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Special Message from the GMF Executive Director
Hurricane Katrina struck the coasts of Louisiana, Mississippi, and
Alabama with devastating effect. Ultimately, this will be one of the
greatest natural disasters to ever strike the United States. The loss
of human life and livelihoods of the survivors is unfathomable. And,
in the months to come, the environmental loss will be evident too. Our
hearts and prayers go out to those caught in the grip of this
calamity. - Dr. Quenton Dokken.
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News
Backhoes dig out the final barrier standing between the Brownsville ship
channel and Bahia Grande, allowing water to reflood 10,000 acres of
dry land.
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Water refloods Bahia Grande in South Texas
July 17, 2021 - Large yellow machines dug deep into the earth, allowing water
from the ship channel to flood an area that has been just out of its reach for more than seven decades. The Bahia Grande was
reflooded Saturday morning, ending the nation’s largest wetland restoration project.
Read on.
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GMF staff members attend
Bahia Grande dedication
Sept 19, 2021 - GMF Executive Director, Dr. Quenton
Dokken, Project Coordinator Kendal Keyes, Project Leader
Richard Gonzalez and webmaster/photographer Carrie Robertson
attended the Bahia Grande
restoration dedication event on Sept 19, 2005. The day began with
a sign unveiling ceremony at the project site and continued with an
afternoon symposium held at the University of Texas at Brownsville,
where scientists and others discussed the Bahia Grande project -- the
nation’s largest wetland restoration project. |
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Board
 Board
member Lawrence Kieschnick
Aug 27, 2021 - Mr. Lawrence Kieschnick, member and
Treasurer of the Gulf of Mexico Foundation's Board of Directors, died
suddenly in his home Saturday August 27, 2021 at the age of 57 years.
Lawrence was a certified public accountant and businessman by
profession. Having been born into a farming family, he was extensively
involved in agribusiness. Funeral services for Lawrence were held in
the Trinity Lutheran Church of West Sinton, Texas, which sits in the
middle of a cotton field - a most appropriate setting for Lawrence's
family and friends to celebrate his life. Lawrence is survived by his
wife, Rebecca, daughters Jo and Jill, granddaughter Jane, brothers
Edgar and Lynn, and a legion of friends. Lawrence will be greatly
missed and always remembered. Read on. |
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Restoration
CRP selection committee zero in on finalists for 2006
The selection committee led by the
Gulf of Mexico Foundation which decides the projects to receive funding
for the 5th year of the Gulf of Mexico Community-based Restoration
Program (CRP) is in the process of making its final decision. By fall,
the Foundation will announce 2006 grant recipients for the CRP, which
funds citizen-driven habitat restoration projects in the Gulf of Mexico
region. In partnership with NOAA and the EPA's GEMS program, the GMF
administers the grant.
Read on.
Caribbean restoration funding available
Deadline Sept 30, 2021
Read on.
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Staff
GMF staff members attend summer meetings
Aug 26, 2021 - Three GMF staff
members, Quenton Dokken, Kendall Keyes, and Bobbi Reed, traveled to Stennis
Space Center, Mississippi, on August 25 and 26, 2005, to participate in
a meeting with GEMS managers and to attend the Gulf Coast Restoration
Project Steering Committee meeting with NOAA officials.
Sept 12, 2021 - GMF Executive Director Quenton Dokken traveled to Washington, D. C. to attend the NOAA CRP Stakeholders Meeting.
He also visited with representatives from the offices of Senators Hutchison and Cornyn as well as with Congressman Ortiz’ staff on future efforts
by the Gulf of Mexico Foundation in the Gulf Region. The extraordinary events caused by Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana and Mississippi
in particular will necessitate evaluation and monitoring of coastal and wetland areas that were impacted by the storm.
The Gulf of Mexico Foundation is well positioned to serve as a catalyst and coordination vehicle for such efforts.
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