County/Region:
Cameron
Project Partner/Recipient:
Cameron County
Summary:
This was a beach nourishment project using dredged material from the Brownsville Ship Channel and annual beach monitoring surveys.
County/Region:
Cameron
Project Partner/Recipient:
Cameron County
Summary:
County/Region:
Jefferson
Project Partner/Recipient:
Ducks Unlimited, Inc.
Summary:
County/Region:
Jefferson
Project Partner/Recipient:
Ducks Unlimited, Inc.
Summary:
The GLO is partnered with Ducks Unlimited for the J.D. Murphree Wildlife Management Area (WMA) Shoreline Protection Project to construct approximately 0.5 miles of rock breakwaters along the northern boundary of Salt Bayou Unit in the J.D. Murphree WMA.
County/Region:
Cameron
Project Partner/Recipient:
Cameron County Parks & Recreation Department
Summary:
Cameron County constructed a 40' x 10' lighted fishing pier, a 20' x 6' permanent kayak launching area, and installed trash cans at the fishing pier for proper disposal of trash.
County/Region:
Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient:
City of Jamaica Beach
Summary:
This project restored an engineered dune project destroyed by Hurricane Ike.
County/Region:
Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient:
City of Jamaica Beach
Summary:
This project completed permitting for Jamaica Beach Beach Nourishment CEPRA 1482
County/Region:
Harris
Project Partner/Recipient:
Buffalo Bayou Partnership
Summary:
Buffalo Bayou Partnership acquired a .54-acre property along Japhet Creek and transfered the title to the Houston Parks & Recreation Department for long-term monitoring.
County/Region:
Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient:
City of Clear Lake Shores
Summary:
The City of Clear Lake Shores designed a boardwalk and fishing stations, and conducted a public education campaign on the impacts of exotic species (i.e., nutria) to wetland and estuarine habitats.
County/Region:
Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient:
City of Clear Lake Shores
Summary:
City of Clear Lake Shores developed the Jarboe Bayou Park with a pedestrian linkage to a pedestrian bridge and restored native prairie habitat and rehabilitated natural shoreline along Jarboe Bayou within the community of Clear Lake Shores.
County/Region:
Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient:
Galveston Bay Foundation
Summary:
This project completed final design and construction for multiple nesting island enhancements and oyster reef restoration of four sites in Jones Bay.
County/Region:
Chambers
Project Partner/Recipient:
Chambers County
Summary:
County/Region:
Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas General Land Office
Summary:
This project built marsh mounds and vegetated the mounds with Spartina alterniflora to restore over 78 acres of habitat.
County/Region:
Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas General Land Office
Summary:
The project included the creation of a geotextile tube wave barrier to protect 35 acres of intertidal marsh and 18 acres of tidal flat. Raising bay bottom elevations to levels necessary for intertidal marsh vegetation restored fifteen acres of marsh.
County/Region:
Kleberg
Project Partner/Recipient:
Kleberg County
Summary:
Kleberg County renovated and redredged the existing boat ramp at Kaufer-Hubert Memorial Park at Loyola Beach.
County/Region:
Kleberg
Project Partner/Recipient:
Kleberg County
Summary:
Kleberg County replaced old 2x8 wooden planks and 2x6 handrails at the existing 500' public fishing pier in Kaufer-Hubert Memorial Park.
County/Region:
Kleberg
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas General Land Office
Summary:
This project protected the shoreline at Kaufer Hubert Memorial Park with sheet pile bulkhead and riprap revetment.
County/Region:
Kleberg
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas General Land Office
Summary:
This project was Phase II of a Cycle 1 project and included stabilizing the eroding bay shoreline with a sheet pile bulkhead.
County/Region:
Jefferson
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas General Land Office
Summary:
This project completed an alternatives analysis to build a water control structure for shoreline protection and marsh restoration.
County/Region:
Jefferson
Project Partner/Recipient:
Jefferson County
Summary:
This project conducted a feasibility study to determine the best erosion control solution for Keith Lake Fish Pass where erosion has widened and deepened the pass at Keith Lake Cut, allowing salt water to penetrate the marshes of Sea Rim State Park.