bay's easternmost point. At the easternmost point, the combined waters of East Bay Bayou and the Intracoastal Waterway merge with the bay. Conservation Efforts The Galveston Bay Foundation has provided comprehensive ecological restoration and protection to the area. The foundation has restored thousands of acres of wetlands, providing a nursery habitat for recreational and commercial fish species. These important wetland ecosystem provide necessary buffers to storm surges and reduce shoreline erosion. The foundation has worked with community members to return 1,000+ tons of oyster shells into the bay, allowing more oysters to filter harmful biochemical heavy metals polluting East Bay. To date, Galveston Bay Foundation has protected over 20 miles of shoreline and restored nearly 50 acres of salt marsh through living shorelines, protecting shorelines from erosion. Such protection from erosion have shown to be critical to wetland/marshland ecosystems. Storm surge models from major hurricanes (i.e. Hurricane Ike) have revealed the erosion potential of major hurricanes. See above West Bay (Texas) References Bays of Texas Bodies of water of Chambers County, Texas