The document summarizes the development and use of the Eco-Logical GIS for the 8-county Houston-Galveston area. Key points include: - The Eco-Logical GIS was created through a grant to integrate infrastructure and ecosystem planning in the region. - It identifies priority conservation areas and allows evaluation of transportation projects through a web-based, interactive GIS system. - Various environmental and socioeconomic metrics were developed and used to classify and score different ecosystem types in the database.