Lower Laguna Madre Estuary Program

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Lower Laguna Madre Estuary Program South Padre Island, tx. May 24rd, 2019

Mission Statement The mission of LLMEP is to combine the knowledge, resources and talents of federal, state, and local governments, citizens, industry, agriculture, academics, non-governmental organizations, and other interested parties to identify and develop sound scientific information about the Lower Laguna Madre estuary to create effective management solutions for regional economic development, resiliency and sustainability. Furthermore, LLMEP will facilitate synergies between all stakeholders to promote responsible stewardship of the air, water, land, habitat and infrastructure.

LLMEP Board

Natural Resources engineer Cameron County Natural Resources engineer

Natural Resources Engineer Department of Transportation Natural Resources Engineer Department of Parks and Recreation Engineering and Surveying GIS Public Works Stormwater Management Floodplain Management Beachfront Construction Administrative support Logistics Permitting and Regulatory Issues Shoreline Protection External Funding Program Strategic Research Partnerships Committees and Advisory Boards Involvement Natural Resources Management Plan LLMEP STETC Water Lab and Ed. Operations Strategic Environmental Projects

External Resources Corporate Partnerships (Private foundations, LNG, Space X, etc) Federal and State Grant programs such as (TGLO CMP Coastal Management Program, TCEQ and TSSWCB 319(h) funds, RESTORE, TWDB, USDA Rural Development Grant, etc.) TCEQ’s Supplemental Environmental Project (SEP)

Strategic Partnerships Research, Applied Technology Education Services Inc. (RATES) University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Texas A&M University – Kingsville South Texas College Texas State Technical College (TSTC Harlingen)

Committees, Advisory Boards, etc Cameron County Dune Protection Committee LRGV TPDES Stormwater Taskforce LRGVDC Water Management Workgroup Lower Laguna Madre/Brownsville Ship Channel Watershed Partnership Steering Committee Lower Laguna Madre Estuary Partnership Board of Directors Lower Laguna Madre Initiative Team (USFWD) American Shore and Beach Protection Association Texas Floodplain Managers Association American Society of Civil Engineers

Strategic Environmental Projects Establishment a Wetland Mitigation Bank Expansion of the Bahia Grande Restoration Project Green Infrastructure integration to existing subdivision and zoning ordinances Watershed Based Plans for water quality and flooding Centralized, digital and publicly available environmental and natural resources data repository (interactive maps, cyberinfrastructure, etc).

LLMBSC Watershed Partnership initiatives

Watershed Partnership

Lower Laguna Madre Watershed

San Martin Lakes Monitoring It receives freshwater flow from 2 of the main 3 ditches in the LLM/BSC watershed and is connected to the Ship Channel and saltwater flows into the Lake daily. 6 domestic permitted wastewater outfalls and 1 groundwater desalination wastewater outfall with TPDES/NPDES permits that discharge 20.85 MGD into the lake. Lack of detailed water quality information on San Martin Lake and the various drainage networks. In FY20 a second phase of funding from the CWA 319(h) program will be available to expand the monitoring network.

San Martin Lakes Monitoring

San Martin Lakes Monitoring

Key Stakeholder Support Cameron County Commissioners Court nomination for TGLO CMP R.A.T.E.S Equipment/expertise supply.

Ongoing Efforts Sediment Management Plan (CC/SPI/USACE) National Association of Counties Resiliency Challenge(CC/WC). Texas Coastal Study Community Workgroup (CC/SPI/TGLO/USACE) Institute for Data Driven Research for Coastal Water and Air Resources Management (UTRGV/TAMUK/CC/LLMBSCWP) Connecting Catchment to Coast: Focus on Freshwater Inflow

Other Initiatives Laguna Madre Initiative Team (USFW). Gulf of Mexico Program- Resiliency strategies EPA-FEMA resiliency workshop (July 2019)