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Texas CARE: Gulf Coastal Prairie Region
 Includes 28 Texas counties.
Contains two distinct types of habitats: 1) coastal marsh and 2) wet prairies
and/or rice prairies.
Habitat problems that are limiting factors for waterfowl and wildlife include:
1) conversion and/or degradation brought about by agricultural activities,
urbanization, and industrialization; 2) increased soil erosion and water
quality impairment brought about by drainage and conversion of wetlands to
cropland and rangeland; 3) saltwater intrusion and subsidence resulting from
dredging of ship channels and construction of upstream reservoirs which alter
downstream water flow; 4) availability of water resources; and 5) declining
rice industry.
The Gulf Coast provides winter habitat for 2 to 3 million ducks and 1.3
million geese. The most common species are northern pintail, blue and green-winged
teal, redhead, lesser scaup, mottled ducks, and black-bellied and fulvous
whistling ducks. Over half of the Central Flyway waterfowl population winters
on the Texas Gulf Coast.
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