Making Monitoring Matter: Breaking Down Barriers to Interdisciplinary Collaboration in the Houston-Galveston Area

Description: The mission of the Galveston Bay Foundation is to preserve and enhance Galveston Bay as a healthy and productive place for generations to come. With this award, the project team plans to implement a water-monitoring action plan that will provide local stakeholders and policy makers with access to long-term ecological datasets for Galveston Bay. By communicating this information to the greater Houston community, the project team hopes to help address chronic and acute challenges that Galveston Bay faces, including oil spills, shipping traffic, development, commercial fishing, and climate change. Working with local partners, the team will extend its regional network while fostering scientific literacy, encouraging interdisciplinary collaboration, and communicating the value of Bay-wide monitoring efforts.

Funding Cycle: Capacity Building 1
Funding Organization: National Academies of Science, Engineering, Medicine: Gulf Research Program

Water Monitoring Team Webpage

Hurricane Harvey Impacts on Water Quality and Galveston Bay Dolphins Poster

Galveston Bay Foundation Overview of Team Poster

Galveston Bay Foundation Water Quality Year in Review 2017 Poster

Galveston Bay Foundation Water Quality Year in Review 2017 Summary

Harvey Infographic

Bacteria Testing Infographic

Galveston Bay Report Card Presentation

Harvey Impacts Presentation

Public Meeting Presentation

Water Monitoring Team Training Presentation

WQ Research Assistant Models