County/Region:
Harris
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Summary:
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality characterized the physical and biological factors controlling the complex diurnal oxygen signatures of small coastal systems during the summer months.
County/Region:
Harris
Project Partner/Recipient:
Armand Bayou Nature Center
Summary:
The Armand Bayou Nature Center continued strong leadership to maintain a collaborative stakeholder process that guides and helps implement watershed initiatives.
County/Region:
Harris
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas A&M University - Sea Grant College Program
Summary:
The Texas Agricultural Extension Service continued the formation of the Armand Bayou Watershed Working Group and developed a Comprehensive Watershed Management Plan for the Armand Bayou Watershed.
County/Region:
Cameron
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas AgriLife Research
Summary:
County/Region:
Cameron
Project Partner/Recipient:
City of Port Isabel
Summary:
This shoreline protection project constructed a previously designed and permitted living shoreline project along approximately 2,000 feet of shoreline at the Arturo Galvan Coastal Park adjacent to the Lower Laguna Madre within the City of Port Isabel.
County/Region:
Lower Coast
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
Summary:
Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi identified pollution from on-site sewage disposal systems in Copano-Aransas, Nueces-Corpus Christi-Oso, and Baffin Bay.
County/Region:
Coastwide
Project Partner/Recipient:
University of Houston
Summary:
University of Houston will continue to monitor the impact of major storms on Texas barrier islands and (2) assess different dune restoration techniques.
County/Region:
Coastwide
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
Summary:
The Harte Research Institute at Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi built on the 2019 Texas Coastal Resiliency Master Plan and demonstrated potential benefits of Master Plan projects by modeling before and after project impacts to the coast.
County/Region:
Brazoria
Project Partner/Recipient:
University of Texas - Arlington
Summary:
The University of Texas at Arlington and TAMU-Galveston will conduct field work and modeling to fill regional data gaps on flow connectivity and sediment dynamics along the Brazos River, Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, San Bernard River, and the Caney Creek.
County/Region:
Kleberg
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
Summary:
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi conducted an innovative research project using polyethylene terephthalate (PET) pellets to assess the rate of micro-assistant plastic biodegradation in the Laguna Madre.
County/Region:
Project Partner/Recipient:
General Land Office
Summary:
County/Region:
Coastwide
Project Partner/Recipient:
Sense Corp
Summary:
County/Region:
Lower Coast
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
Summary:
Texas A&M University Corpus Christi monetized the ecosystem value of wetland for restoration and recovery investment in the Texas Coastal Bend.
County/Region:
Cameron
Project Partner/Recipient:
City of South Padre Island
Summary:
The City of South Padre Island completed a new study on the beach and dune conditions of South Padre Island.
County/Region:
Jefferson
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas A&M University at Galveston
Summary:
Texas A&M University - Galveston will provide recommendations to improve the design of beneficial use restoration sites to increase bird use on the Upper Texas Coast.
County/Region:
Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas AgriLife Research
Summary:
Texas Agrilife Research assessed the water quality impact of failing onsite sewage facilities (OSSFs) in the Dickinson Bayou watershed.
County/Region:
Lower Coast
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
Summary:
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi expanded the knowledge of methylmercury movement through aquatic food webs in Lavaca Bay, San Antonio Bay, and Nueces Bay to improve management of this pollutant in the Texas coastal zone.
County/Region:
Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas A&M University at Galveston
Summary:
Texas A&M University - Galveston investigated the optimal beach nesting conditions for sea turtles in Texas.
County/Region:
Coastwide
Project Partner/Recipient:
Anchor QEA, LLC
Summary:
Anchor QEA assessed the potential of reservoir-impounded sediment for coastal resiliency projects.
County/Region:
Coastwide
Project Partner/Recipient:
University of Texas at Austin
Summary:
The University of Texas at Austin will conduct coastwide monitoring to include aerial mapping (Tier 1), periodic rapid assessments (Tier 2), & intensive, site-based research (Tier 3) to better understand seagrass health, productivity, and stressors.