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GBCPA's History
GBCPA was founded in January 1974, and is an organization of private
citizens who are working to keep the Bay waterways and adjacent land areas
suitable as a recreational and living environment.
GBCPA was formed as a
result of a Corps of Engineers project to build a 25-foot high levee,
100-feet wide with a roadway on top, along the Bay waterfront from Morgans
Point to Kemah. Bayfront property owners and others were alerted. Opposition
was organized and the incredible proposal was defeated.
At that time, the need
was recognized for some organized body to be on the watch for attempts by
anyone threatening the Bays fragile environment, and GBCPA was born.
Our Projects
GBCPA has been on watch and at the ready. We have had some big battles and a
lot of little ones. Some projects, that were examined and thought not in the
long-term interest of the Bay and its multiple-use beneficiaries, got
approved by the State and Federal permitting agencies in spite of us. Others
didnt get past the proposal stage because of us. In 1992, GBCPA became less
active after the death of John A. Grimes, an avid environmentalist and mayor
of Morgans Point, who was the soul of GBCPA.
GBCPA Is Reactivated
In 1998, environmental attorney Jim Blackburn reactivated the organization
due to current problems within the Galveston Bay system. Blackburn is the
chair of GBCPA.
Since its re-activation
only two years ago, GBCPA has continued its tradition of citizen activism
and successes. Two major successes in 1998 led by GBCPA have been winning a
three-year re-study of the Clear Creek channelization project and forcing an
Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed Ned. S. Holmes Bayport
Container Terminal in Galveston Bay.
GBCPA Today
In recent years GBCPA has been standing by to work for Galveston Bay and its estuaries as the need arises. There are no active projects or initiatives in the works, but please check back with us for updates.
Contact Us
GBCPA
PO Box 323
Seabrook, Texas 77586-0323
(Please call for delivery instructions)
gbcpa@peoplepc.com
Please call Nancy Edmonson at
Tele: (281) 291-8355
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