Reef Ball Foundation Photos and Project Description Database

TTMB Reef Enhancement Project Proposal Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Artificial Reef Program 17629 El Camino Real Suite 175 Houston, TX 77058 Phone number Attention: Ms. Jan Culbertson Project Contact: Monty Weeks 301 North Highway 3 League City, TX 77573 email is monty@2coolfishing.com Overview of Proposal The members of TTMB propose to enhance an existing, but degraded reef located in West Galveston Bay using reef ball technology. Our proposal is to add 1000 ?oyster? reef balls to an existing site labeled ?obstruction-fish haven? on the Top Spot Fishing Charts. These reef balls would be added over a 5 year period. Proposal Details 281-461-4064 281-332-9555 Manpower source 52+ members of the TTMB fishing club will donate their time boats and equipment to construct, deploy, and monitor these reef balls. group.jpg (30706 bytes) Funding source No public funds will be required to implement the project. 100% of the funds needed to see this project through completion will come from the TTMB members, corporate donations, and fund raising events. The mold for the reef balls will be purchased immediately upon receipt of a permit to do this work. Funds are currently in place for the purchase of the reef ball mold. Donations of land to construct the reef balls on is secured. Funds for the materials to construct the 1000 reef balls is also secured. Location of existing fish haven Eastern Marker Lat. 29 09.202 Long. 095 07.282 Western Marker Lat. 29 09.114 Long 095 07.319 Note: These coordinates were taken on 6-17-2000 and are approximately 10 feet from the actual pilings. Due to the weather conditions, 10 feet was as close as could safely be approached.