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Visit South Padre approves $50,000 ecotourism buy to support RGV Reef deployment
Summary
The board approved $50,000 to support Friends of RGV Reef’s artificial-reef program, which the presenter said has deployed tens of thousands of tons of material and is undertaking a carbon-sequestration study with UTRGV.
Visit South Padre’s board voted to approve a $50,000 ecotourism buy to support Friends of RGV Reef’s artificial-reef projects, which the presenter described as large-scale deployments of concrete and steel railroad ties to increase marine habitat off the island.
A representative identified as Curtis presented a short video and slides outlining the group’s recent work. Curtis said the organization had cleared a yard of more than 20,000 tons of material and deployed 18,000 tons in a 30-day period; individual railroad ties…
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