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he Galveston Bay Foundation partnered with a private landowner in Brazoria County

to permanently protect a 1,100-acre working farm by purchasing a conservation easement. This easement allows the landowner to continue ongoing farming and ranching operations while restricting future subdivision, development, and other land uses that may have negative environmental impacts. Lone Pine Farm encompasses riparian wetlands, bottomland hardwood forest, native pasture, and prime working agricultural lands within the West Galveston Bay watershed. Conservation values important to Galveston Bay include conservation of significant wildlife habitats, preservation of open space for scenic and recreational purposes, protection of riparian corridors and wetland habitats for water quality, and support for regional farming and ranching cultural heritage.

The Lone Pine Farm easement protects approximately 115 acres of bottomland hardwood forest–critical habitat to migratory songbirds traveling throughout the central flyway as well as many other resident wildlife

species. Wetlands within the easement area provide essential foraging habitat for resident and migratory wading birds, waterfowl, and other wetland depended wildlife. Flooded rice fields provide forage for thousands of ducks, geese, cranes, shorebirds, and wading birds throughout the growing season and into the fall and winter months. These resources are critical to the health and sustainability of Texas Gulf Coast migratory waterfowl populations.

Coastal prairie is one of the most imperiled habitats in the United States, and this site could prove to be a candidate for future prairie restoration efforts. Currently, pastures are used for cattle production but offer resources to a variety of wildlife species and nesting habitat for grassland birds.

Acquisition funding for the Lone Pine Farm conservation easement was awarded by the Texas Farm and Ranchlands Conservation Program, a program managed by the Texas General Land Office. The intent of this program is to help private landowners protect land from developmental pressures and maintain private

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“THE MISSION OF THE GALVESTON BAY FOUNDATION IS TO PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND ENHANCE THE NATURAL RESOURCES OF THE GALVESTON BAY ESTUARINE SYSTEM AND ITS TRIBUTARIES FOR PRESENT USERS AND FOR POSTERITY.“

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f you know the Galveston Bay Foundation, you know that we work in four program areas to

implement our mission: advocacy, conservation, education, and research. And you are probably familiar with advocacy programs such as our water quality and freshwater inflows work, conservation programs such as our wetland restoration work and our land preservation activities, and education programs such as Get Hip to Habitat. But our research work is not as well known. We do some water quality research with volunteers and interns, and we monitor our restoration projects, but we haven’t emphasized our research work to the extent we’ve emphasized our other program areas.

However, I’m excited to announce a new research initiative we have joined. GBF has recently engaged in a partnership with the Environmental Institute of Houston at the University of Houston-Clear Lake (EIH-UHCL) to establish the Galveston Bay Dolphin Research and Conservation Program (GDRCP). Dr. Vanessa Mintzer, a former full-time employee of the Foundation between 2006 and 2009, will lead the work for us. Vanessa left GBF to go back to school to get her Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Ecology at the University of Florida. During her studies, she spent time in the Amazon studying river dolphins. She is now doing post doctorate work and approached GBF with the project idea.

Dolphins in our bays, estuaries, and coastal waters are an important part of the ecosystem, living long

Bob StokesPresidentExt. 211

Rachel BarskiEducation CoordinatorExt. 219

Trey BartschMarketing Coordinator & Gazette EditorExt. 208

Charlene BohanonWater Quality Program ManagerExt. 215

Anja BorskiReport Card CoordinatorExt. 223

Haille CarterHabitat Restoration CoordinatorExt. 203

Kat DarvishzadehDevelopment Data AssociateExt. 201

Anna DeichmannLand Stewardship Coordinator

Emily FordVolunteer Programs CoordinatorExt. 207

Rani HendersonManager of Education ProgramsExt. 212

Scott A. JonesDirector of AdvocacyExt. 209

Greg LoushineDirector of DevelopmentExt. 213

Taleen MooreGrants Billing SpecialistExt. 202

Jim OlinOyster Shell Recycling Program Assistant

Neally RheaWater Quality Outreach AssistantExt. 220

Sharon RoarkMajor Gifts OfficerExt. 204

Emily SeldomridgeWater Policy and Outreach SpecialistExt. 218

Chris SheldonOyster Shell Recycling Assistant

Matt SingerLand Stewardship ManagerExt. 206

Courtney SmithVice President of OperationsExt. 214

Philip SmithDirector of ConservationExt. 210

Shanna ThiemEvents and Development ManagerExt. 202

Justine TownsendChief Financial OfficerExt. 202

Lee Anne WildeLiving Shorelines Program ManagerExt. 205

lives and feeding at the top of the food chain. The life history of bottlenose dolphins makes them an ideal species to act as sentinels of ecosystem health and sustainability. Dolphins in Galveston Bay are exposed to multiple environmental stressors resulting from human activity. Their health and survivability in these conditions can provide a wealth of information about the ecosystem we share with them.

Our partnership with EIH-UHCL will implement a long-term monitoring program for the bottlenose dolphins in Galveston Bay with a particular focus on the upper Galveston Bay dolphin population. We will also study human-dolphin interactions in Galveston Bay and their impacts on both dolphins and people. Ultimately, this effort will raise awareness about Galveston

Bay dolphins and their habitats in Galveston Bay communities.

I hope you’ll enjoy seeing our progress as we move forward. If you’re interested in learning more about the effort, please see our project webpage at galvbay.org/dolphin. And if you really love dolphins, you can support the program by “adopting” and even naming dolphins as part of our effort. Thanks for your interest!

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Bob Stokes, Galveston Bay Foundation President

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Dolphins in Galveston Bay are exposed to multiple environmental stressors

resulting from human activity. Their health and survivability in these conditions can provide a

wealth of information about the ecosystem we share with them.

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DATES TO REMEMBER

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Friendswood Rain Barrel WorkshopSaturday, July 18, 2015, 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.Friendswood City Hall

Ladies Casting for ConservationFishing TournamentSaturday, July 25, 2015Stingaree Marina, Crystal Beach, TX

Guardian of the Bay Award LuncheonWednesday, Sept. 30, 2015, 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.Hilton Americas, Houston, TX

Bike Around the BaySaturday, Oct. 17 - Sunday, Oct. 18, 2015Royal Purple Raceway, Baytown, TX

eporting pollution can be tricky. Citizens frequently call GBF wondering

who they should contact to file a report. With a multitude of cities, counties, and agencies surrounding the bay, this can be a daunting question to answer and lead to inefficient reporting. GBF is working to eliminate the confusion by making pollution reporting available at one site in one step.

How it worksIn December, GBF launched the Galveston Bay Action Network (GBAN) pollution reporting tool, a map-based site that allows citizens to report pollution directly to authorities in the four counties surrounding the bay. The tool, which is also accessible on mobile phones, opens to a map of the Galveston Bay area. Reporters mark the location where the pollution was spotted and proceed to fill in a description about what occurred. There is even a field for including photos and video via YouTube. It is available for public viewing and use at www.galvbay.org/GBAN.

Pollution reports are made public on the GBAN site, excluding personal information, to allow citizens to monitor the types of pollution occurring and being reported in the area. GBF hopes that by being able to

see the reports and the location, it will encourage citizens around the bay to continue to report pollution, whether on land or water, as it occurs. Since its launch in December, GBAN has received several pollution reports. The number of authorities tying their existing reporting systems into this site continues to grow as they hear of the new technology. They are very excited that GBAN has taken the guess work out for citizens to determine where to file reports and that it will potentially increase the number and quality of reports they receive.

Says Wayne Holt of the City of Pasadena, “The GBAN tool is a wonderful example of technology used to leverage individual involvement in pollution reporting. The

City of Pasadena looks forward to helping make this powerful tool to safeguard the bay available to as many of our residents as possible.”

GBF is happy to announce that GBAN had its first win for water quality as a result of our dedicated partners quickly responding to a report from the tool. In February, a report was submitted indicating that sediment from a construction project was being washed into Armand Bayou when it rained because the required sediment

fencing was not being used. Within 24 hours, TCEQ Houston - Region 12, Harris County Pollution Control Services, and the City of Pasadena had coordinated and investigated the report, and the sediment fencing was properly installed by the construction company. As a result, sediment will no longer run off from this site into Armand Bayou, which helps protect water quality for plants, fish, and shellfish. Thank you to the citizen reporter and the authorities for helping protect our waterways!

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Construction site without sediment fencing, allowing sediments to empty in the tributary to Armand Bayou

UPCOMING: Now in its 3rd year, the ladies fishing tournament raises awareness and funds for habitat protection in Galveston Bay. Register at www.galvbay.org.

The City of Pasadena looks forward to helping make this powerful tool to safeguard the bay available to as many of our residents as possible.

- Wayne Holt, City of Pasadena

cience and sport agree – where coastal marshes are robust and healthy, so are

the fish and wildlife. Scientific studies—a number of them specific to Galveston Bay—clearly show the correlation between populations of important species such as red drum, white shrimp, brown shrimp, and blue crab to the amount of marsh habitat. In fact, estuaries like Galveston Bay are considered one of the most productive ecosystems in the world. Because of the importance of natural and living resources in Galveston Bay and the need to protect and enhance them, two habitat restoration projects under the direction of the Galveston Bay Foundation (GBF) were recently selected by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) to receive significant funding through the Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund (GEBF), the fund established to administer funds resulting from remedial orders in the plea agreements associated with the Deepwater Horizon oil spill event of 2010.

GBF has been actively restoring coastal marsh habitat, primarily through a structural approach to ensure healthy fish and wildlife populations since the early 1990s. This approach is best demonstrated by the saying “if you build

it, they will come.” Over the years, GBF has preserved, protected, and restored over 17,000 acres of coastal habitat within Galveston Bay.

The announcement from NFWF on November 17, 2014, represents the second obligation of funding under the GEBF. This round awarded more than $99.2 million from the GEBF to 25 projects from all five Gulf of Mexico States. Texas’ share amounts to $13.2 million for eight projects that address high priority conservation needs and represent efforts to protect and enhance natural and living resources along the Texas coast. Of the selected projects, GBF will receive $1.32 million aimed at protecting and restoring vital coastal habitats at two project sites.

Oyster Lake – Northern shoreline of West Bay adjacent to the Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge

This project will protect 4,700 feet of fragile shoreline and critical coastal marsh habitat in West Galveston Bay. It is estimated that since 1944, nearly 1,000 feet of shoreline between Oyster Lake and West Bay was lost. The persistent erosion has come close to creating a breach between the calm

and shallow waters of Oyster Lake and the deeper, more energetic waters of West Bay. Through the installation of hard structure breakwaters, the project will reduce wave energy affecting the shoreline, impede the pending breach between the lake and the bay, and allow sediments to accrete behind the breakwaters to facilitate the restoration of marsh habitat.

Moses Lake and Dollar Bay – Western shoreline of Galveston Bay just north of Texas City

This project will fund the data collection, geotechnical analysis, and engineering/design necessary to protect up to 4,000 linear feet of fragile bay shoreline along the western shoreline of Moses Lake and to restore approximately 30 acres of adjacent coastal marsh habitat in Dollar Bay.

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In phase 1 of the Oyster Lake project, reef balls were utilized to construct a breakwater protecting 950’ of shoreline from erosion and, to-date, a 3/4-acre area has been planted with intertidal marsh vegetation.

Above: The persistent erosion of the shoreline along Oyster Lake has placed this critical marsh in imminent threat of breach and conversion of the lake to open bay water.

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In each issue of the Gazette newsletter, GBF enjoys spotlighting one of the many

individuals, organizations, or corporations that help us work toward our mission of preserving, protecting, and enhancing Galveston Bay. In this issue, we are pleased to spotlight Odfjell and its employees who support our environmental initiatives and strengthen our communities.

Odfjell became involved with GBF after the founding of its Community Outreach Committee. The committee sought to identify ways that Odfjell could become more involved in the community in which they live and work. As Odfjell’s chemical storage and transportation business is directly dependent upon the bay, they felt that GBF was a natural partner.

Odfjell started its relationship with GBF in 2013 with its support of 2013 Bike Around the Bay.

Odfjell employees and their families supported the ride’s High Island break point by providing snacks and refreshments and cheering on the cyclists as they made their way along the 180-mile route around the bay. Odfjell has since participated in many GBF events as volunteers and sponsors, including Trash Bash and Marsh Mania.

Jared Honeycutt is a Port Operator with Odfjell and has joined his coworkers in volunteering for Bike Around the Bay. “Bike Around the Bay has been an excellent opportunity for Odfjell employees to work together and enjoy each other’s company outside of the normal work day,” says Jared. “When volunteering at a break point, it is fulfilling to help the riders in their effort to take on such a notable challenge.”

Odfjell’s business is conducted on the bay with

its liquid chemical terminal located in Seabrook, which has direct access to the bay through the Bayport Ship Channel. Its vessels sail the world transporting chemicals to and from Houston and Galveston Bay. “The employees and families of Odfjell live and work in Galveston Bay,” Honeycutt explains. “ We fish, boat, and swim with our families in Galveston Bay waters as well as enjoy the bayous and tributaries of the bay. We know that the state of the bay is representative of the state of the area that we live in as a whole.”

Odfjell’s Community Outreach Committee is a new undertaking for Odfjell, and GBF was one of the initial partners. “Volunteering with GBF has made us both as a company and as employees take a second look at how we interact with the bay on a daily basis,” says Honeycutt on the valuable of the partnership. “All of our actions have an impact on the bay. We all must make the effort to have those impacts be positive. Employees who have volunteered have always enjoyed the experience, and we all look forward to getting involved further.” Through their volunteerism and support of GBF events and initiatives, Odfjell and its employees are valued partners in GBF’s mission, and we look forward to the prospect of continuing this relationship for the benefit of Galveston Bay.

Odfjell employees sponsor and man their break point at Bike Around the Bay in 2014.

SPOTLIGHT ON SPONSOR: Odfjell

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Lone Pine Farm Acquisition(Continued from cover)

G BF completed the second phase of the Galveston Bay Seafood Advisory

Education Campaign, a project funded through the Texas Coastal Management Program. The purpose of the campaign is to educate Galveston Bay area fishermen and crabbers about the risks of consumption of seafood contaminated with toxic substances through the placement of English- and Spanish-language warning signs. Emphasis was placed on reaching subsistence fishermen as much of the protein in their diet is dependent on harvesting local fish and crab.

The primary sign installation focus area was bank and pier fishing locations on the Houston Ship Channel/San Jacinto River and contiguous tidal waters upstream of the Fred Hartman Bridge (Hwy. 146) where a consumption advisory on all species of fish and blue crab is in place. A secondary focus

area was the upper part of Upper Galveston Bay, an area bounded on the north by the Fred Hartman Bridge and on the south by a line drawn from Red Bluff Point to Five Mile Cut Marker to Houston Point where an advisory on spotted seatrout, catfish and blue crab is in place. With this second round of funding for GBF’s purchase of materials and their installation by our in-kind partners (cities of Baytown, Houston, La Porte, Pasadena, and Harris County Precinct 2), 46 signs were placed at 23 locations ranging from Brays Bayou at the confluence of the Houston Ship Channel in Southeast Houston and all the way down to Little Cedar Bayou in La Porte. Please note that there are other advisories in our area; you can find out more by visiting http://galvbay.org/how-we-protect-the-bay/taking-action/seafood-consumption-advisories/.

Seafood Advisory Education Campaign Completes Second Phase

ownership and operation of agricultural lands in Texas. Support for this project was also provided the Conservation Assistance Program, a program of the Galveston Bay Estuary Program. The goal of this program is to support regional efforts to preserve wetlands and other important coastal habitats that will protect the long-term health and productivity of Galveston Bay.

The easement will protect a variety of important coastal habitat including bottomland hardwood forest.

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Q: What have you been up to since joining the Galveston Bay Foundation last May?A: I have been tasked with taking the pulse of our community’s interest in the health and future of Galveston Bay to help us develop an environmental report card that will be shared with the public later this year. Over the last year, I have had the opportunity to speak with hundreds of people through presentations I have given, and I have read comments from many more who have taken surveys we developed.Their concerns for the bay are abundant and real. People are alarmed by the threats that pollution, development, and commerce are taking on Galveston Bay.

Q: Is it all bad news for Galveston Bay?A: Not at all. People are also eager to point out how things have changed – often for the better – like improvements that have been made to limit and monitor pollution from industry sources along the shoreline, and communities and organizations that are taking the initiative to promote water conservation, or marking storm drains with warnings about their connection to local waterbodies.

Q: Did you discover anything unexpected?A: I wouldn’t call it unexpected, but there was an elephant in the room at many of the meetings I attended. A lot of people are concerned that not enough people know enough about the bay to care about the things we can do to take better care of it. And that is where I truly believe we can make a difference with the report card.

Q: Can you tell us more about the goal of the Galveston Bay Report Card project? A: The Galveston Bay Report Card, made possible by a grant from the Houston Endowment and the collaborative efforts of the Galveston Bay Foundation and Houston Advanced Research Center, will be a tool that will hopefully educate residents and their government representatives about the issues facing the bay and encourage

their participation in activities and decision making processes that will continue to protect the bay and ensure its health for generations to come.

Q: So, what comes next?A: Taking into consideration the topics that were consistently presented as a high priority for the community members we reached, we just completed the process of selecting the indicators and determining the report card structure. We are now busy compiling the data, designing the website, and preparing to get the word out.

Q: Where does the data come from, and will the average citizen be able to understand it?A: We must review large volumes of data spanning many decades from state and federal agencies like the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), Texas Parks & Wildlife Department (TPWD), US Army Corps of Engineers, US Fish and Wildlife Service, and others. We are also consulting with experts in communication and media to ensure that this project will be presented in such a way that it is understandable and engaging, even for people without a great deal of scientific background.

Q: Any final thoughts? A: I think is part of our human nature to be optimistic, and that is an important piece of this puzzle. Without optimism, all the research and opportunities to make things better would fall on deaf ears. I have really been encouraged throughout this process by people’s enthusiasm for the report card and their suggestions for ways to make it great and offers to help distribute the information once it is available. It’s going to be an exciting and busy year.

Do you have questions about the Galveston Bay Report Card project? Anja can be reached at aborski@galvbay.org.

What is the Galveston Bay Report Card?Seafood Advisory Education Campaign Completes Second Phase Q and A with Anja Borski, GBF’s Galveston Bay Report Card Coordinator

The report card will become an important tool to educate the public about bay issues and encourage further participation in management decision processes.

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147 Abdandoned Crab Traps Removed from Trinity Bay

Hundreds Bash Trash to Protect Armand Bayou

Getting Muddy to Restore Habitat at Marsh Mania

GBF volunteers, members and partnering organizations joined us on February 21 at our site at Ft. Anahuac Park in Anahuac for TPWD’s Abandoned Crab Trap Removal event. With the help of over 50 volunteers, 147 crab traps were picked up by boats surveying the bay and brought back to the park for proper disposal. This event is a part of a statewide effort over a 10-day period when crabbing is closed and abandoned traps are considered litter and can legally be removed from the bay. Since 2002, TPWD and volunteers across the state have removed over 28,000 abandoned traps littering our waterways.

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Thank you to the 868 volunteers who joined us for Trash Bash on Armand Bayou on March 28 and collected 4,700 lbs. of trash, 300 lbs. of recyclablable material, and 53 tires—totaling 5 tons of trash removed from Armand Bayou! GBF’s site is one of

GBF and 110 volunteers planted an estimated 7,125 stems of marsh grass at Marsh Mania on Saturday, April 11, 2015, at two sites on Galveston Bay-McCollum Park in Beach City and White Heron Estates near Anahuac. Over the past 17 years, Marsh Mania has involved over 7,500 community volunteers in the restoration of more than 204 acres of vital marsh habitat around Galveston Bay. Thanks to our hardworking volunteers and sponsors for a successful day of habitat restoration!

17 all around the Houston-Galveston area that make up River, Lakes, Bays ‘N Bayous Trash Bash, the largest waterway clean-up event in Texas. The Armand Bayou site was sponsored in part by SeaWorld & Busch Gardens Conservation Fund.

Thank you to our sponsors, including:

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atherine and Frank C. Smith, Jr. share a fascinating history and

a wealth of memorable experiences on Galveston Bay. Their love for and their desire to protect Galveston Bay for future generations have inspired Katherine and Frank to include the Galveston Bay Foundation (GBF) in their estate plans. In doing so, they are founding members of GBF’s Great Blue Heron Society.

Both native Houstonians, Frank and Katherine met when Katherine was just three years old when their parents joined together in the founding of the Texas Corinthian Yacht Club (TCYC) in 1937.

Katherine remembers being picked up from school every Friday as a child and traveling to the family’s bay house in Kemah. At that time, Houston was close to uninhabitable in the summer because there was no air conditioning. The best options to get out of the heat were either to go to the Kirby movie theater, which was cooled back then by fans blowing over blocks of ice, or to head to the shores of Galveston Bay. From sailing and waterskiing to flounder gigging with lanterns at night, the Bay provided Frank and Katherine with endless enjoyment growing up.

As their lives progressed, Frank and Katherine married other people but finally got together after their prior marriages ended. They have been happily married for 33 years. Over the years, their family has enjoyed many special times together at the Texas Corinthian Yacht Club sailing on Galveston Bay. Both the Fay and Smith families owned houses on site at TCYC, and Frank built a house on Kipp Avenue after he and Katherine were married. Katherine and Frank still travel from Houston to Kemah nearly every weekend where they enjoy time on their powerboat.

Houstonian Terry Hershey first introduced Frank to the environmental movement in 1966, which changed the course of his life. Frank was an engineer and a businessman, and until that time, he had paid no attention to environmental

issues. Jake Hershey was an avid sailor, and he and his wife, Terry, were Texas Corinthian Yacht Club members. One stormy afternoon when the weather was unsuitable for sailing, Terry approached Frank, Ernie Fay, and Albert Fay and asked them to join with her, George Mitchell, then Congressman George H.W. Bush, and the Buffalo Bayou Preservation Association (BBPA) in their campaign to stop the Army Corps of Engineers and the Harris

County Flood Control District from bulldozing the natural banks of Buffalo Bayou. In 1969, Buffalo Bayou Preservation Association expanded its scope and changed its name to become the Bayou Preservation Association (BPA) with George P. Mitchell as its president. Frank succeeded Mr. Mitchell as president and served in that capacity for several years.

As a member of the BPA, Frank worked in the early 1970s with Hana Ginzbarg to preserve Clear Lake’s Middle Bayou, subsequently renamed Armand Bayou, and protect it from

real estate development. The Armand Bayou Nature Center was incorporated in 1974, and Frank served as the second board president.

Environmental attorney, Jim Blackburn, approached Frank in the 1980s about the founding of the Galveston Bay Foundation. Frank was one of GBF’s founding members and served as board vice chair after its inception in 1987. Katherine and Frank have continued to support the Galveston Bay Foundation in various capacities over the years, and in 2010 they received GBF’s Guardian of the Bay Award in recognition for their passion and dedication to the protection of Galveston Bay. Their hope for the future is that GBF will continue to work

with all users of the bay to protect this natural resource so that people can continue to enjoy boating and fishing on the bay as their family has for multiple generations.

For nearly 50 years, Katherine and Frank Smith have played key roles in community efforts to preserve our local natural resources. Their stewardship of Galveston Bay will continue beyond their lifetimes with their inclusion of GBF in their estate plans. Frank says, “Galveston Bay has always been an important part of our lives. We have spent many happy hours on the bay, and we are glad to know that our stewardship of the bay will continue well into the future.”

Including the Galveston Bay Foundation in your estate plans can be as simple as making a bequest in your will or listing GBF as a beneficiary on your life insurance policy or retirement account. Consult with your financial and legal advisors regarding more complex giving vehicles. You will have the satisfaction of knowing that you can continue to support the causes you love by leaving a legacy that will continue beyond your lifetime. For additional information, please call the Galveston Bay Foundation at (281) 332-3381 x204 or visit http://www.galvbay.org/give_planned.html

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Environmental Stewards Katherine and Frank C. Smith continue their commitment to the future protection of Galveston Bay with a planned estate gift to GBF.

Katherine and Frank C. Smith are founding members of GBF’s Great Blue Heron Society.

We have spent many happy hours on the bay, and we are glad to know that our stewardship of the bay will

continue well into the future.

-Katherine and Frank C. Smith

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GBF RecoGnizes 2014 DonoRs anD sponsoRsMarsh Mania

$10,000 and aboveDow Chemical Company

$5,000 - $9,999Texas Waterway Operators Association

$2,500 - $4,999Apache Ecological Service, Inc.ExxonMobil CorporationJohn P. McGovern FoundationSamson Energy Company

$1,000 - $2,499AccentureGulf Coast Waste Disposal AuthorityPort of Houston AuthorityTPC Group

$100 - $999Ethyl CorporationHouston Pilots Odfjell Terminals (Houston) Inc.

$1 - $99Kathleen Beeler

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$25,000 and aboveKirby CorporationKathrine G. McGovern/McGovern Foundation

$10,000 - $24,999AccentureNRG EnergySandra and Fred PoundsSatterfield & Pontikes Construction, Inc.Cynthia and Don Stevenson/Madlin Stevenson Foundation

$5,000 - $9,999Betsy and Don BerkemeyerBud Light/Silver Eagle DistributorsBuffalo Marine Service, Inc.Centerpoint EnergyExxonMobil CorporationThe Friedkin GroupFrost BankMelinda B. HildebrandBill King/Southwest Airport ServicesMarilyn and Harry KirkPhase Engineering, Inc.Doug PitcockPort of Houston AuthorityKrissi and Taylor ReidKathy and Mike SuttonTexas Corinthian Yacht ClubClaudette and Chris ToomeyU.S. Pipeline, Inc.Vinson & Elkins, LLP

$2,500 - $4,999AECOMAmegy BankApache CorporationApril & Kevin Bailey/Vanessa & Brandon BaileyBaker Botts L.L.P.City of Nassau BayDow Chemical CompanyDoyle, Restrepo, Harvin & Robbins, LLPEast Harris County Manufacturers Association

Gulf Coast Waste Disposal AuthorityJackson Gilmour & Dobbs, PCKirksey ArchitectureMimi and Jerry LangdonMartin MarineMerrill Lynch/Peter S. MeyerRowan Companies, Inc.SeaRiver Maritime, Inc.Richard StewartTexas Corinthian Yacht Club Young ProfessionalsUTMB Health

$1,000 - $2,499ACT Pipe and Supply, Inc.Bailey and Greg BinionRose and Harry CullenMarcia and Michael FeldmanHDR Engineering, Inc.Guy Robert JacksonAnn and Jim JacksonYvonne and Walter JohnsonAnn and Tom KelseyComly and Dick Lewis/eElectricRatesWinkie and Jerry MohnMichele and Clayton Moliver, M.D.Michaela and Taylor NorrisPrestige Oyster Inc.Helen Lane and Roger RoweSamson Energy Co.Katherine and Frank SmithAnne and Vin WardBetsy and Jim Winn

$100 - $999Blank Rome LLPPhilip CloutierMichael Cokinos/Cokinos EnergyLisa GossettEdwin J. Jennings, IIIE. Winston Jones and Sam JonesMadeleine MontesLindy and Larry NeuhausElizabeth and Mike PetitPhilip Cloutier America’s Choice Home LoansLisa PoundsLawrence RearickBeth RobertsonRegina RogersSterling AssociatesSharron StewartTechTrans Interational, Inc.Betty and Jesse B. TutorVirginia Seale WattRick WittenbrakerMelanie Worthington

$1 - $99Brinker InternationalGwendolyn GoffeCarl Sepulveda

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$10,000 and aboveDow Chemical CompanyReliant Energy Charitable Foundation

$2,500 - $9,999City of KemahCenterpoint EnergyExxonMobil CorporationJohn P. McGovern FoundationPort of Houston AuthoritySamson Energy Co.

$1,000 - $2,499BASF CorporationHouston Pilots

Moody National BankOdfjell Terminals (Houston), Inc.TPC Group

$100 - $999Ethyl CorporationGulf Coast Waste Disposal AuthorityHarris County Soil and Water Conservation District #442

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$75,000 and aboveShell Oil Company

$20,000 - $74,999The Moody Foundation

$10,000 - $19,999Peggy Kostial/AccenturePort of Houston AuthorityTexas Solar OutfittersUTMB Health

$5,000 - $9,999Burns & McDonnellCenterPoint EnergyKuraray America, Inc.Waste Management

$2,500 - $4,999Intercontinental Terminals Co. LLCOdfjell Terminals (Houston) Inc.Samson Energy Co.

$1,000 - $2,499Ashland/Vavoline

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$2,500 and aboveEasy LiftSamson Energy Co.

$1,000 - $2,499Kinsel FordStingaree Restaurant & MarinaSwede’s Real Estate

$500 - $999A-34 Investments LLCEco-SmartEddie BeltranKeith BrownDel Papa DistributingErnie’s Hardware & General MercantileFishing Tackle UnlimitedGCM The Big Store, IncRamon HerreraLaguna Custom RodsMarine Fueling Service, IncSara PetitWhitney RohacekTexas Marine & Brokerage, Inc.John ThompsonRebecca Vinson

Donors$100,000 and aboveAccentureCCA TexasHouston Endowment Inc.

$20,000 - $99,999Anonymous George and Mary Josephine Hamman FoundationKBR Charitable Foundation Inc.John P. McGovern FoundationKathrine G. McGovernNational Wildlife FederationNRG Energy Restore America’s Estuaries

$10,000 - $19,999Aramco Services CompanyHarris and Eliza Kempner FundLyondellBasellPort of Houston AuthoritySamson Energy Co.

$5,000 - $9,999Albert and Ethel Herzstein Charitable FoundationAnonymousElizabeth Blair-RedfieldDock Line MagazineERM Group Foundation, Inc.Marion HargroveTerry HersheyKeith and Mattie Stevenson FoundationJanet and John LodgePatrick OxfordHerman D. Pollock Family FoundationMary and Brad RobbinsRutherford Oil CorporationShell Oil Company Foundation The Marvy Finger Family FoundationThunderbird Events LLC

$2,500 - $4,999CenterPoint EnergyExxonMobil CorporationYvonne and Walter JohnsonLand Trust AlliancePreston Publications LPTina and Joe Pyne Family FundVolunteer Houston

$1,000 - $2,499Bike BarnScott BirdRobbie BrignacJohn BrockGreg BrownChevron Humankind ProgramChristopher ChurchCity of La PorteDBA Arpi’s Phoenicia DeliDeer Park Independent School DistrictRosemarie and David DeVidoJames DoyleCarolyn FayLisa and George FranciscoLeonard HaleMark HausknechtHouston-Galveston Area CouncilNancy and Anthony JenningsKeep Dickinson BeautifulKemah Bay Area Garden ClubMarek Bros. SystemsRowena and Jerry MohnJames PipeJohn RaganPriscilla Seymour

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GBF RecoGnizes 2014 DonoRs anD sponsoRsDaniel D. SmallwoodSuzanne Suter and William SnypesJJ and Gerry SpedaleCynthia and Donald StevensonRichard StewartLouise SuttonMaggie and Peyton SweeneyTexas A&M University-GalvestonThe Estate of L. David SmythThe Reid Family FundPaula and Nathan TicatchInta and Doug WalkerWest Galveston Island Property Owners Association Inc.Cheryl and Steven Widen

$100 - $999Abejas, Inc.Air Alliance HoustonGeorge AldrichNatalie AlikhanChinhui Juhn and Edward AllenAmy AltonConstance and Gary ArmitageArthur B. Monroe Family FundHilda BakerAdam BangsAccuTransGeorge BanosGlenda and Hugh BarrettBasic EquipmentBilly BauchCharles BauerScott BeanLeonard BedellMerry and Gary BellKelli BenoitAnnie and John BenzonMark BerlingerBill Chuck InvestmentsBailey and Greg BinionChristina BlackwellAllen BlanchardJerry BlevinsBoeing CompanyHenry BowmanPeter BowmanEric BrantonJ.C. Brewster, SR.Jean and Angus BrownSara BrownGlenn BuckleyJames BuescherWinnie and David BurkettBen CarmineGraydon CayceRebecca and Michael CemoAnna and Justin ChanPaul ChapmanCheniere EnergyKendra ClemonsElinor and Martin ColmanKaren CoorDean CorgeyTrang CormackSteven CowartParker CraddockBarbara CrottyGene CupplesChristopher CurrySabrina and Patrick DeanJennifer D’EathMark DenmanMarsha and Sam DodsonMichael DooleyAnita DoyleEric DrakeNan and Mike DuhonPaul DunpheyDon DykstraSandra EckelsE. Winston Jones Elizabeth and J.D. EpsteinErik ErikssonJudy ErnullMarie and Steve EvnochidesExxonMobil FoundationJennifer FarnellSara Farris

Scott FlechsigMalcolm FletcherHelen FosdickMartha FoxworthCarmela and Kelly FrelsJenifer GarfieldJohn GarrettBryan GaskillGulf Coast Waste Disposal AuthorityEllen GerloffCynthia GerschBarbara and Andy GessnerScott GeyerChristopher GoransonMichelle GormanArt GraeterJohn GranahanSonia GrasMilton GrayDebbie GreenGreenling, INCJanet and Jim GreenwoodRebecca GreggRhonda GreggGulf Coast Renewable ResourcesJohanna and James GuntherDenise and Rod HallMarsha and Hal HaltomRuby and William HandJeff HarmonKassie HarrisHarris County Soil and Water Conservation District #442Theresa HazeltonDavid HedgesMichael HendersonGail and Mike HendryxElizabeth and Daniel HerinkEstate of Henry A. HillHenry A. HillHillman Shrimp & Oyster Co.Carrie HorneHouston Canoe ClubHouston Endowment Inc.Cindy HowardDavid and Carla HoyerMary and Ken HuchersonTeresa HullMarianne IbrahimKaren and Dallas IvesShawn and Bill JacksonBurgess JacksonGuy Robert JacksonJerry & Nanette Finger FoundationJerry Built HolcombeSonya and Deforester JonesAlison KennamerCandace and Stewart KepperLinda KerrSteven KirklandJohn KoloenGladys KoontzAmanda KrollEd KruijsTraci and Paul LaChanceLaura and John Arnold FoundationLisetta LavyMeade and Jim LeBlancCarol LeeRonald LeschakPriscilla and Jim LesterClay LewisMark LivelySusan and Tim LongTommy LottRonald LottMary and Timothy LoveElizabeth and Jason LoveLubrizol CorporationKristin LucasMarilyn LummisMeghan and Kenneth LutschgRobert MacLeanJean MahavierMary MannJessica Martinez

Carl MastersonTeresa MatlockLucinda and William MatthewsPatricia MatthewsSteven MayJohn McBrineMatt McCarrollDarby McEvoyLisa and Richard McGonigleKathryn and William MedfordShannon MeredithDonna and Mark MeyerMary MilbyJoseph MillerJoyce MillerMinuteman PressJohn MiszkowskiMark MitchellSherri and Jim MoffaTimothy MolloyJason MooneyBob and Marna MooreMorgan StanleyPatricia MorinElise MorvantKimberly and Van MountAllan MuellerBarbara and Jeff MyersonLaNell and Jim NeelNetwork For GoodJeanne and Paul NewmanKaren NewmanSarah O’BryanOdfjell Terminals (Houston) Inc.Mariloli and Marvin OdumJose OtiWes PadgettPaul ParasRay ParkerDavid PaschalDebra PenceJudith and David PerriginLinda W. PetersenAlice PhillipsMike PhillipsMargaret and Michael PierceDoreen and Dan PietteRandy PikeSandra and Fred PoundsPremium Draught Co.Carol and Daniel PriceKelly and Steve ProvenzanoSamuel PyneRandalls Good Neighboor ProgramJack RoachSharon RoarkJo Anna and Michael RobbinsJ.W. RobertsCarolyn and Michael RobinsonSally RobinsonKassy RodriguezPhilip RogersPatricia and Ronald RogersMaury RubensteinBeverly RudyLinda and Bruce SalomonLisa and David SambrooksKimberly and John SaxonJohnny SchillingWilliam SchleuseKathleen and Arthur SchmittVicki SchnellCherry and John SchwarzCharles ScovilleJenny and Rusty SenacStuart ShapiroDiane SheridanFrancis and Wen-Kung SherrillSarah and Milton ShuffieldJulia and William SiasFrank SmealTammy and Ray SmithLynn SmithSouth Texas College of Law Environmental SocietyErin SteeleSharron StewartNicky StillmanCharlotte and S.T. Stirling

Frederick StowWarren SullivanCindy SumrallJack SutherlandKathy and Mike SuttonAaron Swerdlin FamilySzabo Sound & MusicThe Christine E Wood Living TrustGaylynn ThomasJean and J. Douglas ThomasTarquis ThomasPeter ThompsonLawanda TiptonTommy’s Restaurant & Oyster BarDiane and Allan TreimanElizabeth and Walter UlrichJohnny ValentinoVallen Memorial FundMelissa and Ajay VargheeseEmi and Louis VestSuzanne WalstadKaren WarePeter WatsonBrenda WeiserPeter WellsMichael WheelerJanice WhittingtonDave WilcoxBeth WilliamsNoel WilliamsPage WilliamsPamela WilliamsSamuel WilliamsDeborah and John WillisWallace WilsonJohn WilsonThomas WojcikDale WolckSarah WomackRaphael WongMargaret and Matt WoodruffRonald WoodsJohn WrightDena and David YngveEdith and Robert ZinnMichael ZlebisTodd ZuckerMichael Zuteck

$1 - $99Carmen and Jeff AdamskiSarah AllenJim AlvarezAmazon Smile FoundationElizabeth AndersonKarl AndersonDarrell AndersonChristine ArnoldMeg ArnoldG Joanne AshlandTaylor AtkinsonKathy and Thomas BaconBurt and Diane BaileyBlanca BalderasDavid and Leta BarryTrey BartschCarol BarwickCharles and Carol BayensSuzanne and Richard BeckerWilliam BeckerKathleen BeelerThomas BellFrank BenekeSuzanna and Thomas BennettJudy and Dennis BettisonBGK Services LLCVirginia BlantonJeannie BollingerJonathan BoonePaul BoorAnnette BrewsterKyle BueseEvelyn BuntonKaren and Paul BurasRussell BurwellKristina and George BuscemeJames CacioppoChristopher Cain

Alicia CarlsonJack CarpenterHelen and Boyd CarrBob and Lucy CarrollMary CarterWilliam CatheyMaria ChamblerDaniel CoteKarin and Glenn CoverMylana DavisClaire de RoodeAnnette DeitchMarisa DeleonCarissa DenbyCarrie DerkowskiJeffrey DiamondRobin DickehuthThomas DiegelmanJim DobberstineGerald DowlingRuth and Jerry DrydenMatthew DuntonDenese and Gary EckhardtJulie EdsallStacey ElliottSamantha EnglestadEstate of Harley Butler Howcott Jr.Christine EvansCarolina FautschJannette and Gene FisselerCarolyn FlorekRobert ForsterDiana FossThomas FrankKaren and Joseph FrankieCarol and Bill FrenchJean FreyMichael FuentesMichael GallierKathleen GarlandJeff GarrardRick GastPatsy and James GillhamElizabeth and Paul GimmlerClaude GloverRyan GoldPatricia and John A. GrimesCarl GuinnJose GutierrezMark GwaltneyDenise and David HallRonica HallElizabeth HallBrent HandJamie HartRandy HaysAnn HendrixYvette HerreraJohn HincksJim HintonJames HoganRebecca and James HoltJohn HomierMarcia and Richard HouckNate HoughFreddilee HowellMary HuffmanHenry HultsDonald HutchingsLynda IsenseeJames IsenseeMarilyn and Stephen JaggardEdward JanekDarrell JanniseFrank JerzElizabeth JohnsonLinda and Scott JohnsonRobert JohnstonPaul JoinerMary JonesCynthia JordyMartha KaminskyHoward KatzRoberta KellamWilliam KellyBetty and James KeyTara KilgoreTisha KingLawrence KitchelElayne and Demo Kouzounis

Kathleen and Randall KruchtenSylvia and Jim KrzmarzickEvette Labome-PegramAlexandra LaChanceCathey LandRebecca LarocheJackey LasaterLorraine LeavellEric LeshinskyCarol LetotRichard LionbergerMadeline LittleClaire LoberLucas LomaxCecilia LongoriaPriscilla LovettBob MahlstedtLeah MatthewsHeather McDowellJohn McMurrayCindy MeehJohn MeredithThomas MeyerDeborah and John MikolaitisCarolyn and Timothy MillerMartin MillerMarina MilliganAshley MirandaStephen MizwaGreg MoldowShirley MondshineRon MooreDon MoserLoretta MuilenburgDee and Chad MuirAndrea MunevarMindy Murray and Ricky PenaLynn NuttWilliam OhsieNick PanzarellaGerald and Bonnie ParkerSally PaulissenMarilyn and Cliff PeeryLeila PerrinStephen PerryTracey and Donald PetersonWilliam PetitJennifer PickettCarol PlaggPaul PrinceCharles R. St. AmaMohan RajasekharSandra RaschWilliam RayBarbara RedmanNancy ReederScott ReeveBlaine and Lynne RevisKathleen RestrepoCheryl and Tillman RicheySarah and Adam RinehartLora RinglerSimona RizoSylvia RobbinsGloria and Michael RooneyKris RosenkoetterShederick RoweJess RowellKim RungeCal SadlerSafeway Share ProgramCarla SalazarMatthew SavageJacoby ScherKristen SchlemmerA.R. SchwartzDoris SearleWoodrow SebestaLauren SeldomridgeCarrie SemradSherry SereboffAnne SharmanCorey ShircliffArthur SimpsonCarl SimsMary SlazerGeorge P. SmithJessica SmithCharles SnyderMichael Sorelle

Diane and Reynold StarnesDavid SteinSteven StelwagenRonald StreibichCarolyn SunseriRay & Fran TaftTerri and Greg TateEllen and Jeffrey TaveAnne TerryJoann ThompsonUnited Health GroupJune VicenikPaul VoinisMorton VollerJames Von SuskilLinda WalkerJohn WallaceKevin WelshJohnny WhiteLettalou WhittingtonMary and Tom WhitworthHeather WiedSylvia and Will WingfieldTerry WizigCarolyn WoganKenneth WomackJody WrightsonRebecca YorkeJill and Jeff YoungNorman YoungMarylyn Zlotnick

Fishing TournamentParticipants and DonorsAlice StellyAll American Letter JacketsAllen BroussardAlyssa HowellAmanda GuidryAnderson HomesAndrea AubinAnita CunninghamAnnette GeorgeAshley DishmanAshley LaraBarbara and Jimmy TrahanBarbara ScottBarbara SowellBarbara TrahanBekki and James SallingBen CarmineBlake FeltonBlanca RodriguezBrett FraizerBrittany JordanCarlos RomanCarmen and Delino ComeauxCarmen ComeauxCarol and Gordon WheelerCarol BrantleyCarol LetotCarolynn BaileyCathy and Hugh LoventhalCentury Hardware BuildersChad BarberCharlotte FontenotChelsea ShippChesney FiedersChesney SiezersChevi ReynoldsChristina FaithChristine TouchstoneCindy DerbyCindy KerschCiny HallCleigh BushnellColleen BjerkeConnie DearingCrystal CampbellCynthia KershDana DekerlegandDana Mondey

Daniel CookDanielle MaldonadoDavid HesterDavid PaschalDavid RoorkDavid SettleDavid WallerDeb DadeDebbie and Marc IrvinDebbie OlanderDebby and Craig WardDebra CarlisleDenise PorterfieldDonna BorlandDonna SoapeDoris and Donald SchulinDoris SchulinDoug CunninghamDoug ZimmermanEddie TaylorEddy Garcia-RameauElizabeth and Mike PetitElizabeth BarrElizabeth CopelandElizabeth PetitElizabeth WattsEllen OhmstedeEva BroadFOE 3719 Auxilary IncFritz SnyderGabourel Insurance AgencyGabriel ElizaldeGary CutlerGary GallienGary HollidayGayle GoodridgeGenette CockerhamGeorgia OstenGinger NoyesGMC The Big Store, IncGR ChaseGregg LarsonHank TownsendHarold DerbyHD Pump & Supply, IncHeather BarberHolly RichardsonHowell FurnitureJackie AlvarezJackie and Robert MatthewsJaime GardnerJames MizeJamy ChampenoyJan PearceJane KeniselJanis and James LoweJanis LoweJason BaileyJeff GossettJeffery JohnsonJennifer ReedJim RushJohn RobinsonJonica CasonJoseph FranzJudi and Jake PlaiaJudy MonaghanJulie RadleyK ConwayKaren DaughertyKaren GonsoulinKaren HenryKaren KieslingKaren RiddlesKaren WeberKat VrabecKathleen WenzelKatie CoghlanKatrina FrostKay DishmanKay NeildKeith BrownKeith EdwardsKeith HallKeith HansenKelly CarruthersKelly Moon, MDKelly Mooz

Kemper PetitKenneth BrooksKent Moore Cabinets, LTD.Kent SavageKevin HarrisKevin SullivanKim AllenKim MuellerKim VollentineKimberly MouserKirk PriceKristin JondleKristina and George BuscemeKuraray America, Inc.Laneda McGintyLaura WolffordLaura yonichLauren WernerLavada EdwardsLazy D RV ResortLee Anne WildeLinda ChristianLinda SquiresLisa CortesLiz BuckleyLoose Ends ConsultingLorely LopezLouis CardenasLouis FaucheuxMacey and Bob StokesMandi KargelMargaret LaycockMargi ChaseMarianna LambrechtMarilyn BellMark ZimmermanMarsha HofferMartha FoxworthMartha HicksMary Ellen LaBergeMary HartMary TarpeyMelissa GallienMelissa SalazarMelody ParsonsMichael BakonyiMichael BarskiMichael BordelonMichelle FloresMichelle LenkerMike KerleyMiriam RickerNJ SantarcangeloNRG EnergyOnline Directional Boring LPPamela GardnerPamela VaughnPatricia ReilingPatrick JohnsonPaul GuidryPaul HendersonPennie TiltonPete & Nishic BroussardPhoenix InstallationPriscilla LovettRachel and Mike BarskiRachel BarskiRadley CorporationRani HendersonRebecca KellerRichard CarlisleRichard ChesserRichard CourvilleRichard HendersonRichard MollRichard SepedaRick RiversRicky RodriguezRobbye RusekRobert GobiRobert JohnsonRoger HartwigRoman BarskiSamantha MoreiraSamson EnergySandollar RV ParkSandra and Charles WilliamsonSandra Cunningham

Sandra WilliamsonSanford LeedsSarah O’BryanSean CuevasShanna ObenbergerSharon RoarkShelley ChesserShelley SteniusSondra FikesSonia WoottonSonny NobleStacy JinnetteStarla FoustStephanie HurstSteve HollowaySteve NeinastSteven HurstStingaree Restaurant & BarSusan and John JohnsonSusan JohnsonSusan StoneTara ParkerTeresa and Michael LawderTeresa TurnerThe Belt SourceThe Treble HookersThelma HarrisonThomas HydeTim GillespieTom NathoTonya FinleyTrish LackeyValerie BoothVeronica CookVirginia GrimesW BurrellWanda BrockWarren SullivanWhitney MurphyWhitney RohacekWill ArmstrongWill NeinastWilliam MertenWilliam NeinastWilliam Petit

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Aan ColemanAaron CohrsAaron JosephAaron MaldonadoAaron PenaAbdel FustokAbigail De Los ReyesAdam StacyAdam SwickAdam WilliamsAdelina ConleyAdolfo AlzateAdriaan GisolfAdrianna GillmanAdriene KingAIG Matching Grants ProgramAl LodgeAlain LecourtAlan DavisAlan EssingtonAlan GaskaAlan PinderAlan SchroitAlan ShimshockAlberto LopezAleine TalladenAlejo NavarroAlex GonzalezAlex HemsathAlex LangAlexander and Christopher Bartz

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Alexander BartzAlexander BrayAlexandre PerchatAlison FitzgeraldAlison FowlerAlistair MachokaAllan TorregrossaAlma SanchezAlonso VargasAlthea MasonAmanda HooverAmanda HudsonAmanda KievalAmanda SchulAmber FaubionAmber PetersonAmerican International GroupAmy JohnsonMay MaynardAnastacia CooperAndre DillinghamAndrea HowsonAndrea KrulewitzAndrea MeeksAndrea ZunigaAndrew HenryAndrew Huronandrew kightAndrew LopezAndrew MintzAndrew PiotrowskiAndrew SaldanaAndrew SawadichaiAndrew TurnerAndrew TweedieAndy HuangAndy LeAndy RamanAndy TetoAngela CarreonAnita CorbelloAnn EarlyAnn RossAnna ArmitageAnna HermannAnna RaleyAnnamarie DoberAnne SteacyAnnette AldapeAnnie JouAnthony DavisAnthony WebsterAntony LarocheApril ThompsonAriadna RuizArmando SosaArnoldo MedinaArturo DeleonAshley ArceneauxAshley JohnsonAudi Central HoustonAugie PoliteBarbara and Mike McGinityBarbara EdmondsBarbara FeigBarbara HaleBarbara LukschBarron LozanoBarry BoulteBarry GoldblattBarry PresleyBayer CorporationBeatriz MartinezBecki Lyn SkidmoreBecky MyersBecky PitreBekra YorkeBen DavilaBenigno ReynaBenjamin CollinsBenny SilgueroBernard OchiengBernie GessnerBeverly DementBHP BillitonBike BarnBike BayBill Davis

Bill HuntBill NewtonBill UsherBillie HinkleBilly CombsBilly EdmonsonBlake McDonaldBob PennacchiBob ScheetzBob StokesBobby DiazBobby GordonBohdan JankowskiBonner BarnesBonnie SnyderBP Fabric of America FundBrad ParnhamBrad SchuckBrad WaltersBradley CarlsonBradley PerryBrenda MaloneBrenda PinderBrent BlakeBret DyerBret HowreyBrett HamnerBrett JasikBrian AbshierBrian DuffBrian GipsBrian KellyBrian MossburgBrian PatakBrian SchultzBrian WatersBrian WhiteBrittany FoxBrooke WhisenhuntBruce BricarellBruce K JamisonBruce MannersBryan HanksBryan LightseyBryan PhilpottBryan ThompsonBryan WazbinskiBryan WirwiczBurgess JacksonBurt and Diane BaileyCal MortonCalum MacaulayCameron International CorporationCamille WalkerCandace MachaCandy FaithCara FugateCara HafemannCarey StanlyCarla GloverCarla KnoblochCarla VizziniCarline Management Co.Carlos BarriosCARLOS GRANDACarlos GuillenCarlos LacayoCarlos PatinoCarlos ZavalaCarlton WildeCarol BurnettCarol CramerCarol WatsonCarolyn YooCarrie CunninghamCaspar HeylCatherine SantamariaCatherine WildeCathy ModaroCec DavisCeleste DemarinoCesar ArguetaChad FrenchChanelle BortCharles CampbellCharles DrobnyCharles GirouxCharles Luckey

Charles MorrisonCharles PhilpottCharles PuelzCharles SimsCharles W. Allen Trucking, Inc.Charles WebbCheree and Scott AspelinCherie MorganCheryl CaseyCheryl PfennigChevron Humankind ProgramCHRIS BURLKEChris McgrewChris ThompsonChris WrightChristian JensenChristian TanChristina VarelaChristine GormanChristopher BarbozaChristopher BartzChristopher BlockChristopher CraneChristopher FugateChristopher GonzalesChristopher NorrisChristopher WeaverChuck LeyendeckerChuck RussellCindi SedberryCindy and John BartosCindy GravellClaudia HernandezClay PeeplesClay StephensCleland EarlyCobin SonnyCody AvantsCole ThomsonColin HillCong PhamConnie CollyerConrad SeghersCorinne BertinoCortney ChastainCourtenay CliffordCourtney PayneCraig AngaroniCraig BakerCraig DietzCristina BoccalandroCristobal LaraCruz WicksCrystal HiltsCurt HorneCurtis MillerCynthia and Donald StevensonCynthia McNeilCynthia WhiteCyril GillmanD&B FoundationDan DoanDan PanteraDan VoDaniel CrouchDaniel GamboaDaniel GillaneDaniel GoodmanDaniel HuronDaniel SabanDanielle DonnellyDanielle GreerDanny FlackDanny JacobsDanny WyattDarrell HayslipDarren MeierDarren SmithDarryl HubbardDavid and David RomeroDavid BarajasDavid BarkerDavid BiehnDavid BrownDavid BurnsDavid ClewisDavid ColeDavid Eskins

David FirthDavid FreemanDavid GomezDavid GrossDavid HefeleDavid HemsathDavid HirschDavid JohnsonDavid KoranDavid LeDavid LeachDavid LeblancDavid LibiezDavid M. KadjarDavid MassinDavid PequenoDavid RobertsDavid SanchezDavid SchefflerDavid SilvaDavid SteinbergDavid StevensonDavid StrykDavid VanoverDavid WildeDavid WootenDavidson DailyDavin MorrisDawn CavilDawn JohantgesDawotoru TamunoDayton SmithDean HextellDean KinkelDeanna McLeanDebbie AllenDebbie McQueenDebbie RauDebbie WylieDeborah HughesDebra LinzerDebra PenceDebra WilliamsDel Papa Distributing CompanyDelvia SmithDennis BoriskiDennis DunnDennis LawlessDennis MoroneyDennis RobinsonDenton RowleyDev AmratiaDexter JenningsDiana BallardDiana TorrenteDiane and Richard SchenkeDiane HollisDianne and Henry MassieDianne MassieDietrich GaitzDon SuttonDon WadleighDonald LearnerDonald StahlDonald WatleyDonna Plewa-AllenDonna WalkerDora PulidoDorothy and Joe LanceDoug BallDoug BoyleDouglas InnesDrew MillerDrew PaigeDrizanne GudaDuane DegeerDuane HirschDung TranDwain AtkinsDwayne FacemireDwight WolfDyanna AgueroDylan CorneliusEarl PittmanEd EscobarEduardo GuerraEduardo InciarteEdward Panuska

Edward RodriguezEdward SilvaEdward WadeEdward WhiteEdwin HernandezEgidio NarvaezEhud BarakEldon DalesElie MouhayarElise MorvantElizabeth JonesElizabeth and Daniel HerinkElizabeth and Paul GimmlerElizabeth CooperElizabeth CrabtreeElizabeth GimmlerElizabeth HeddenElizabeth OrtizEllen PearceEllen YarrellEllison ConcepcionElva GusinetsEmily DarlingEmily EscamillaEMY DEGUIAEnterprise ProductsEog Resources, Inc.Eric BassEric FancherEric HelinEric HuberEric MillerEric OlsonEric PriceEric RiddleEric SonnyEric WoldErika RodriguezErin BaldwinErin ConesErin WeidnerErnest StroudErnesto ReyesEros ShawEstella EstebanEtienne MarcEugene FrogozoEvelyn CottoEverett And DyeFabiola ArriagaFabiola MorenoFaiza BaameurFerdi “John” NovillaFerdi GrayFloricelia NavarroFloyd AndersonFrances JacksonFrancis CaldwellFrank BrownFrank FilesFrank SnyderFranklin TamborelloFred KennardFreddy AvanFrederick FennerFrederick LazareGabriel ForirGabriela GuedezGarrett AlexanderGarrett HardyGarth PerryGary AndersonGary NewberryGary RanosGary RussellGary SchaperGaye KoenningGeir RorstadGelson LemusGene CainGene ChauvinGeoff MulesGeorge GuerreroGeorge HenningsenGeorge MackeGerard SotoGesine MicholdGilbert de Leon

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Gina and David ClewisGina LearnerGiovanni DibartoloGlen ValladaresGlenda McDonaldGlenn BuenafeGlenn GaleckiGreenwood Insurance Group, Inc.Greg BinionGreg BlackburnGreg CoulterGreg DickinsonGreg GloverGreg WitherowGregory IlesGriselda ChevezGuido PersianiGustavo ValdesGwendolyn WeddingtonHai DinhHai LeHank HoughtonHarris MastersonHarris WeiszHarry MarksHarvey WilliamsHeather BuiHeidi PurcellHeidi WalkerHelen DubachHelena KicinskiHenrik IversenHenry Bello-CamachoHenry MassieHenry TurnerHermes MalcottiHernan HernandezHillary WhiteheadHiran ParraHouston Physicians Hospital LLCHugh EichelmanHumberto PazHusin KarimIda DiamondIngrid HillhouseIngrid PinzonIouri PochoumenskiIsrael GoveaIvan BrightJ LittleJ PrudhommeJ. FerryJack BrandtJack FarrJack FieldsJack GarnettJackie SalazarJackie WhiteheadJacklyn LuaJacqueline AllenJacques ChristoffelJaime GutierrezJaime WallerJaimee cookJake ProppJalal EsmailkhanlooJames BaldwinJames BurnsJames DoolittleJames DoughertyJames DuplechianJames EdwardsJames HoltJames KennedyJames LibiezJames McNallyJames NawrockiJames RineJames RussellJamie CrawfordJamie DeVallJan DielemanJan NewmanJanet BarrosJanet CoyJanet Houston-MaddockJanet LauzonJanie Lee

Janiece NewellJann JacksonJared CammonJared HoneycuttJared WylieJarrod WhiteJaschua SonnyJason AtkinsJason GodfreyJason McelweenieJason StreetyJason VincentJason WheelerJason WhiteheadJason YehJason ZimmermanJavier MontoyaJay CunninghamJay RousselJay TaylorJayson Tayagjeanette pearsonJeff BerlatJeff MyersonJeff ParmenterJeff ToddJeffrey AngelovichJeffrey BryanJeffrey GerberJeffrey HorowitzJennifer and Stephen JankowskiJennifer HeltonJennifer JohnsonJennifer LeeJennifer WhiteJenny HolzaepfelJep BraceyJeremy UnderwoodJerold SmithJerry GradyJerry MeyersonJerry YellenJerson ‘Don’ CometaJesse ErasmusJessica and Dennis BoneJill PresleyJim EllisJim HardyJim HunickeJim StollJimmy LazoJina Faith-McanallyJoann BouseJoanne ClarkJob BaarJoe BeraJoe KhalafJoe LanceJoe MagyarJoel VillasinJohan De NijsJohn AllumsJohn AndersonJohn ArcillaJohn BludworthJohn BradfordJohn BrianJohn BrothersJohn ClemJohn CloonanJohn CreelyJohn CromptonJohn GonzalezJohn GradyJohn GravellJohn KincherJohn MasonJohn McIntyreJohn MiddletonJohn MillsJohn NorthJohn PrestonJohn RamseyJohn RuppJohn RussellJohn ShedelbowerJohn TinkleJohn Toubassi

John WolfeJohn WollenJohn ZavalaJon SilvaJon WillhiteJonathan AnspachJonathan BurkhardtJonathan ChengJonathan CheungJonathan FoggJonathan PaguioJonathan SettellJoon Daryl ParejaJordan LandJose De Los ReyesJose EndaraJose FloresJose IglesiasJose JimenezJose MejiaJosé NavarroJose PulidoJose SanchezJoseph CavallaroJoseph MartiniJoseph PriceJosh BellJosh DubachJosh LeblancJoshua GulledgeJuan Anthony CossioJuan MartinezJuan MendezJuan OrtizJuan RiveraJuanita OliverezJudith DoddJudith SmithJudy and Robert HallJudy and Ronald Hickeyjudy hickeyJudy PeplinskiJulia KohlmanJulian JimenezJulian McLeodJuliana KamaruddinJulie FerreroJulie HillJulie LawrenceJulie MugridgeJulio Cuadrado-OrtegaJun PedroJuraj KuboveJustin BabineauxJustin BrownJustin FaithJustin JohnsJustin LopezJustin McLeodKanae IshiharaKane McintoshKaren and Danny WyattKaren and Ulrich MelcherKaren DokosKaren KnollKaren RodriguezKaren RoofKaren SpearmanKaren WenzlaffKari LindahlKarl FancherKarla FentonKaryn GreenKasey ScottKate PratherKatherine and Frank SmithKatherine HooverKatherine MoodyKatherine RodriguezKatherine ThomKathleen ScharchburgKathryn EmbersicsKathryn NielsenKathy and Barry BoulteKathy Cummings-BoulteKathy HammelKathy HefeleKathy Mclemore

Kathy and Robert Stokeskatie offuttKatie PrintzKatoen Natie USA CraveyKay ToKeith GodwinKeith NettlesKelci AtkinsKelli DoughartyKellie JenksKelly GreerKelly GulledgeKelly RobinsonKelly RoseKelvin CarterKen GloverKenneth ElsburyKenneth McNeaseKenneth MoelhoffKenneth WaltonKenny FrazierKent CrockettKent HowreyKerry BloomKevin ChangKevin DanielsKevin HanksKevin HusbandKevin KipinaKevin McClungKevin McReynoldsKevin O’ConnellKevin PearceKevin RodriguezKhoa PhanKim and Mike GerrishKim BachmeierKim DysonKimberly RungeKirk FordKirk KingKobe NolKristal SniderKristi LaMellKristin GlywaskyKristin GriffinKrystal SextonKuldip KaulKuraray America, Inc.Kyle PierceLacey EakesLarry KolsterLarry LinzerLarry LovinsLarry SellersLarry TeagueLarry WrightLaura CrinellaLaura JewettLaura MartinezLaura MicklitzLaura ScyrkelsLaura StroyLauren BaldassariLauren JonesLaurence TobinLaurinda LinLeah FlanaganLeann ChristleyLee NeatheryLee TurnerLeon AdamsLeon ArnaoLeonardo BedollaLes BrownLeslie OlsenLeslie WainwrightLillian SmithLinda ChauliagonLindsey HallLinho VoLisa EarlyLisa GauthreauxLisa GraiffLisa HanebergLIsa LinLitta UntungLiz Chapmon

LLC XXtreme Pipe ServicesLloyd AndrewLoc BuiLori and Donald TraweekLori BrownLori CavallaroLorna StevensLou CabatinganLucy HinojosaLuigi CampioniLuis GarciaLuis GonzalezLuis MartinezLuis RicoLuisana Peraza MarquezLurch JohnsonLydia FrancoLydia JenningsLynn WohlfahrtLyondellBasellLythia and Rod PowellLythia PowellMacey and Harry ReasonerMadeline VillarrealMadeline WoodsMaher KaramMalcolm RossMan ToManuel RochaMarc BarnhillMarc GlennMarc LerouxMarc MusickMarcel MerwinMargaret O’Brien-MolinaMarhalim MananMari DianeMari Glamser-SamuelMaria LandMaria NavarroMaria ThomasMaria VivonaMarianne IbrahimMarie LaplanteMarilyn EliasMarisela NietoMarius LardizabalMarius TjengdrawiraMark BoltMark BrantanaMark DavidsonMark GagnonMark GrethenMark HilliardMark HruzekMark LeuckMark PoindexterMark RichardMark RobinsonMark TurnerMark ZacharyMark Zachary and Lydia FrancoMartha PerezMartha SanchezMartina BoeMarty HoodMarvin MerrillMarvin ReinartzMary BenavidesMary MercadoMary NatoliMary PeekMary RobinsMary Ward-HeckselMatt ArceneauxMatt DemarinoMatthew HartzellMatthew HoppMatthew KelmMatthew McGruderMatthew PylesMatthew WaitkinsMatthias GeidelMaurice AlvaradoMauricio GuevaraMayra LugoMeaghan MolloyMegan Fenner

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