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Ryan Bare, PhD

Research Scientist & Program Manager
Nature-Based Solutions

Dr. Ryan Bare is a Research Scientist specializing in Watershed Ecology under the Hydrology and Watersheds Program. At HARC, he focuses on studying interactions between hydrological and ecological systems across coastal and inland watersheds. Dr. Bare’s research interests include water quality impacts of developing communities, water borne pathogen risk and public health, nature based & green infrastructure, and the application of data science to investigate natural and built environments.

Dr. Bare received a Doctorate in Water Management and Hydrological Science from Texas A&M University. He holds a Master of Science in Marine Resource Management from Texas A&M University at Galveston and obtained his Bachelor of Science Environmental Science with a concentration in Marine and Coastal Resources from Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi. He is a Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) designated by the Project Management Institute. He applies his expertise to manage HARC’s ecologically engineered campus.

Resilience Science Information Network (RESIN)

The purpose of the RESIN portal is to develop and share a comprehensive set of data describing future climate impacts to the Greater Houston-Galveston Region.

A Vegetative View: Harris County, TX

A Vegetative View: Harris County, Texas is a mapping application that presents a series of data layers describing structural characteristics of the urban vegetative canopy within Harris County, Texas

Headwaters to Baywaters: A Future of Urban Resilience

The goal of the Headwaters to Baywaters initiative (launched by Bayou Land Conservancy (BLC), Buffalo Bayou Partnership (BBP), Galveston Bay Foundation (GBF), Houston Audubon Society (HAS), and Katy Prairie Conservancy (KPC) ) is to ensure healthy lands, healthy waters, and healthy communities for the greater Houston region.

Regional Groundwater Science Partnership

HARC is partnering with multiple organizations to provide a science-based review of groundwater in the Houston-Galveston Region.

Building a Legacy

At HARC, we are fortunate to conduct our research and undertake this work out of a living lab that showcases green building design, technology, and operations in action.

Impacts of Assimilative Capacity of Reservoirs

The Impacts of Assimilative Capacity of Reservoirs on Coastal Inflows project assesses assimilative capacity of the Lake Livingston reservoir and related impacts on freshwater inflows to the Galveston Bay estuary.

Find Your Watershed Tool

This application is a tool to find out what watershed you live in, and how your watershed fares in terms of overall environmental health.

State of the Bay: A Characterization of the Galveston Bay Ecosystem

This website provides data describing Galveston Bay and its surrounding watershed, use the navigation area to explore the status, trends, and indicators of bay health that interest you.

Double Bayou Watershed Protection Plan

The Double Bayou Watershed Protection Plan (WPP) is a locally-developed, voluntary watershed management plan that helps to restore and protect water quality.

Forests and Floods

HARC’s Forests and Floods project is funded by the Texas A&M Forest Service. The initiative compiles and develops data to investigate the role that trees, forest, and canopy cover play in flood mitigation.

Aquatic and Marine Litter and Debris

HARC research team will work with innovative technology methods utilizing Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) and spatial analysis to analyze feasibility of debris patterns and hot spots within the region’s waterways.

Summarizing Hurricane Harvey’s Environmental Impacts

After Hurricane Harvey, HARC mobilized swiftly to acquire and process data about the flooding and related environmental impacts, such as storm-related spills, pollutants, Superfund site impacts, water quality, air quality, and power generation.

Texas Energy-Water Nexus

This story map features a discussion of Texas energy and water resources, how the 2011 drought became the driest on record, presented with interactive content and dynamic maps.

The Stormwater Connection from Rain to Recreation

This interactive story map from HARC shares information on land use types and the unique interaction with storm water (rain water plus surface water runoff) each has in our region.