Organizations Filed Purposes:
THIS ORGANIZATION'S MISSION IS TO PROVIDE PERMANENT PROTECTION AND RESTORATION OF THE NATURAL COASTAL WETLANDS AND THE SCENIC NATIVE PRAIRIE HABITAT PRESERVES.
SCENIC GALVESTON WAS AWARDED GRANTS FOR ITS ONGOING VIRGINIA POINT PENINSULA SHORELINE PROTECTION AND HABITAT RESTORATION PROJECT. THIS PROJECT INVOLVES AN APPROXIMATE 2 MILE LONG HARD ROCK BREAKWATER IN GALVESTON BAY ADJOINING THE ERODING SCENIC GALVESTON PRESERVE SHORELINE. HEAVY CONSTRUCTION COMMENCED IN MARCH, 2016 AND THE PROJECT IS ESTIMATED TO CONTINUE THROUGH 2019. THE TEXAS GENERAL LAND OFFICE (GLO) MANAGES THESE GRANT FUNDS, WHICH WERE AWARDED BY THE NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION (NFWF), THE COASTAL IMPACTS ASSESSMENT PROGRAM (CIAP), AND THE COASTAL EROSION PROTECTION RESPONSE ACT (CEPRA).
TO PRESERVE AND RESTORE COASTAL ESTUARINE AND PRAIRIE HABITAT, THE ORGANIZATION CONTINUES INVASIVE SPECIES CONTROL PROJECTS TO ELIMINATE TALLOW AND OTHER UNDESIRABLE PLANTS, UTILIZING CONTRACTORS AND VOLUNTEERS.
THE ORGANIZATION HOSTS MANY PUBLIC EVENTS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OTHER FEDERAL, COUNTY AND STATE ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING "TRASH BASH- AND SEMI- ANNUAL ADOPT-A-BEACH/ESTUARY CLEANING EVENTS, WITH OVER THREE HUNDRED PARTICIPATING VOLUNTEERS AT EACH CLEANING EVENT. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO HOSTS SMALLER GROUPS AND MASTER NATURALIST ACTIVITIES FOR GRASS PLANTING AND MAINTENANCE THROUGHOUT ITS TWO HABITAT PRESERVES OF ALMOST 4,000 ACRES OUTSIDE OF THE VIRGINIA POINT PENINSULA PRESERVE AND ALONG THE INTERSTATE JOHN M. O'QUINN I-45 SCENIC ESTUARIAL CORRIDOR, WHICH HAVE BEEN PERMANENTLY SET ASIDE AS ESSENTIAL HABITAT ON THE COAST.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Michael C Doherty | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| R Greg Mason | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Richard Seiler | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Robert L K Lynch | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Elbert Whorton | DIRECTOR | 10 | $0 |
| David Boyd | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Leo A Reitan | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Don Stevenson | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Troy Bellmyer | SECRETARY | 10 | $0 |
| Dwayne Johnson | TREASURER | 15 | $0 |
| Lalise Mason | SECOND VICE | 5 | $0 |
| Evangeline L Whorton | CHAIRMAN | 50 | $0 |
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