
Gen:Thrive is a collaborative initiative providing data to accelerate sustainability education in schools. This interactive GIS map shows the environmental education organizations and efforts in the lower Galveston Bay watershed community.
Galveston Bay Tides Chart
Galveston Bay Tides Chart
Tidal, weather, surf and water temperature information for the Galveston area for the present day and the rest of the week.
Galveston Island GIS
Galveston Island GIS
Galveston’s GIS resource page includes evacuation zones, flood mapping, tides/currents, hazard maps and storm surge maps. This platform allows for downloading GIS data, discovering and building apps, and engaging with others.
Harris County Flood Control District Mapping Tools
Harris County Flood Control District Mapping Tools
The Harris County Flood Control District mapping tools including active constructions projects, a flood warning system, mowing schedule, and floodplain modelling.
Galveston Bay Dolphin Research Program Citizen Science
Galveston Bay Dolphin Research Program Citizen Science
The Galveston Bay Dolphin Research Program partners with volunteers to collect dolphin sighting data and educate visitors on the effects of marine debris on dolphins.
Bayou Preservation water quality monitoring
Bayou Preservation water quality monitoring
The Bayou Citizen Science Program trains citizens on water quality sampling with quantitative and qualitative information and on educating the public on its importance.
Turtle Island Restoration Network
Turtle Island Restoration Network
The Turtle Island Restoration Network protects marine wildlife and marine and freshwater habitat through restoration and environmental education.
Galveston Bay Foundation Water Protection
Galveston Bay Foundation Water Protection
The Galveston Bay Foundation works towards water protection through water monitoring, water conservation programs and pollution mitigation measures. They provide volunteer opportunities to do our part in keeping the bay fishable and swimmable.
Houston Harris Heat Action Team Mapping
Houston Harris Heat Action Team Mapping
Houston Harris Heat Action Team’s (H3AT) Mapping Campaign gathers temperature and humidity data across Harris County three separate times during one day in the summer. The campaign relies on community volunteer collection efforts.
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Stream Team Monitoring Map
Stream Team Monitoring Map
Stream Team Monitoring data showing water quality parameters and bacteria levels across central Texas.
Texas Waterbirds
Texas Waterbirds
The Texas Waterbird Society regularly surveys nesting colonial waterbird populations and hosts that information to stimulate interest and research and to encourage the management of habitats.
Texas Beach Watch
Texas Beach Watch
The Texas Beach Watch program monitors water quality at selected recreational beaches along the Texas coast and provides the public and local governments with current information.
Galveston Climate Data
Galveston Climate Data
The National Weather Service page for Galveston Climate including precipitation, temperature, forecast, radar, current conditions, weather history, and local resources.
H-GAC Surface Water Monitoring Data
H-GAC Surface Water Monitoring Data
Houston-Galveston Area Council gathers water quality data from various organizations to send to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and has it available by basin or by organization.
Texas GLO GIS Resources
Texas GLO GIS Resources
The Texas General Land Office GIS page containing a collection of interactive mapping tools that provide access to spatial data on the location of natural and cultural resources available.
Texas Water Data Hub
Texas Water Data Hub
A catalog of Texas water datasets with standardized documentation that follows the principles of FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable) data to provide access to and usability of Texas water data.
Texas Marine Organisms ID Guide
Texas Marine Organisms ID Guide
The Marine Species Identification Project is an interactive web-based collection of photographs and information on marine species found off the Texas coast.
Texas Invasive Species Institute
Texas Invasive Species Institute
The Texas Invasive Species Institute is a group of organizations in Texas focused on research, early detection, and rapid response to new invasive species that currently impact, or have the potential to impact, ecosystems.
Fish Consumption Bans and Advisories
Fish Consumption Bans and Advisories
The Texas Department of State Health Services monitors fish in the state for the presence of environmental contaminants and alerts the public through bans and advisories.
Texas Seagrass Monitoring Program
Texas Seagrass Monitoring Program
The Texas Seagrass Monitoring Program evaluates seagrass condition, distribution, and persistence. This work is conducted by scientists and graduate students.
TPWD Seagrass Viewer
TPWD Seagrass Viewer
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Seagrass Viewer visualizes the extent of seagrasses from seagrass surveys along the Texas coast.
Phytoplankton Time-Series
Phytoplankton Time-Series
A phytoplankton time-series from hourly Imaging FlowCytobot pictures showing the phytoplankton documented from each sampling cycle located in Surfside and Port Aransas.
Texas Coastal Ocean Observation Network
Texas Coastal Ocean Observation Network
The Texas Coastal Ocean Observation Network, is a network of scientific data collection platforms used to amass critical data pertaining to wind and water such as tides and currents.
TWDB Estuary Monitoring Program
TWDB Estuary Monitoring Program
The Texas Water Development Board has continuously monitored estuarine salinity and water quality since 1986 focused on determining the effects of and needs for freshwater inflows to the state’s bays and estuaries.
Texas Litter Database
Texas Litter Database
The Texas Litter Database visualizes the results from litter surveys and trash clean ups across Texas since 2020 to encourage reducing, preventing, and removing trash and litter.
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Gulf Online Mapping Open Data Platform
Gulf Online Mapping Open Data Platform
The Gulf Online Mapping Open Data Platform was developed to make it easier for users to discover, explore, and access data for the Gulf region by acting as a consolidated data source.
National Wetlands Inventory
National Wetlands Inventory
The Wetlands mapper integrates digital map data and other resource information to produce current information on the status, extent, characteristics and functions of wetlands, riparian, and deepwater habitats across the nation.
National Estuarine Research Reserves
National Estuarine Research Reserves
The National Estuarine Research Reserve System is a network of 30 coastal sites designated to protect and study estuarine systems in collaboration with and service to surrounding communities.
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Nurdle Patrol
Nurdle Patrol
Nurdle Patrol is a citizen science project conducting surveys to quantify and map plastic pellets (nurdles) washing ashore across the country run by the Harte Research Institute at Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi.
Microplastics ITRC outreach toolkit
Microplastics ITRC outreach toolkit
The Interstate Technology Regulatory Council (ITRC) Microplastic Outreach Toolkit provides several materials focusing on microplastics that can be used for various outreach activities.
National Water Dashboard
National Water Dashboard
The National Water Dashboard shows provisional real-time water data collected at U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) observation stations in context with weather-related data from other public sources.
eBird Mapping
eBird Mapping
The goal of eBird is to gather information in the form of checklists of birds, archive it, and freely share it to power new data-driven approaches to science, conservation and education.
Gulf Coast Monitoring & Assessment Portal
Gulf Coast Monitoring & Assessment Portal
The Gulf Coast Monitoring & Assessment Portal is an inventory of Gulf Coast habitat monitoring, mapping, and water quality programs and assessments compiled by the RESTORE Council Monitoring and Assessment Program (CMAP).
EPA Escaped Trash Risk Map
EPA Escaped Trash Risk Map
A map recording litter collection and documenting the types of litter collected per site and the location of microplastics studies that have been conducted with percent microplastics found.
NOAA Sea Level and Coastal Flooding Information
NOAA Sea Level and Coastal Flooding Information
NOAA’s Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services is the nation’s source for coastal inundation data and sea level trends through its network of long-term water level gauges.
NOAA's National Status and Trends
NOAA's National Status and Trends
National Status & Trends is made of three nationwide data programs, Benthic Surveillance, Mussel Watch and Bioeffects, that describe the current status of the environmental quality of our estuarine and coastal waters.
National Aquatic Resource Surveys
National Aquatic Resource Surveys
Data available for download from National Aquatic Resource Surveys which are statistical surveys designed to assess the quality of the nation’s coastal waters, lakes and reservoirs, rivers and streams, and wetlands.
National Ecological Observatory Network Data
National Ecological Observatory Network Data
A catalog of long-term data to understand the impacts of land-use change and invasive species on ecology from the U.S. National Science Foundation’s National Ecological Observatory Network.
Gulf of America Coastal Ocean Observing System Data
Gulf of America Coastal Ocean Observing System Data
This Data Portal provides timely information about the environment of the United States portion of the Gulf of America and its estuaries for use by decision-makers and the public.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Sea Level Calculator
NOAA Sea Level Calculator
This tool produces location-specific scenarios for sea level and flooding, as well as information about present-day and past conditions.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Sea Level Calculator