County/Region:
Coastwide
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas Parks & Wildlife Department
Summary:
County/Region:
Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Summary:
Galveston Bay Estuary Program enhanced and restored freshwater wetland, riparian forest, coastal flatwood, and coastal prairie areas within Clear Creek Nature Park, owned by the City of League City.
County/Region:
Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient:
Friends of Galveston Island State Park
Summary:
Friends of Galveston Island State Park eradicated Chinese tallow in the park by treatment of the trees with a hormone inhibitor herbicide.
County/Region:
Harris
Project Partner/Recipient:
City of Shoreacres
Summary:
The City of Shoreacres surveyed approximately 0.5 miles of shoreline for coastal erosion. T
County/Region:
Coastwide
Project Partner/Recipient:
Harte Research Institute at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
Summary:
Data Inventory, Characterization and Compilation.
County/Region:
Coastwide
Project Partner/Recipient:
Harte Research Institute at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
Summary:
Texas A&M University- Corpus Christi completed data gathering for coastal and marine spatial planning (CMSP) to identify where needs and conflicts occur and increase opportunities for communities to have a voice in prioritizing coastal resource uses.
County/Region:
Coastwide
Project Partner/Recipient:
University of Texas Bureau of Economic Geology (UTBEG)
Summary:
This project identified critical coastal erosion areas, monitored historical shoreline erosion rates, and increased public awareness of coastal erosion issues.
County/Region:
Coastwide
Project Partner/Recipient:
General Land Office
Summary:
County/Region:
Coastwide
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
Summary:
County/Region:
Coastwide
Project Partner/Recipient:
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
Summary:
This project developed a comprehensive plan for the coastal area of Texas that identified and evaluated the feasibility hurricane and storm risk management and ecosystem restoration for the coastal areas of the State of Texas.
County/Region:
Project Partner/Recipient:
University of Texas at Austin
Summary:
UT-BEG will create a breaching susceptibility index for TCRMP Region 1 by analyzing historical washover, lidar elevation data, dune volumetrics, dune continuity, dune vegetation.
County/Region:
Project Partner/Recipient:
Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas at Austin
Summary:
UT-BEG will create a breaching susceptibility index for TCRMP Region 2, 3, & 4 by analyzing historical washover, lidar elevation data, dune volumetrics, dune continuity, dune vegetation.
County/Region:
Coastwide
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas Audubon Society
Summary:
County/Region:
Coastwide
Project Partner/Recipient:
University of Texas at Austin
Summary:
The University of Texas expanded the Texas Seagrass Monitoring Plan and established 75 additional monitoring stations in San Antonio Bay and Galveston Bay, allowing the assessment of nearly 100% of all known seagrass beds along the Texas coast.
County/Region:
Upper Coast
Project Partner/Recipient:
Galveston Bay Foundation
Summary:
Galveston Bay Foundation continued the expansion of the Oyster Shell Recycling Program.
Construction and Development of Padre Balli/Briscoe King Pavilion and Packery Channel Oakmotte Stand
County/Region:
Nueces
Project Partner/Recipient:
Nueces County
Summary:
Nueces County constructed a dune walkover in Padre Balli Park and a bird observation facility within Packery Channel Park.
County/Region:
Upper Coast
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas Parks & Wildlife Department
Summary:
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department created an artificial reef habitat at the Big Man's Nearshore Reef Site (Big Man’s), a 160-acre, fully permitted site.
County/Region:
Upper Coast
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas Parks & Wildlife Department
Summary:
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department deployed substantial amounts of artificial reef habitat at the Sabine Reef.
County/Region:
Lower Coast
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas Parks & Wildlife Department
Summary:
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) created an artificial reef habitat at the Rio Grande Valley Reef Site, which is the largest site within the TPWD Artificial Reef Program, spanning 1,650 acres.
County/Region:
Project Partner/Recipient:
General Land Office
Summary: