Mouth of the San Bernard River

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This satellite image shows the mouth of the San Bernard River as it existed prior to January 2006. The mouth of the river is now completely closed by a ridge of sand built up by currents from the mouth of Brazos River, about five miles east. The entire flow of San Bernard River now flows into the Intracoastal Waterway and Cedar Lakes.

Links:
- USGS topo map of the mouth of the river as it existed in 1974 (the date of the most recent photorevision of the Cedar Lakes East TX topo map): tinyurl.com/hjfv9
- Images of the mouth of the river as it appears today: tinyurl.com/lkczk

Update [January 28, 2008] The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District, has announced plans to reopen the mouth of the river at its historic location. The Corps plans to dredge a 100-foot wide x 10-foot deep channel from the Intracoastal Waterway to the Gulf.

Update [January 13, 2009] The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District, announced today that it has awarded a contract for the dredging. Press release at
www.refugefriends.org/NewsRelease.pdf