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Agenda - Thursday, July 23, 2015 Technology Training

• Welcome - 9:00 a.m.
• Recap of Trips
• Data Harvester Training
• Capstone Project
• Dismal - 10:30 a.m.

Video for Capstone Project

Agenda - Wednesday, July 22, 2015 General Land Office and South Bay

GLO airboat headed to South Bay

Objective: 

• Understand the need for agencies to monitor and protect sensitive inshore environments
• Learn from environmental providers the importance of all coastal flora and fauna
• Identify inshore and coastal marine life accessible by specially designed watercraft

Itinerary

• All groups meet at Lincoln Park (Carpool) - 7:30 a.m.
• Arrive at General Land Office 8:00 a.m.
• Develop an understanding of interagency communication to protect south Texas from human and weather related hazardous events
• Arrive at South Point Marina - 9:30 a.m.
• Load water craft and head to different sites; later change boats
• Return to UT-Brownsville - 1:00 p.m. (Never happens)

Agenda - Tuesday, July 21, 2015 Palmito Hill and Boca Chica/South Jetties

Pelicans Resting on Shoal near the mouth of the Rio Grande

Objective: 

• Connect the flow of water from Roma to the mouth of the Rio Grande River
• Understand the limitations in the formation of barrier islands due to restricted flows
• Identify inshore and coastal marine life
• Describe the building of jetties and their purpose to beach erosion, recreational interests, and commerce.

Itinerary

• All groups meet at Lincoln Park (Carpool) - 8:00 a.m.
• Drive to Palmetto Hill to arrive by 8:20 a.m.
• Connect the historical layout of the Battle of Palmito Hill by listening to the account of the battle
• Arrive at the end of Hwy 4 (Boca Chica Road) - 9:15 a.m.
• Load 4x4 vehicles to visit the mouth of the river, south jetties
• Return to UT-Brownsville - 12 noon

Agenda - Monday, July 20, 2015 Sabal Palm Sanctuary

Ponds offer great places to view wildlife.

Objective: 

• Understand the need for the preservation of unique local flora and fauna
• Describe how the course of a stream changes the landscape and boundaries
• Identify endangered species and understand the need for their protection

Itinerary

• All groups meet at Lincoln Park (Carpool) - 8:00 a.m.
• Drive along border wall and identify subtropical vegetation
• Visit Sabal Palm Sanctuary - 8:45 a.m.
• Travel to Brownsville Landfill - 11:00 a.m.
• Return to UT-Brownsville - 12 noon

Agenda - Thursday, July 16, 2015 Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge

Harris' Hawk - Photo by Roxanne Gonzalez

Objective: 

• Locate the entrance of water from the the Arroyo Colorado into the Laguna Madre
• Describe the location where water from the Rio Grande River, runoff from farmland, and the water from the Gulf of Mexico mix
• Identify a location that preserves and protects unique flora and fauna

Itinerary

• Brownsville group at Lincoln Park (Carpool) - 8:00 a.m.
• Mid-Valley group will meet at Bass Pro Shop Parking Lot (Individual Carpool) - 8:00 a.m.
• Meet at Palo Alto Battle Field historical marker at the intersection of FM 1847 and Texas 511- 8:15 a.m.
• Visit several resaca sites near Bayview - 9:00 a.m.
• Meet at Laguna Atascosa NWR Headquarters - 9:15 a.m.
• Lunch at TBA - 12:00 p.m. or
• Return to UT-Brownsville

Agenda - Wednesday, July 15, 2015 Mid-Valley Watershed

Estero Llano Grande - Photo by Jessica Montero

Objective: 

• Identify the flow of water into the Laguna Madre
• Identify riparian flora and fauna species
• Compare water quality from upper to Lower Arroyo Colorado
• Describe sources of pollution along the Arroyo Colorado

Itinerary

• Brownsville group at Lincoln Park (Carpool) - 8:00 a.m.
• Meet Mid-Valley group at Bass Pro Shop Parking Lot (Carpool) - 8:30 a.m.
• Meet Upper-Valley group at Wataburger parking lot near Mercedes Outlets (Carpool) - 9:00 a.m.
• Visit Estero Llano Grande State Park - 9:15 a.m. LINK
• Visit Hugh Ramsey Nature Park - 10:30 a.m. LINK
• Visit Historic Low Water Bridge (Port of Harlingen) - 10:45 a.m. LINK
• Visit Vertical Lift Bridge (Rio Hondo) - 11:15 a.m. LINK
• Visit Arroyo City - 12:00 p.m.
• Lunch at Chili Willies or
• Return to UT-Brownsville