We are supporting the year-round monitoring programs listed below.
Texas Stream Team Water Quality Monitoring
Learn how to monitor water quality in streams, lakes, and bayous. After two training sessions, monitors are given a test kit for use at a specific site around Galveston Bay, where they collect water quality data at monthly intervals. Monitors also attend annual quality control sessions.
Cactus Moth Detection & Monitoring Network
Monitoring the progress of the invasive cactus moth at sites established along the leading edge.
Texas Estuarine Resource Network (TERN)
Monitoring birds and their activities (including nesting, foraging and loafing) in order to establish a baseline for future research, grants, and more. Monitoring is performed at sites around Galveston Bay, including rookery islands, which will be monitored by intrepid Master Naturalist kayakers.
For more information about the Audubon Texas project, email TERN@audubon.org or refer to the Audubon TERN Facebook page.
Seasonal programs
We also support seasonal monitoring programs as needed. These include:
- Stranded turtles
- Sea Turtle Patrol Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle nest monitoring (spring), contact Teresa Morris for more information.
- Monarch butterfly monitoring contact is Chris Anastas