How can we conserve seagrass?
A program developed by The Nature Conservancy and partners will enable recreational boaters in this area to help protect seagrass for future generations through voluntary navigation of marked boat lanes. Partners include the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Coastal Conservation Association, the Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program, and Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and its Seagrass Working Group. What can you do to help? There are a number of voluntary actions anglers, hunters and other boaters can take to help protect seagrass. 1) When moving fast in the upper Laguna Madre, make sure to follow and stay within the marked preferred access lanes (boat lanes). 2) Obey no wake zones. 3) When not within the preferred access lanes (markers), be sure to Lift, Drift, Pole or Troll. Lift your propeller Drift into the shallows Use a push pole or trolling motor to get from place to place 3) If you see another boater causing damage to seagrass beds, please ask them to slow down in the ma
