General Land Office and Laguna Madre

General Land Office

Laguna Madre

July 22, 2015

             

We started our final field trip at the General Land Office.  I learned so much.  I had seen this office on my way to and from work, but had never stopped to look at the sign.  I realized that they are the people responsible for keeping our waters safe from oil spills.  They explained to us the different types of material that are considered spills and the different ways in which they clean them.

This office is on the Bahia Grande-Brownsville Ship Channel Sub Watershed.  It then flows to the Brownsville Ship Channel Watershed and continues its way to the South Laguna Madre River Sub Basin making its final flow into the Nueces-Rio Grande Coastal Basin River Basin.

I thought that each section of Brownsville would have a different sub watershed, but after looking at the Texas Parks and Wildlife Watershed Viewer, I realized that most of Brownsville is in the same watershed system.

            

              

Our final stop in our journey through the watershed system was at Laguna Madre.  Here we were able to see the pristine condition of the water and the overall environment.

It is located on the Brownsville Ship Channel Watershed then flows into the Bahia Grande-Brownsville Ship Channel Sub Watershed.  It continues to the South Laguna Madre River Sub Basin and finally makes its way to the Nueces-Rio Grande Coastal Basin River Basin.