Padre Island National Seashore is seeking public comment on a draft Feral Exotic Invasive Species Management Plan and Environmental Assessment (EA) that would allow the park to remove feral swine and antelope (nilgai). Increasing numbers of feral swine and antelope at the seashore can negatively impact federally threatened and endangered species and their habitat, including the nesting Eastern black rail and Kemp’s ridley sea turtle.
A recent investigation by Padre Island National Seashore NPS law enforcement and Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) resulted in an individual being cited for “waste of fish.”
Padre Island National Seashore has been approved to receive a total of $7,115,165 from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) to restore abandoned oil and gas well sites within the park boundaries. The BIL, also known as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, is the largest investment devoted to the restoration and protection of the environment and infrastructure in American history.
The NPS will soon begin a planning effort at Padre Island National Seashore which is proposing to remove invasive pigs, as well as nilgai antelope, from the Seashore. By enhancing capacity for early detection, rapid response and control, and prevention of re-introduction, landscape restoration is achievable and sustainable.
Padre Island National Seashore has secured an additional $153,000 in project funding from the National Park Service Natural Resource Fund Source to investigate the impacts of sea level rise on sea turtle nests. The research will allow park scientists and partners to assess coastal impacts from climate change and the effects of nuisance flooding on nesting sea turtles, including the endangered Kemp’s ridley.
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi’s Lone Star Unmanned Aircraft System Center of Excellence and Innovation (LSUASC) will once again reach new heights thanks to the work they are doing with unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). LSUASC recently received a scientific collection and research permit from the federal government that will allow them to conduct studies with their drones along Padre Island National Seashore (PAIS).
The National Park Service (NPS) is seeking public input on the possible development of a beach management plan at Padre Island National Seashore. The NPS will be accepting public input from February 10 – March 14, 2023.
CORPUS CHRISTI, TX — Law Enforcement officers at Padre Island National Seashore will be conducting a Sobriety Checkpoint as part of their high-visibility enforcement campaign on Saturday, May 28, 2022 on Park Road 22 near the Malaquite Visitor Center parking lot. This checkpoint will support the continued detection and deterrence of alcohol and drug-impaired driving and contribute to a safe park experience for all visitors on Memorial Day weekend.
The National Park Service (NPS) is seeking input regarding a proposed housing replacement project at Padre Island National Seashore (the park). This project will demolish and remove one obsolete trailer and one obsolete modular home in an area south of the park’s Visitor Center. The project will replace the obsolete units with new housing units in the same area.
Scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey and National Park Service partnered on a first-of-its-kind, nationwide harmful algal bloom, or HAB, field study that began this summer and will continue over the next two years.
