THE PROPOSED PROJECT, COASTAL HERITAGE PRESERVE- HABITAT MANAGEMENT, ENHANCEMENT, AND RESTORATION, AIMS TO MANAGE, ENHANCE, AND RESTORE VALUABLE COASTAL HABITATS ON ARTIST BOAT?S 1039-ACRE COASTAL HERITAGE PRESERVE LOCATED ON THE WEST END OF GALVESTON ISLAND IN GALVESTON COUNTY, TX. THIS WILL BE ACHIEVED BY ENACTING CONSERVATION MEASURES TO CONTROL THE ENCROACHMENT OF UNDESIRABLE WOODY VEGETATION AND NON-NATIVE INVASIVE SPECIES WITHIN THE PRESERVE. CONTROL OF THESE SPECIES WILL ALLOW FOR THE ENHANCEMENT AND RESTORATION OF COASTAL PRAIRIE AND GRASSLAND HABITATS THAT EXIST WITH THE PRESERVE, BENEFITING A WIDE RANGE OF BIRDS (GRASSLAND, WATERFOWL, BIRDS OF PREY, SHOREBIRDS, NEOTROPICAL MIGRANTS, AND WADING); ESTUARINE-DEPENDENT FISH, SHRIMPS, AND CRABS; PLUS, OTHER SIGNIFICANT AND DIVERSE SPECIES. THIS PROJECT WILL ALSO HELP ARTIST BOAT ACHIEVE THEIR GOAL OF PRESERVING AND RESTORING HABITAT WITHIN THE COASTAL HERITAGE PRESERVE TO INCREASE ITS ECOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS.