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Main Title History of Galveston Bay resource utilization
Author Henson, Margaret Swett
CORP Author Galveston Bay National Estuary Program, Webster, TX.;Environmental Protection Agency, Dallas, TX. Region VI.;Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission, Austin, TX.
Publisher Galveston Bay National Estuary Program,
Year Published 1993
Report Number GBNEP-39; EPA-CE-006550-01
Stock Number PB96-176391
Subjects Coastal zone management--Texas--Galveston Bay--History ; Land use--Environmental aspects--Texas--Galveston Bay--History ; Estuarine area conservation--Texas--Galveston Bay--History ; Galveston Bay (Tex)--History
Additional Subjects Galveston Bay ; History ; Resource exploitation ; Regional development ; Resource development ; Resource conservation ; Ecosystems ; Water pollution ; Navigation ; Fisheries ; Oil drilling ; Channel improvement ; Dredging ; Industrialization ; Wildlife ; National Estuary Program ; Human settlement ; Gulf Coast(Texas)
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NTIS  PB96-176391 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation x, 71 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm.
Abstract
;Table of Contents: The Galveston Bay National Estuary Program; Introduction; The Formation of the Galveston Bay Ecosystem, the Indigenous People, and the European Intruders, Pre-history to 1800; From a Food Source to a Conduit for Settlement: The Bay During Mexican Independence, Anglo American Colonization, and the Republic of Texas, 1810-1845; Improving Navigation: Statehood to World War I, 1846-1914; Increasing Population and Industrialization Threaten the Bay's Ecosystem: The Sewer Era and Efforts to Clean It Up, 1870-1992; Commercial and Sport Fishing and Bay Area Wildlife 1850-1990s; and Galveston Bay Over 14,000 Years: A Summary.
Notes
"January 1993." Includes bibliographical references (p. 65-71).