County/Region:
Jefferson
Project Partner/Recipient:
Ducks Unlimited, Inc.
Summary:
County/Region:
Nueces
Project Partner/Recipient:
City of Corpus Christi
Summary:
This project provided beach nourishment at McGee Beach.
County/Region:
Coastwide
Project Partner/Recipient:
University of Texas at Austin
Summary:
County/Region:
Aransas
Project Partner/Recipient:
City of Rockport
Summary:
The City of Rockport acquired approximately 20-acres of undisturbed Live Oak/Red Bay habitat with a 3-acre fresh water pond that is located to the west and to the south of the Memorial Park property line.
County/Region:
Jefferson
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas General Land Office
Summary:
This project stabilized a 1,400 foot shoreline with a vinyl sheet-pile bulkhead at Mesquite Point.
County/Region:
Coastwide
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
Summary:
Texas A&M University assessed the ingestion of microplastic in juvenile finfish and shellfish in Baffin Bay, Aransas Bay, San Antonio Bay, and Matagorda Bay.
County/Region:
Refugio
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas A&M University
Summary:
Texas Water Resources Institute facilitated implementation of the management measures outlined in the I-Plan, engaged local stakeholders, expanded educational programs, and assessed water quality progress.
County/Region:
Calhoun
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas R.I.C.E
Summary:
Texas RICE eradicated more than 200 acres of invasive water hyacinth from Mission Lake.
County/Region:
Matagorda
Project Partner/Recipient:
Port of Bay City Authority
Summary:
County/Region:
Cameron
Project Partner/Recipient:
University of Texas - Pan American
Summary:
University of Texas - Pan American characterized nutrient loading rates into the Lower Laguna Madre for the Arroyo Colorado and Brownsville subwatersheds by monitoring stream flow and water quality (particularly total nitrogen and phosphorus).
Modeling Freshwater inflows, Nutrient Dynamics and their Relationships to Algal Blooms in Nueces Bay
County/Region:
Nueces
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas A&M University - Kingsville
Summary:
Texas A&M University–Kingsville developed reliable and site-specific decision support tools to balance needs for freshwater inflows and reduce impacts of excess nutrient inputs in Nueces Bay.
County/Region:
Coastwide
Project Partner/Recipient:
General Land Office
Summary:
The Beach Watch program will modernize the Beach Watch system and expand its capabilities to allow predictive modeling which will provide real-time, modeled information for the beach patron.
County/Region:
Nueces
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas A&M University - Kingsville
Summary:
Texas A&M University - Kingsville will monitor sediment and nutrients loads into the Nueces/Corpus Christi Bay and address identified pollutant data gaps.
County/Region:
Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient:
University of Texas at Austin
Summary:
County/Region:
Nueces
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
Summary:
Monitoring Design Criteria and Biological Indicators for Seagrass Monitoring in the CBBEP Study Area
County/Region:
Lower Coast
Project Partner/Recipient:
Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program
Summary:
The Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries Program identified the indicators that provide the most critical information on water quality criteria that is relevant to successful maintenance and growth of seagrasses.
County/Region:
Lower Coast
Project Partner/Recipient:
Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program
Summary:
Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program conducted a study to determine the critical physical and chemical environmental factors necessary for the restoration of seagrass beds in the lower Texas coast.
County/Region:
Nueces
Project Partner/Recipient:
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
Summary:
This project provided an annual assessment of erosion rates based upon historic beach profile surveys.
County/Region:
Cameron
Project Partner/Recipient:
City of South Padre Island
Summary:
The City of South Padre Island replaced the existing aging mobi-mat with an ADA-compliant dune walkover and installed drinking water and rinse stations.
County/Region:
Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient:
Galveston Bay Foundation
Summary:
This was a follow-up phased shoreline protection and marsh restoration project to the Moses Lake Shoreline Protection Phase 2 project. This phase protected up to 4,000 linear feet of shoreline and adjacent habitat along the north shoreline of Moses Lake.