The Wetlands of Seabrook

by Ed Herndon

Forward:   The author is learning about wetlands and these are his Notes. He currently serves on the Seabrook Wetlands Advisory Board. One of his Assigned projects is to Create a Photo Inventory of the Seabrook Wetlands. This is the startup.

What is a Tidal Wetland?
A Place where Waterfowl find something to eat... and camp out.
A place where Fish and Aquatic creatures breed and get started..
A place where Aquatic plants Grow....
A Marsh, a Bog, A Swamp, a shoreline with Shallow water.

What is a Riperian Wetland ?
A Poor Drainage land with a permanent wet spot that grows frogs and mosquitoes...
A drainage ditch with permanent standing water

Check here for a Wikipedia discussion of Wetlands

Are More wetlands needed? Can you ever have enough wetlands?

The Google Earth Chart below Shows Fifteen Areas of Seabrook where Wetlands have been Found.
This does not mean that these outlined areas are wetlands... It just means you can find wetlands there.
The wetlands areas are for the most part Undeveloped Land or Developed land that is bordered by streams
or tidal water. The Names were assigned to correspond with local place names and have no legal connotation.
It is noted that these ares cover about half of the City of Seabrook.   Chances are: there is a wetland near you.

Seabrook Wetland Sites

Seabrook Wetland Sites Inventory

Wildwood	Clear Lake	Clear Creek
South Slough	North Slough	Jennings Island
Galveston Bay	Forest Area	Hester Gully
Repsdorph	El Lago	Meyer Lakes
West Central	Taylor Lake	Pine Gully