It’s National Estuaries Week. Did you know Armand Bayou is part of the 7th largest estuary in the US and the biggest estuary in Texas which is called the Trinity-San Jacinto Estuary which is also known as Galveston Bay? Parts of the bayou are in a tidal zone, which means that it is influenced by salt water as well as freshwater flows from upstream. This brackish water makes Armand Bayou an estuary which is a valuable nursery for adolescent water wildlife that includes shrimp, crabs, flounder, menhaden, mullet, red drum, and speckled trout. Some of these marine animals mature in this bayou then migrate into the Gulf of Mexico. This is why ABNC’s preservation of this critically important habitat is vital. abnc.org/nature-blog/living-water Photos by Stacy Holcomb
