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land resources management plan - Lavaca Navidad River Authority
LAND RESOURCES MANAGEMENT PLAN Lavaca Navidad River March 2008 Authority LAND RESOURCES MANAGEMENT PLAN Paee Section 1 1 1 0 INTR0DUCTI 2 0 OBJECTIVES 2 1 3 0 ON LAND RESOURCES 3 1 3 1 Regional Setting 3 1 3 2 LNRA Lan d s 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 1 Uses of 3 2 2 Wildlife Ha bita 3 2 3 Protected 3 2 4 LNRA Recreational Facilities RA Lands LN 3 7 t 3 8 Species 3 9 3 11 Existing Management Programs Water Quality Management 3 3 2 Land Management 3 3 3 Hay Production and Pasture 3 3 4 Wildlife Habitat Management 3 11 3 3 1 3 4 4 0 Cultural Resources on 3 12 3 15 3 16 3 16 RA Lands LN LAND RESOURCES MANAGEMENT PLAN 4 1 4 1 4 1 4 2 Background Implementation 501 Property 502 Land 4 2 4 2 1 RA Board LN 4 2 2 LNRA Board 4 2 3 Guidelines Pursuant to Board 4 3 4 2 3 1 Land Resources 4 3 Policy Policy 4 2 3 2 Land Resources an d 4 2 3 3 Man age m en t Disposal Rights Resources Policy 502 Acquisition Development Operation of Land Resources 4 2 3 4 Mineral Estate 4 3 4 2 of LNRA Policies and Guidelines Public Access 4 3 Use 4 4 4 8 4 9 4 9 4 10 4 4 Wildlife 4 5 RecreationlEnvironmental Fund 4 15 4 6 Review and 4 16 Management Update APPENDIX Master Plan 2002 2007 A LNRA Park and B LNRA C LNRA 2001 Cultural Resources Hay Open Space Lease Management Plan List of Tables Page Table 3 1 Protected 3 2 LNRA Land Use Practices Species Reported to Occur in Jackson List of County Texas 3 9 3 13 Figures Page Figure 3 1 Lake T exana and Associated LNRA 3 2 Lake Texana Management Areas Lands 3 5 3 6 LAND RESOURCES MANAGEMENT PLAN INTRODUCTION 10 The Lavaca Navidad River district known formerly Legislature than more as the Jackson 60 sixty among other powers to drain the overflow lands of Jackson the accomplishment County on County authority a Texas conservation and reclamation Flood Control District LNRA years ago develop parks LNRA also has the LNRA Authority or conserve to exercise the created enabling legislation s lands owned and to was LNRA and forests rights privileges the Texas authorizes LNRA acquired by develop by to reclaim and and functions essential to of the purposes of Section 59 of Article XVI of the Texas Constitution Section 59 Article XVI purposes include in part the reclamation and drainage irrigation of its arid semi arid development of its forests and conservation of all such natural declared public rights In order to things has accomplish the protection of LNRA Board resources enabling legislation 50 I manner Policy least 502 resources in the The LNRA General was course disruptive to each operation among policies adopted for the purpose of of LNRA business and the private property rights Land Resources development disposition of these two Board are the LNRA Board of Directors related Board Property Rights private property rights LNRA business in the acquisition Policy of the State above mentioned essential purposes of Section 59 Article XVI 2 land adopted two LNRA Board resources needing preservation and all hereby and the and duties of the Texas Constitution and its other and other lands the conservation and and to the to establish ensuring completion the of general public guidelines for the was adopted use and management of all LNRA land Manager is responsible for the implementation and coordination policies 1 1 The Bend Palmetto authorized the United States Public Act Conveyance Secretary ofInterior the mineral estate to the Texas Water the Palmetto Bend Reclamation Law to convey all Board Development November 106 512 title and interest rights TWDB LNRA1 and the management of the LNRA lands supply to managed conserve and and in and to operated provide to dependable municipal a regarding future The LNRA lands water and facilities and facilities fish and wildlife public to access resources LNRA restrictions for purposes of LNRA resource excluding are and industrial water and to enhance recreational LNRA is to full provide water develop opportunities Additionally 1 2000 Project The conveyance to the TWDB and LNRA included several conditions continued to be 13 s lands subject to reasonable and natural security public safety protection otherwise of the lands 2 not sell 3 prohibit private 4 maintain and manage the LNRA or or dispose exclusive uses conveyed of lands s conveyed fish and wildlife for the benefit and enhancement of those resource and habitat resources 5 maintain and manage LNRA s existing recreational facilities and assets including open space for the benefit of the general public and 6 not charge the public recreational use fees that are more than is customary and reasonable LNRA Board Resolution Nos 2002 002 and 2002 003 supply contract revenue bonds include the following authorizing the issuance of water restriction upon the sale or encumbrance of LNRA lands So long as otherwise any of the Bonds remain outstanding the Authority shall not except as prescribed herein or in the Bond Documents or in the Code or the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 1 LNRA subsequently purchased as amended to October 22 the interests of the TWDB 1 2 1986 the 1954 2 0 OBJECTIVES The purpose of this Land Resources and program approximate The guidelines 7 000 acres in the public surrounding major objectives Determine interest for Plan is to organized use Management and recreation and Delineate management wildlife protection Characterize measures land compatible areas to use and management of the suitable for protect Plan 2 1 and evaluate them for uses public important and follows resources use considering recreation and fish and and sensitive SOCIOeconomIC resources Develop implementation guidelines are as opportunities with fish and wildlife needs and other natural appropriate develop and present policy Lake Texana of this Land Resources Identify potential public consistency Management policies for the LNRA natural cultural and LAND RESOURCES 3 0 The initial task in developing the Land Resources and delineation of natural cultural historic and socioeconomic land and methodology is used including soils as the to project 2 vegetation 7 existing aquatic 3 usage land nearly featureless by a are a archeological 8 archaeological resources sites among these and other land of water are and evaluated include the water fowl use areas protected species at risk and or b are The resource documented in databases following 1 6 water occurrences points access 9 soils locations of candidates for enhancement and sites located in the Western Gulf Coastal Plain of Texas depositional plain rising series of outcrop in bands parallel sedimentary to the of gravels sands silts and Distinguished by categorizes the coastal Omemik James M 1987 Geographers 3 are 5 of organized inventory an map based a Regional Setting underlaid 2 water fowl and terrestrial habitat that quality mapped 4 wildlife habitat use by migrating LNRA lands a are and within LNRA owned In this task wildlife habitats and relationships quantity Elements that maps 10 cultural historical and 3 1 first order resources operations provide to topography vegetation types Resources linked to the elements LNRA by primary tool mapping methodology displays keyed affected potentially resources Plan is the identification Management 77 1 as level to about 200 ft plain elevation is It is The formations consist of interbedded lenses and strata 3 its mosaic of bluestem plain sea The coastal formations that range in age from Recent to Eocene and coastline clays from 2 grasslands croplands the Gulf Prairies and Marshes Ecoregions and grazing vegetational region lands Gould of Texas while of the Conterminous United States Annals of the Association of American pp 118 125 Ibid 3 1 Omernik refers to it 150 feet above mean sea to the coast adjacent flowing generally grass prairie 6 northwest to southeast into the Gulf originally savanna The dominated Indian grass eastern gama grass grasses and grazing hay production region by domestic livestock grain grazing pear and several acacias broad a biogeographical listing is in is use as grassland s dissected are climax numerous and been row immediately by streams is tall vegetation as big species bluestem of Panicum impacted by planting and has been cropping Primary agricultural uses are cattle savanna dominantly weedy and brushy species and grasslands provinces Ecoregion cropland hay production and post oak portion is a Texan Biotic of Blair s eastern forests mix of western Blair s grassland species of the Western Gulf Coastal Plain agricultural vegetation western of wildlife fauna for these two associated and eastern forest associated Typical level marshes crops between ecotone elevations range from grasses such gulf muhly The Gulf Prairies and Marshes occupy the southern 7 sea nearly all of the climax vegetation has However by mesquite oak prickly Province Regional The crescent of prairies woodlands and marshes improved pasture land invaded 4 5 Ecoregion level msl about 100 miles inland to the and post oak seacoast bluestem and others Western Gulf Coastal Plain as or most of the land in Jackson improved pasture the actual vegetation that have invaded the on area as a Although vacant or County the climax dormant land is result of land disturbance by farming ranching and urbanization 40memik James M 1987 Ecoregions of the Conterminous United States Annals of the Association of American 1 pp 118 125 77 Geographers 5 Gould F W 1975 The Grasses of Texas Texas A 6 Correll D S and M C Johnston 1979 M University Press College Station Texas Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas Texas Research Foundation Renner Texas 7 Blair W F 1950 The biotic provinces of Texas Texas Journal of Science 3 2 1 2 pp 93 117 In contrast the typically vegetated with water tolerant hardwoods and vegetation generally includes pecan virginiana water oak Celtis sp sweet gum bermuda grass 3 2 LNRA Lands 3 2 1 Uses ofLNRA Lands In addition to the owns over primary and 4 7 000 1 uses Housing acres sands silts Marcado and approximate of land Recreation for LNRA Typical of much clays areas corrosivity such as wetness green briar 10 000 of land the lake Uplands range from dark and Laewest clays sandy or to deep Smilax bona underlying excess characteristics that may result in or limited problems 3 3 brownseed carpet grass Axonopus nox clays and yaupon Lake Texana LNRA also currently Figure has four are a 3 1 mosaic of loamy acid like Dacosta and Kuy and Milby sands are composed of All of these soils have constructing flex vegetation Blacklands friable sands permeability when hackberry Wildlife habitat management 3 tight clays Quercus ash Fraxinus sp sp This land 3 1 Figure silty while bottomlands the Chico late and Ganado Ulmus sp This Tripsacum dactyloides averaceum and administrative facilities operational live oak sp cattle have altered the or acres much less disturbed Schizachyrium scoparium of the Western Gulf Coastal Plains the soils sandy clay loams clays Crataegus Hay production and pasture Stream terraces tend to be flooded elm gamma grass where crops surrounding 2 hickory Carya sorghastrum Cynodon dactylon except in agricultural vomitoria bluestem Indian grass paspalum Paspalum plicatulum affinis little are of shrubs and grasses variety red haw huisache Acacia sp virgatum a Q marilandica oak Liquidambar styraciflua Panicum grass Carya illinoensis blackjack Q nigra mesquite Prosopis glandulosa switch of the Lavaca and Navidad Rivers floodplains low strength and maintaining or frequently properties shrink swell roads buildings and waste treatment facilities are commonly encountered Grasslands acres surrounding production or are None of these and addressed the dominant Lake Texana grazing part of the recreational during Figure Highway dominated by woodlands are 59 where live and post oak Figure Texana and the s LNRA occupying some 3 175 leased for currently headquarters region facilities hay or are 3 1 acres are concentrated in the Navidad River bottoms they consist primarily elm and hackberry of riparian woodlands Approximately 1 869 and savannas acres of these subjected the to degree of agricultural disturbance that the uplands 3 2 Numerous in LNRA acres are in this projects they as part of a larger block of frequently flooded woodlands flanking the Navidad River channel that have not been have occupied by are serious however LNRA lands on Of these open lands 2674 Wildlife habitat lands about 2 865 above U S particularly are all types of construction vegetational type and the remainder areas problems petroleum surrounding wells and petroleum pipelines LNRA lands are located within These features have been files 3 4 mapped and or cross are Lake maintained 0 Figure 3 1 6 Q if o u I a I I en o o I I I o 0 o 6J cD o w I J I J I I WOODED I GRASSLAND r I I I WILDLIFE DEVELOPMENT r I I 1 REACREATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 8000 FEET I 4000 METERS Figure @ JJD P@ D 3 1 Lake Texana Management Areas f @@ P t@@@@ @l1@@u J1l@o O ECOLOGY WATER QUALITY CULTURAL RESOURCES PLANNING 3 5 Wildlife Habitat 3 2 2 Wildlife habitat in the Gulf Coastal Plain Ecoregion vicinity of Lake Texana consists primarily in as is generally the in the Western case of wooded bottomland bordered of intensive agricultural development by pasture in and areas cropland The consistently has white tailed deer Odocoileus virginian us and densities well above the average ecoregion The wooded for the state lands above U S Highway spite 59 are considered species that prefer edge habitat among Other game and white aquaticus respectively gray and fox coastal beaver LNRA grassland 8 coyotes Canis latrans are Amphibians Sylvalagus floridanus and skunks Spilogale putorius the introduced nutria commonly thought and S and S niger nine banded inensus caro Sciurus squirrels Castor canadensus have been observed plain on habitat for white tailed deer and other and swamp rabbits Didelphis virginiana opossums and other rodents present primarily dense woodlands brush and open cotton tail armadillos Dasypus novemcinctus Mephitis mephitis high quality are game wildlife present in LNRA grass and woodlands include bob non Coturnix coturnix quail bottomlands that particularly areas some reptiles including Myocastor and coypus to be absent from the the American alligator Alligator mississippiensis and several species of poisonous snakes including rattlesnakes and cottonmouth copperheads fringe 9 Alligators areas are Agkistrodon are spp present particularly in bottomland and abundant in Lake Texana The marshes and freshwater wetlands of the Western Gulf Coastal Plain provide upper some of the most portion of Lake 8 Young E L and Project No W 127 9 BOR 1974 important waterfowl Texana B Richards provides 1994 more isolated migratory waterbirds including trends Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration White tailed deer Impact The fall and winter habitat for R 2 Texas Parks and Wildlife Final Environmental habitat in the United States Ecoregion population Department Austin Texas Statement Palmetto Bend Reclamation FES 74 54 3 7 Project Department of the Interior Bureau of Canada blue snow and white fronted geese mallard and teal wood ducks and others such 3 2 3 Protected none are County Texas presently riparian LNRA in Any of these species known to do corridors public viewing areas Bend for so that have been known to have the potential The American Bald use or migrate through to occur within LNRA lands but Eagle is known to nest in tall floodplain upstream of Highway 59 in the heavily wooded bottomlands and in bordering the cooperation Spillway winged egrets herons and kingfishers protected species trees below the Texana dam the ducks blue and green Species Table 3 1 lists 12 Jackson as pintail lake s major tributaries with the Texas Parks and Wildlife at Lake Texana Boat Ramp viewing nesting eagles 3 8 i e Navidad River and Department No 4 above TPWD Highway Sandy Creek has established 59 and at the Palmetto trail that includes a trailhead pens and 2 additional campsite with 2 and picnic pavilions ecological signage Mustang Wilderness Campground The includes 28 tent campsites LNRA site registration picnic pavilions consists of 2 2 miles of trail recently constructed a warm up animal storage the trail on approximately 250 wooded and acres boat ramps and information and adjacent public arena water supply restroom and shower facilities onsite The Lake Texana State Park consists of TPWD leases the land from LNRA developed acres are facilities including park headquarters displays a day use area playground paved restrooms 1 Boat and 8 are with with restrooms access fishing pier woods and parking access to the lake is group tent provided by public are camping presently area spillway bridge at the can and with 55 park interpretive picnic tables 2 campsites boats Boat ramps No 1 2 3 4 5 6 of US Fishing Hwy can also be done 59 and the Spillway view all types of wildlife from the concrete Spillway Viewing of which 92 and operates the boat ramps 71 closed Cherry Park north acres restrooms pavilion boat ramps owns at the west end downstream from Palmetto Bend Dam and and wildlife enthusiasts Spillway Birdwatchers walkways on the Area 3 3 Existing Management Programs 3 3 1 Water Quality Management Most ofLNRA managed to TPWD lighted fishing pier playground floating pier and rental open while boat ramps No 9 and 10 area 590 wooded handicapped accessible from the banks of Lake Texana at the Oscar fishing approximately s lands are control and or prevent adjacent to non point land that is in source 3 11 agricultural pollution from use LNRA lands agriculture are and silviculture Table 3 2 LNRA Land Use Practices Tract No Development Land Use Acreage Zone Flood Plain Management 100 Hay Production Hay Production HQ Operations 2 82 Hay Production Flood Plain Management 2a 20 Hay Production Flood Plain Management 3 30 Hay Production Flood Plain Management 3a 19 Hay Production Flood Plain Management 4 40 Hay Production Flood Plain Management 4a 45 Flood Plain Management 5 64 Hay Production Hay Production 5a 161 Wildlife Habitat Flood Plain Manll2ement 5g 20 Pasture Multiole Use Area 6 23 Hay Production 6a 17 Recreation Facility Flood Plain Management Flood Plain Manll2ement 7 29 Hay Production Multiple Use Area 7a 44 Wildlife Habitat Multiole Use Area 8 40 Hay Production Multiple Use Area 8a 33 Recreation Facility Wildlife Manll2ement Area 8b 12 Wildlife Habitat 9 13 Hay Production Wildlife 1 ement Mana 9a 15 Hay Production Wildlife ement Area Manal 10 II Hay Production Wildlife Manal ement Area II 80 Hay Production Wildlife Management Area 1869 Wildlife Habitat Wildlife Manll2ement Area Multiple Use Area Multiole Use Area 110 1 la 33 Ib lla Flood Plain Management Flood Plain 2ement Man8 Flood Plain Management Multiple Use Area Area 40 Hay Production 12a 243 Recreation Facility 12b 54 Wildlife Habitat Multiole Use Area 13 14 Hay Production Wildlife Manal ement Area 2 Recreation Facility Wildlife Management Area 18 143 Hay Production Wildlife Habitat Flood Plain 25 Hay Production Flood Plain Management 12 13a 14 14a 15 Flood Plain Management 2ement Man8 15a 20 Hay Production Flood Plain Management 15b 24 Recreation Facility Flood Plain Manll2ement 15c 51 Wildlife Habitat 15d 114 Pasture 15e 23 Wildlife Habitat 16 43 Hay Production ement Manlll Multiole Use Area 16a 26 Wildlife Habitat Multiole Use Area 16b 617 Recreation Facility Multinle Use Area 16c 182 Recreation Facility Flood Plain Manll2ement 17 42 Hay Production Multiple Use Area 18 32 Hay Production Multiole Use Area Multinle Use Area Flood Plain 2ement Man8 Flood Plain Manll2ement Flood Plain 155 Pasture 20 22 20 Hay Production Wildlife Habitat Flood Plain Management 20a 20b 4 Recreation Facility Flood Plain Manll2ement 26 Hay Production Flood Plain Management 4 Wildlife Habitat Flood Plain Management 22 42 Hay Production Flood Plain Management 23 21 Hay Production Flood Plain Management 23a 57 Hay Production Flood Plain Management 23b 68 Hay Production Flood Plain Management 23c 49 Wildlife Habitat Flood Plain 24 29 Hay Production Flood Plain Management 8 Wildlife Habitat Flood Plain Management 192 21 21a 24b 3 13 Flood Plain 2ement Man8 2ement Man8 Table 3 2 Continued Tract No Land Use Acreage Development Zone 25 26 Hay Production Flood Plain Manal ement 26 39 Hav Production Flood Plain Manal ement 27 58 Hay Production Flood Plain Manal ement 28 68 Hav Production Multiple Use Area 28a 3 Recreation Facility Multiple Use Area 29a 71 Hav Production Flood Plain Manal ement 29b 27 Hay Production Flood Plain Manal ement 29c 29 Hav Production Flood Plain Manal ement 29d 20 Hay Production Flood Plain Manal ement 2ge 15 Hav Production Flood Plain Manal ement 29f 14 Hav Production Flood Plain Manal ement 30 38 Hay Production Multiole Use Area 30a 78 Wildlife Habitat Multiole Use Area 7 Recreation Facility Multiole Use Area 31 22 Wildlife Habitat Multiple Use Area 33 47 Wildlife Habitat Multiple Use Area 33a 14 Hav Production Multiple Use Area 33b 13 Wildlife Habitat Multiple Use Area 34 20 Wildlife Habitat Multiple Use Area 34a 5 Recreation Facility Multiole Use Area 34b to Hav Production Multiole Use Area 34c 25 Hay Production Multiple Use Area 34d 25 Hav Production Multiole Use Area 34e 20 Hav Production Multiple Use Area 34f 36 Wildlife Habitat Multiple Use Area 34g 15 Recreation Facility Multiple Use Area 34n 84 Wildlife Habitat Multiole Use Area 34s 67 Wildlife Habitat Multiole Use Area 35 32 Wildlife Habitat Multiole Use Area 4 Recreation Facility Multiple Use Area 36 16 Wildlife Habitat Multiole Use Area 37 27 Hav Production Multiple Use Area 38 18 Hav Production Multiple Use Area 38a 12 Wildlife Habitat Multiple Use Area 39 45 Hay Production Multiple Use Area 40 63 Hav Production Multiple Use Area 40a 32 Wildlife Habitat Multiole Use Area 42 37 Hay Production Multiole Use Area 42a 21 Wildlife Habitat Multiole Use Area 43 35 Hav Production Multiple Use Area 44 15 Multiole Use Area 7 Hay Production Wildlife Habitat 50 15 Hay Production Multiple Use Area 51 40 Hav Production Multiple Use Area 52 39 Multiole Use Area 53 26 Hay Production Hav Production 54 21 Hav Production Multiple Use Area 4 Wildlife Habitat Multiole Use Area 30b 35a 44a 54a Multiple Use Area Multiple Use Area 4 Recreation Facility Multiple Use Area 55 32 Hay Production Multiole Use Area 56 10 Hav Production Multiple Use Area 54b 3 14 Hay Production and 3 3 3 An estimated 2 192 the Pasture acres improved hay producing bahiagrass K R bluestem and production are managed of LNRA lands lands improved fertility combination of mechanical and chemical one inch above the average needed basis to promote Hay cutting vigorous plants species evaluated Fields on an as including use the or of the grass standard those used for water burned to promote without lease is attached species working existing vegetation with and a healthy herbaceous elect to improve introducing improved 3 15 s on an as vegetation Appendix are a set to shred weeds performed and B managed vegetation composition As part of LNRA tenant as Soils for wildlife is the native bluestem and associated needed basis when conditions allow Weeds means are hay through compromising healthy hay production and pasture sources is removed and retard undesirable hay production hay are bluestem land in on Weed invasion is controlled vegetation the most valuable Soil nutrients are s gordo are organic production Prescribed bums In hay production Nutrients Shredding mechanisms means herbaceous practice mechanical and chemical independently application is scheduled to maximize benefits In this land species healthy A copy ofLNRA All lands climax height since for species varieties of Bermuda grass for nutrient analysis provides guidance currently managed the most desirable grass sustain soil to are vegetation are and conditions and retard undesirable controlled through appropriate management program the productivity varieties of grasses are of a lease LNRA may by removing 3 3 4 Wildlife Habitat Management Wildlife habitat management focuses population controlling populations horizontal burning 4 3 feral hogs and Habitat enhancement growth and select in brush and plantings Cultural Resources managing on include of cover and on species including upland controlling brushy vegetation woody vegetation and January 2001 resource LNRA Lands studies and surveys were performed transfer of lands and structures of the Palmetto Bend for the Palmetto Bend C Appendix Project eligibility properties National status Lake Texana Jackson According located within LNRA lands Register of Historic Places 42 43 44 46 52 53 177 and 179 Project out of federal County archaological are either eligible or a In MOA Agreement concerning the A copy of ownership Management Texas attached hereto as Plan Appendix and historical sites of Lake Texana to the Bureau of Reclamation thirty three potentially eligible for cultural 33 listing in the These sites include 41 JK 16 19 20 21 32 33 36 40 41 54 57 59 60 66 67 105 106 161 162 Management and protection of these thirty three accepted by the in the Lavaca River Basin and the LNRA is carried out pursuant to the LNRA 2001 Cultural Resources the MOA and called Lake Texana A to the LNRA 2001 Cultural Resources The MOA governs the management of the and site now Memorandum of a SHPO with the Texas State Historic Preservation Officer as encouraging forage the Bureau of Reclamation entered into the MOA is attached mast bird enhancing edge effect through proscribed Prior to the construction of the Palmetto Bend Reservoir series of cultural white tailed deer healthy indigenous habitat for diverse enhancing plans a Texas Historical Commission 3 16 163 33 164 sites is 166 an 167 172 ongoing Management Plan as 176 task and required by 4 0 LAND RESOURCES MANAGEMENT PLAN 4 1 Background As 199710 a a part of the process of developing the Lake Texana Land and Water Resource Plan of Citizen s that development of Advisory Committee CAC was convened and The CAC recommended several plan policies participated and in the proposed land management strategies including Lands Management Public Access Public should be controlled and limited to access locations and fences should be boundary kept in designated manageable place Special permits license for a fee could be made available where appropriate for additional public recreation access to Lake Texana for such purposes as Such facilities should only be permitted in boat docks and fishing piers compliance with strict specifications conditions and inspection by LNRA Consideration should be given to location environmental quality appearance and public safety structural integrity and lighting Unlimited public access 1 Environmental 2 There would be 3 4 should damage to never be permitted because wildlife habitat control of illegal hunting Unsightly and unsanitary solid waste problems Possible harm to water quality Fish and Wildlife Management of LNRA lands in upper reservoir zone above US 59 should be maintained as a resource management area for wildlife Approximately Hwy no 2700 acres A waterfowl management area should be maintained for use by overwintering waterfowl Manage Lake 10 Such plan is Texana shorelines to control erosion and being separated and updated Plan for Lake Texana and Palmetto Bend into this Land Resources Stage 2 Dam and Reservoir 4 1 improve fisheries Management Plan and the on Lavaca River Water Management Recreation The 1994 Lake Texana Recreation Master Plan should be particular emphasis for winter provide Water upon expansion implemented with of outdoor recreation facilities to better season users Quality Inflows to Lake Texana and water in Lake Texana should be monitored for potential pollution stop andor clean up 1 2 3 sources continuously and immediate action should be taken to of pollution when identified These include Petroleum wastes Spills and point sources Non septic systems surrounding should be continually inspected to determine potential pollution exercise statutory powers of LNRA to provide better control rural wastewater system Existing Lake Texana If necessary Recreation Environmental Fund Develop a recreationenvironmental fund to be used to 2 Maintain resource management area for wildlife Create waterfowl management area 3 Implement 1 4 2 Implementation 4 2 1 LNRA Board The the 1994 Lake Texana Recreation Master Plan as amended of LNRA Policies and Guidelines 501 Policy Property Rights Policy provides public and fulfill its statutory mission the LNRA must have strong public understanding of and support for its programs construction projects The LNRA shall strive to earn that support by ordinances and other projects with respect to private landowners and other and fulfilling public expectations members of the public to work to In order to serve the Minimize caused by Provide disruptions to business and intrusions into private lives LNRA activities appropriate notification parties 4 2 of LNRA activities to affected independent appraiser licensed by the State of Texas will be engaged to provide an opinion of fair market value as a basis for negotiations on all sales leases purchases or exchanges of land resources provided however in instances where LNRA is or disposing of land resources to another public utility from land resources acquiring or governmental or quasi governmental agency such an appraisal is discretionary An Acquisition of specific land through eminent domain proceedings resources may be initiated i after an official written offer based upon the amount determined to be just compensation has been transmitted to the owners of the land resources and the have been unable to agree with LNRA upon the fair market value of the land ii if the title resources and further negotiations for settlement have become futile owners cannot be of the without conveyed In owner s a judgment court or iii if there is a conflict of interest event shall the power of eminent domain be exercised no by the power of eminent domain may not be used for the condemnation of land resources for the purpose of acquiring rights to groundwater or of water or water rights LNRA beyond the limits of Jackson The classification of land 4 2 3 2 Land Resources All LNRA land Government Land Use resources acquired or shall be Use and Development Operation resources Additionally County will be classified for approved by the Board Management use as Conservation Land Use Public Recreational Land Use Land that is not intended for Conservation Land Use recreational land use and is managed development in its natural state as or public open space including hay production and pastures wildlife habitat and management It also water quality protection visual buffers or natural science laboratories features that should or historical scenic include significant archaeological may be preserved Government Land Use service or administrative conservation land use developed and managed for government Land that is activities Such land use and is not public recreational or may include facilities associated with with power production and distribution flood control water treatment and distribution wastewater treatment and collection public LNRA s access utilities and Headquarters Land Resources recreational leases Interests in real or agreements property including but and fee simple ownership and groundwater rights easements surface leases non subsurface and developed and managed by private entities for parks campgrounds lodging food services boat Public Recreational Land Use public or launching and aerial not limited to and other water Land which is access or recreation facilities 4 4 4 2 3 4 Mineral Estate All mineral interests in LNRA land LNRA shall be managed resources retained consistent with Federal law and in the purposes for which the Palmetto Bend Reclamation adopted that shall be met any lessee by prior to a manner Project development or owned by that will not interfere with was Gas and Mineral Leases Stipulations Regarding Oil General the United States by LNRA has authorized defining the requirements gas and mineral interests in of any oil LNRA lands 4 3 Public Access Public access to LNRA lands is facilities and at boat ramps maintained provided by at LNRA Public LNRA in state and and TPWD access regional to and encouraged through LNRA activities outdoor and conservation oriented recreation lands in a controlled fashion adversely impact adjacent property Non consumptive habitat disturb wildlife owners are forbidden or restricted to business 11 land access lessees and Regional Planning Public Relations Inc R H Transportation Bellomy C designated 11 are agricultural encouraged or 1994 and lease lands is but activities that agricultural lessees and described below recreational lands is permitted however areas is of LNRA pursuant to official designees overnight camping except Commission publications Access to other LNRA conflict with as of LNRA lands is and erection of any structure within these employees Activities not allowed include Golden Crescent Wauer disturbing activities agricultural or cause strictly controlled Use of LNRA property other than the vehicular activities use programs wildlife conservation lands wooded shorelines and including permitted may promoting participation and recreational park Golden Crescent in designated recreational Magazine Adventure Advertising Victoria Texas 1996 The Great Texas Coastal Birding Trail Texas Highways Texas Department of Austin Texas 1996 Lake Texana State Park Texas Parks Austin Texas 4 9 Wildlife Texas Parks and Wildlife Department areas fire material except control of wood building access collection or prevent erosion and conflicts among LNRA property users and and harvest of hunting trapping accomplish specific management needed to as public cutting landowners adjacent In order to maintain activities quality problems water living plant and to reduce it is LNRA policy potential maintain to existing property line fencing Wildlife 4 Management Lands devoted primarily to wildlife conservation at Lake Texana headwaters and wooded bottomlands located north of areas within Lake Texana State Park and areas providing significant though Highway 59 and the are the shallow recreation primitive 1 Mustang Wilderness Campground Figure 3 more Other limited habitat for wildlife include the LNRA lands located below the dam and the shoreline woodlands the lower occurring throughout portion of the reservoir shoreline woodlands The interspersed among extensive brushy grasslands of wooded and open land with a variety on of along areas LNRA lands south of US and species cover LNRA lands has been leased to local citizens for small than 200 hay production LNRA lands under the control of the Bureau of Reclamation not were permit long term The present preventing brush buffalo herds grazing less acres on pasturage three tracts and only area or was are This mosaic 59 Most of the diversity latter accounts for a Highway types provides significant of edge habitat which needs to be maintained to support wildlife on and swampy swales fencelines amounts grassland However the leased while the Present LNRA policy does leases hay production invasion of the lease program grasslands due to and their eventual domination 4 10 was a instituted as an economical method of lack of natural disturbance by agricultural domestics exotic i e fire and species and uncontrolled natives such performed by program has such personnel averaged chemical as require LNRA much mesquite Mowing as revenues are would be estimated at about 100 000 per year if to LNRA from the leased Other 9 500 per year since 1991 about applications more while net costs significantly expensive more management effort than mowing due vegetation to the hay production maintenance methods and labor intensive and fragmented nature of the LNRA grasslands Although LNRA is implementing discussed below small scale substantial measure prairie prairie and educational effort For Wildlife clearing and Upland maintenance of the mast of brushy restorations where soils has been undertaken remnants Water Conservation Board to the recommended are primarily favorable and the as a these Habitat LNRA recommends mosaic of wooded and open enhancing edge grassland of woody habitats and vegetation standard wildlife management recommendation in Texas effects type landscape that favors production of both cattle and whitetail deer wildlife cover vegetational and structural diversity types and food plants and is considered beneficial species particularly when the alternative is development selective by by lowering intended to maintain savanna wide range of Soil and available to wildlife a maximize has conservation County This is to as projects vegetation making growing points management also tends program vegetation plant species LNRA partners with the USDA and Jackson implement a grassland management 12 This type of since it to a a wide provides variety a of of extensive dense stands of brush The extensive woodlands that occupy the wildlife management lands north of 59 include ash and elm dominated bottomlands and live oak 12 uplands Highway These woodlands tend to Inglis J M B A Brown C A McMahan and R E Hood 1986 Deer brush relationships on the Rio Grande plain Texas Kleberg Studies in Natural Resources The Texas Agricultural Experiment Station Project S 1203 4 11 be mature with extensive used for livestock areas of closed canopy consist of grazing Surrounding private grasslands that and open woodlands more abundance of numerous access roads and other openings larger mammal and fauna in the wildlife management additional clearing in the immediate be grassland provide and brush control activities there is area and the and the region species an an lands which are typically edge habitat might area primarily with While the benefit from abundance of this type of habitat both favored by the savanna habitat also tend to relatively abundant Because of a general lack of woodland habitat in this the value of this type of habitat to secretive woodlands of the wildlife management woodland areas without song birds whose cowbirds and area significant openings nesting success is or those appear to be affected by the nest dead timber clearing of underbrush road construction except on a requiring heavy or parasitism Activities that and cats dogs of mature woodland habitats and disturb wildlife area agriculture particularly important development the wildlife management of intensive will be left in their current condition adversely feral domestic predation by species region other very limited basis as to cover and the Extensive migratory of brown headed disrupt or retard the removal of live and including developments are prohibited in policies of necessary to carry out LNRA Wildlife populations on LNRA lands monitored in are also recommends controlled harvests of deer and enough to adversely without LNRA overpopulation the s affect vegetation permission exists in the absence of population monitoring are hog populations This is and habitat is not allowed on predators cooperation LNRA in LNRA before densities become great particularly important property and controlling large used in consultation with TPWD 4 12 with TPWD a hunting substantial risk of mammals biologists since The results of to determine if and when such harvests need to be conducted Feral lands have not been recommended LNRA property and is reduce densities on population undertaken alligator was were by predator populations conducted were going as well in 1996 to beginning LNRA works with juvenile alligators LNRA also works with to farmers a LNRA on alligator a licensed A permit licensed trapper to the maximum number of animals allowed each year and will continue to make every Migratory lands and migratory alligator population waterfowl utilize shallow water habitats in Lake Texana surrounding routes shallow water management of are on control Measures to control the abundant ongoing 1996 and during harvests the collector from the TPWD effort to control the as hog to egg collector who hatches the eggs and sells the obtained remove Attempts area powerboats County lands for overwintering and resting stops along their Jackson To maximize their areas and use of the wetland wildlife habitat shoreline attributes such preferred vegetation Protective LNRA adjacent on measures in sensitive shallow include will continue to be prohibition protected of channel modifications restriction and erosion control programs to areas in the wildlife conserve fish nesting and nursery habitat for use continuing in Soil types and moisture hay production to be those extirpated prairie the current program of LNRA recommends favoring grassland restoration climax communities from the Texas coastal However the efforts generally impractical recommended for those regimes plain small on grasslands leasing existing on these generally upland Since native prairie it would be desirable to return fragmented any some grasslands sites tend has been nearly acreage to native nature of the Lake Texana tracts makes extensive scale in the wildlife management 4 13 LNRA although area restoration north of US prairie efforts Highway 59 are The standard lease used wildlife and is required for protective to and birds is of permission At all LNRA and wildlife facility using only prohibited The improve wildlife habitat through species the public restrictive will encounter while degradation use areas signs main can at soil or prohibited except be added to the property as much as are locations as necessary will maintain wildlife habitat undisturbed is soil preventing permits facility pesticides secondary removal of rock though improve is to prevent plots regulated as on plots managed for wildlife habitat and reminders to the provide more aware use If use begins lands not reserved for wildlife conservation 4 14 in history of endemic general public of the reasons and alert to the types of wildlife of recreational appropriate Public forbs and grasses due to foot traffic and kiosks of the identification and life activity should be considered all necessary use of LNRA and cause a manner Burning prohibited when approval Use of chemical toxicants to be in shrubs and trees help and also make visitors a required only with parks visiting Monitoring should be written by recommended for recreational lands in order to maintain and may encounter will regulations to Access should be literature is of toxicants which use Limiting pesticide in order to avoid habitat destruction of education use removal of dead timber landscape previously are is resources are important steps methods use approved pesticides of new facilities in following is the as of LNRA and then locations lands includes restrictions beneficial to pesticide regulations Land reptiles of mineral EPA One of the most development Pesticide quality for disturbance tolerant wildlife possible agricultural woody vegetation development with the express cover or clearing and material of lake water of mammals birds and poisoning LNRA for with all state and federal comply killing mammals erosion by areas to exceed for excessive capacity hay production use additional lease lands or and or for they facility seasonal multiple use Although Water provided by prevailing adjacent with the native Hyacinth shallow nursery nesting centrarchid Lake Texana has about 500 acres maintain control of the l4 lS use on an revenues using only had problem a neighboring with Water boat and which LNRA land while also over Hyacinth 2000 food and approved methods and to boat ramps and to limit by areas and acres provides control will be continued from the sale of interruptible fund for the to being are haylands benefiting typically air by for cover treated annually numerous to fish limiting application to of coverage to less than 20 LNRA to maintain water out of Lake Texana development that cannot be financed with guidance of the Park and of recreation consultation with the TPWD 15 measures adjoining on leading access at public Fund projects implementation TPWD sites and EPA and TPWD access environmental recreation will follow the 14 vegetation western and eastern shorelines encroachment aquatic macrophyte by EnvRecriroenmentatioanl programs and 13 and flooded dead terrestrial Shoreline erosion control halting the shoreline the reservoir 4 5 The 13 along species Aquatic vegetation points on some archaeological historically that necessary to maintain percent abundance of littoral habitat areas Aquatic vegetation is controlled species an emergents intention of primary recreation facilities cultural and shallow has currently winds have resulted in erosion siltation in applied Lake Texana An Texas Parks and Wildlife Wildlife priorities example Department used to support of wildlife management and recreation revenues Open Space are from normal water sales Master Plan 2002 2007 priorities would as LNRA amended for established be after of such environmental enhancement to be considered Inland Fisheries District l E Lake Texana Fisheries Management Ibid Durocher P P Provine Submerged Vegetation w e Kraai J E in Texas Reservoirs 1984 Relationship Between Abundance of North American Journal of Fisheries 4 15 Largemouth Management 4 84 88 Bass and is the Water Fowl Management Area described in the original Project by the 4 6 Review and but never Update The Land Resources Management Plan is a comprehensive plan reflecting status of the LNRA lands and what is believed to be the most use public change 1974 U S Bureau of Reclamation funded beneficially EIS these land resources the Land Resources As various programs Management users 4 16 are Plan will be appropriate implemented updated the current way for LNRA to and the needs of the to reflect the needs of its
