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LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS

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• OPUS- Organization for the Preservation of an Unblemished Shoreline

• Audubon Outdoor Club

• Taxpayers Association of Corpus Christi

• Common Cause - Texas

LOCAL UNIVERSITIES

• Texas A&M University-Corpus Chrisiti Coastal Studies

  • Corpus Christi Bay Natural Estuary Project

  • Corpus Christi Bay Natural Estuary Project Oso Bay

• University of Texas Marine Science Institute

PACKERY CHANNEL RESEARCH

• Dr. Orrin Pilkey, PhD., Duke University. Opposition to use of
    engineering models to predict dredging in projects like
    Packery Channel. In an article describing Dr. Pilkey's views, he
    says "Engineering models of Earth surface phenomena do not work."

• Collection of Comments on Packery Channel

• JFK Causeway/Packery Channel letter -Dr. W. Schmitz, former Professor  Oceanography, Woods Hole, Mass., letter to Solomon Ortiz

• Richard L. Watson, PhD.  Coastal Bend Sun 3/8/97 article on Fatal errors in Packery Channel feasibility study.

SURROUNDING AREA INFORMATION

• Lake Corpus Christi Water Table

• Mary Rhodes Pipeline Information

• Sierra Club LoneStar Chapter

STATE OF TEXAS

• Texas Department of Natural Resources Conservation Commission

• Texas Department of Natural Resources Oso Bay Project

• Texas Department of Natural Resources Nueces County Projects

• Texas General Land Office

• Texas Water District

• Texas Water Development Board

• Texas Department of Agriculture

• Texas State Legislature Online

ELECTED OFFICIALS ADDRESSES

• Hon. Solomon Ortiz                        Hon. Richard Borchard
  House Office Bldg.                         Nueces County Courhouse  
  Washington, D.C. 20515-4315       901 Leopard
                                                         Corpus Christi, TX 78401 
  
  Hon. Kay Bailey Hutchinson            Hon. Phil Gramm-
   Senate Office Building                     Senate Office Building
   Washington, D.C. 20510                 Washington, D.C. 20510

NATIONAL

• National Weather Service

• Environmental Protection Agency

• Department of the Interior

• U.S. Fish and Wildlife

• U.S. Forest Service

• National Park Service

NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS and DIRECTORIES

• Web Active

• EnviroWeb

• Environmental Organization Directory

RELATED ORGANIZATIONS

• Defenders of Wildlife
  
• Earth Island Institute
  
• National Parks & Conservation Association
  
• PEEK
  
• Rainforest Action Network
  
• Nature Conservancy
  
• The Audubon
  
• EarthFirst!
  
• The Wilderness Society