PROPOSED TEXAS NATIONAL ESTUARINE RESEARCH RESERVE

Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (DPEIS) - Draft Management Plan (DMP) 

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Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (14.1 Mb)

Draft Management Plan (48.9 Mb)

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Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement

TABLE OF CONTENTS/EXECUTIVE SUMMARY (1.1 Mb)	pp. i-x
1.0 INTRODUCTION  (2.5 Mb)	pp. 1-6
2.0 PURPOSE OF AND NEED FOR ACTION (0.1 Mb)	pp. 7-10
3.0 ALTERNATIVES INCLUDING THE PROPOSED ACTION (0.2 Mb)	pp. 11-15
4.0 THE AFFECTED ENVIRONMENT (7.1 Mb)	pp. 16-35
5.0 ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES (2.8 Mb)	pp. 36-47
6.0 COORDINATION AND CONSULTATION WITH OTHERS (0.1 Mb with #7-8)	pp. 48
7.0 LIST OF PREPARERS	pp. 49-51
8.0 REFERENCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY	pp. 50-52
LIST OF ATTACHMENT AND APPENDICES	pp. 53

Draft Management Plan

TABLE OF CONTENTS/EXECUTIVE SUMMARY (1.8 Mb)	pp. i-x
1.0 INTRODUCTION  (0.3 Mb)	pp. 1-8
2.0 RESOURCE DESCRIPTION (4.3 Mb)	pp. 9-17
3.0 ADMINISTRATION PLAN (0.4 Mb)	pp. 18-28
4.0 BOUNDARIES/ACQUISITION PLAN (8.9 Mb)	pp.29-44
5.0 STEWARDSHIP PLAN (0.1 Mb)	pp. 45-49
6.0 PUBLIC ACCESS PLAN (0.9 Mb)	pp. 50-55
7.0 FACILITIES/CONSTRUCTION PLAN (4.9 Mb)	pp. 56-66
8.0 RESEARCH AND MONITORING PLAN (0.6 Mb)	pp. 67-74
9.0 EDUCATION/INTERPRETATION/OUTREACH PLAN (0.1 Mb)	pp. 75-81
10.0 VOLUNTEER PLAN (0.1 Mb with #11)	pp. 82-83
11.0 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS	pp. 84
12.0 REFERENCES	pp. 85-86
LIST OF APPENDICES
Appendix 1. NERRS federal regulations  (0.3 Mb)
Appendix 2. Detailed information the activities on lands adjacent to the Reserve and existing resource protection (9.0 Mb)
Appendix 3. Draft Memorandum of understanding between UTMSI and NOAA  (0.1 Mb)
Appendix 4. Draft Memorandum of understanding between UTMSI , GLO, USFWS, CBLT, Fennessey Ranch, TPWD, TxDOT, CBBEP, and Aransas County (0.2 Mb)
Appendix 5. Draft Coastal Lease for Scientific Purposes from GLO to UTMSI (0.2 Mb)
Appendix 6. Information on key Reserve partners  (0.1 Mb)
Appendix 7. Letters from property owners requesting removal of the 1000' boundary set back  (10.1 Mb)
Appendix 8. Letters from USACOE and TxDOT requesting exclusion of lands from Reserve boundary (8.1 Mb)
Appendix 9. Fennessey Ranch Acquisition Plan (0.1 Mb)
Appendix 10. Youth environmental training area facilities at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge (0.9 Mb)

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Updated: 10 August 2005