Upcoming Meetings: March 5, 2025

Coordinator: Lindsey Lippert, Lindsey.Lippert@tceq.texas.gov
Chair: Philip Smith, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Vice Chair: Scott Alford, Natural Resource Conservation Service

The purpose of the NRU subcommittee is to advise the Council and the Estuary Program staff on matters pertaining to habitat/living resource conservation and balanced human uses. The subcommittee performs the following functions:

• Provide a forum for information sharing and coordination of habitat/living resource conservation and balanced human uses activities.
• Facilitate and assure agency commitments to implement habitat/living resource conservation and balanced human uses actions of The Plan.
• Make recommendations to the Council concerning proposed NRU projects.
• Identify potential funding sources.
• Develop and recommend to the Council annual priorities for implementation of the NRU action plans.
• Provide updates of agency/organization activities that implement The Plan.
• Assess progress towards NRU action plans.

The Invasive Species Work Group is a work group of the NRU subcommittee. The purpose of the group is to foster a dialogue between the various government agencies, non-governmental organizations, and other stakeholders that are interested in or affected by invasive species in the Galveston Bay watershed. The group explores numerous issues and ideas related to managing invasive species for maximum ecological, economic, and societal benefit.

December 2024 NRU Meeting Agenda

December 2024 NRU Meeting Minutes

December 2024 Subcommittee Presentation: Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan Update: ERAP and Equity Strategy – Stephanie Glenn and Erin Kinney, Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC); Moriah Brewer, Equity Consultant

• GBEP Equity Strategy Guidance Document

September 2024 NRU Meeting Agenda

September 2024 NRU Meeting Minutes

June 2024 NRU Meeting Agenda

June 2024 NRU Meeting Minutes

June 2024 Subcommittee Presentation: North Deer Island Restoration & Protection: Phase III – Audubon Texas and Houston Audubon

March 2024 NRU Meeting Minutes

December 2023 NRU Meeting Minutes

December 2023 Subcommittee Presentation: CCMP Update and Discussion – Houston Advanced Research Center

Upcoming Meetings: March 12, 2025

Coordinator: Christian Rines, Christian.Rines@tceq.texas.gov
Chair: Brian Koch, Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board
Vice Chair: Ryan Bare, Houston Advance Research Center

The purpose of the WSQ subcommittee is to advise the Council and the Estuary Program staff on matters pertaining to water and sediment quality. The subcommittee performs the following functions:

• Provide a forum for information sharing and coordination of bay-wide water and sediment quality activities.
• Facilitate and assure agency commitments to implement water and sediment quality actions of The Plan.
• Make recommendations to the Council concerning proposed WSQ projects.
• Identify potential funding sources.
• Develop and recommend to the Council annual priorities for implementation of the WSQ action plans.
• Provide updates of agency/organization activities that implement The Plan.
• Assess the success of WSQ action plans.

December 2024 WSQ Meeting Agenda

December 2024 WSQ Meeting Minutes

December 2024 Subcommittee Presentation: Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan Update: ERAP and Equity Strategy – Stephanie Glenn and Erin Kinney, Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC); Moriah Brewer, Equity Consultant

• GBEP Equity Strategy Guidance Document

December 2024 WSQ Subcommittee Presentation: Double Bayou Update: Strategic Implementation of Green Infrastructure Best Management Practices in the Double Bayou Watershed — Kirsten Vernin, Houston Advanced Research Center

New Member Spotlight: Nicholas Kosmas, Buckson Landscape Architects

• MUD 460 Proposed Projects
• Goal Park Urban Linear Park 

September 2024 WSQ Meeting Agenda

September 2024 WSQ Meeting Minutes

June 2024 WSQ Meeting Agenda

June 2024 WSQ Meeting Minutes

March 2024 WSQ Meeting Minutes

March 2024 Subcommittee Presentation: HPARD Current Projects – Cassidy Kempf, Park Naturalist, City of Houston Parks and Recreation Department

December 2023 WSQ Meeting Minutes

December 2023 Subcommittee Presentation: CCMP Update and Discussion – Houston Advanced Research Center

December 2023 WSQ Member Spotlight: Dr. Dini Adyasri, Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University at Galveston

Upcoming Meetings: March 12, 2025

Coordinator: Jenelle Estrada, jenelle.estrada@tceq.texas.gov
Chair: George Guillen, Environmental Institute of Houston, University of Houston-Clear Lake
Vice Chair: Michael T. Lee, U.S. Geological Survey

The purpose of the M&R subcommittee is to advise the Council and the Estuary Program staff on matters pertaining to monitoring and research. The subcommittee performs the following functions:

• Establish final design specifications for the Galveston Bay’s Regional Monitoring Program.
• Oversee implementation of the program.
• Ensure comparability of monitoring efforts.
• Direct and approve future monitoring design modifications.
• Secure institutional support for the program.

December 2024 M&R Meeting Agenda

December 2024 M&R Meeting Minutes

December 2024 Subcommittee Presentation: Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan Update: ERAP and Equity Strategy – Stephanie Glenn and Erin Kinney, Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC); Moriah Brewer, Equity Consultant

• GBEP Equity Strategy Guidance Document

December 2024 M&R Subcommittee Presentation: Monitoring Ecosystem Indicators for Science-Based Restoration and Enhancement – Dr. Liu’s lab, Texas A&M University at Galveston (TAMUG)

September 2024 M&R Meeting Agenda

September 2024 M&R Meeting Minutes

June 2024 M&R Meeting Agenda

June 2024 M&R Meeting Minutes

March 2024 M&R Meeting Minutes

March 2024 Subcommittee Presentation: Bayou Blues: Mapping Marine Debris in the Lower Galveston Bay Watershed to Aid Management – Amanda Hackney, Black Cat GIS and Biological Services

March 2024 Subcommittee Presentation: Coastal Wetland Vegetation Responses to the Closure of Rollover Pass – Anna Armitage, Ph.D., Texas A&M University Galveston

December 2023 M&R Meeting Minutes

December 2023 Subcommittee Presentation: CCMP Update and Discussion – Houston Advanced Research Center

December 2023 M&R Presentation: The Fate of Emerging Per- and Polyfluoroalkylated Substances (PFAS) Pollutants in Shellfish and Fish of Galveston Bay – David Hala, Ph.D, Texas A&M Galveston

Upcoming Meetings: January 8, 2025

Coordinator: Lisa M. Marshall, Lisa.Marshall@tceq.texas.gov
Chair: Bob Stokes, Galveston Bay Foundation
Vice Chair: Vance Darr, Kuraray, USA

Membership is composed of the Chairs of the five standing Council subcommittees, the former Council Chairs, the present Council Chair and Vice Chair, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Texas Commission on Environmental Quality representatives on the Council. The B&P subcommittee meets on an as needed basis. The subcommittee performs the following functions:

• Provide a forum for coordination among subcommittees to discuss projects and policies crossing issue areas.
• Provide a forum for discussing subcommittee organizational, procedural, and functional activities.
• Recommend annual and/or biennial goals to the Estuary Program and the Council.
• Make recommendations to the Council Chair and the Estuary Program Director regarding issues to be brought before Council, including presentations, roundtable discussions, or issues for Council comment.
• Oversee drafting of Council comments on issues potentially impacting The Plan’s implementation.
• Provide nominations for Council vacancies.
• Provide review of federal projects for consistency with The Plan.

October 2024 B&P Meeting Agenda

July 2024 B&P Meeting Agenda

July 2024 B&P Meeting Minutes

July 2024 B&P Presentation – Subcommittee Priorities for Fiscal 2026 Section 320 and State Funding

April 2024 B&P Meeting – Cancelled

January 2024 B&P Meeting Minutes