GALVESTON RESTORATION: A state park that's a model for 
restoration projects ... on Passport to Texas.

PTT from TPW and the Wildlife Restoration Program

Shoreline erosion is a fact of nature that can be controlled 
by an act of man. 

In 2005 the Goose Island Shoreline Stabilization and 
Marsh Restoration Project got underway to halt shoreline 
loss there. And planners looked to another project for 
their inspiration. 

The other major park that has done this is Galveston Island State 
Park. They were losing habitat on their bayside of the island 
mainly from northers blowing across Galveston Bay. So they 
started a marsh restoration project. And not only was it 
successful, but sea grasses came back that had been missing in 
the Galveston Bay for over 20 years. :21 
 
Kay Jenkins is Natural Resources Coordinator for State 
Parks.

Even though the project was successful in restoring marsh and 
restoring sea grasses, we just looked at it and said, 'Well, it just 
isn't quite as natural looking as we had possibly thought.' And so 
adjacent to Galveston Island State Park, other marsh restoration 
projects started using some different methodologies. Creating 
mounds, which created circular marshes rather than a grid-
pattern marsh. And this appeared a lot more natural and that's 
the technique that we're going to use at Goose Island. :29 
 
That's our show for today ... with research and writing 
help from Loren Seeger...we receive support from the 
Wildlife Restoration program...which provides funding for 
the Private Lands and Pubic Hunting Programs.

For Texas Parks and Wildlife ... I'm Cecilia Nasti