County/Region:
Nueces
Project Partner/Recipient:
Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program
Summary:
The Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries Program created a parking and staging area for fisherman and paddle craft users, installed bollards to keep vehicles in the designated parking areas, and constructed an ADA-accessible elevated platform in Nueces Bay.
County/Region:
Nueces
Project Partner/Recipient:
Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program (CBBEP)
Summary:
This project constructed additional erosion protection reduction structures around the Nueces Bay Rookery Islands and placed fill to restore habitat.
County/Region:
Nueces
Project Partner/Recipient:
University of Texas at Austin
Summary:
The University of Texas developed a model for Total Maximum Daily Load for zinc in Nueces Bay.
County/Region:
Nueces
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas General Land Office
Summary:
County/Region:
Nueces
Project Partner/Recipient:
The Center for Progressive Studies and Culture, Inc.
Summary:
The Center for Progressive Studies and Culture, Inc. performed sediment collection and analysis for zinc in Nueces Bay and the Inner Harbor.
County/Region:
Nueces
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
Summary:
Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi performed sediment collection and analysis of zinc in Nueces Bay and the Inner Harbor to develop a total maximum daily load for zinc.
County/Region:
Nueces
Project Partner/Recipient:
Nueces County
Summary:
Nueces County produced a digital topographic map of the area that included base data depicting existing park improvements and boundaries such as the location of critical dune structures and public access points.
County/Region:
Nueces
Project Partner/Recipient:
Nueces County
Summary:
Nueces County began the development of a Nueces County Erosion Response Plan to be attached as an Amendment to the existing Nueces County Beach Management Plan.
County/Region:
Nueces
Project Partner/Recipient:
Nueces County
Summary:
Nueces County continued meeting the needs identified in the approved Nueces County Coastal Parks Plan.
County/Region:
San Patricio
Project Partner/Recipient:
Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program
Summary:
Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries Program installed a freshwater inflow management structure upstream from the discharge pipeline and implemented earth-moving activities to maximize the retention of freshwater inflows in the Nueces Delta.
County/Region:
Nueces
Project Partner/Recipient:
Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program (CBBEP)
Summary:
This used a competitive bidding process to identify a construction contractor to initiate and complete breakwater construction for 3,600 linear feet of rock rubble breakwater along the Nueces Delta Shoreline.
County/Region:
Nueces
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
Summary:
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi measured primary and secondary production and assessed food web relationships using multiple stable isotopes analyses to evaluate the functionality of the Nueces Delta.
County/Region:
Nueces, San Patricio
Project Partner/Recipient:
Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program (CBBEP)
Summary:
This project provided an alternatives analysis to construct shoreline protection structures along the eastern portion of the Nueces River Delta.
County/Region:
Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient:
Scenic Galveston, Inc.
Summary:
This project conducted project design, including site analysis, site survey, alternatives analysis, soils analysis and other engineering efforts toward a shovel-ready project for future funding at O'Quinn I-45 Estuary.
County/Region:
San Patricio
Project Partner/Recipient:
City of Ingleside
Summary:
The City of Ingleside aquired approximately 20 acres of privately owned oak motte and wetlands habitat situated immediately to the east of Live Oak Park and constructed a public restroom facility.
County/Region:
Cameron
Project Partner/Recipient:
City of South Padre Island
Summary:
The City of South Padre Island constructed an ADA-compliant dune walkover, 28-space parking lot, and sidewalk and install drinking water and rinse stations.
County/Region:
Cameron
Project Partner/Recipient:
City of South Padre Island
Summary:
This project searched for more sand via a literature review of the geological and geomorphology of the area within ten miles of the City of South Padre Island.
County/Region:
Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas A&M University of Galveston (TAMUG)
Summary:
This project included geophysical and geotechnical investigations of two potential submerged sand sources off the shore of Galveston Island that had been identified in the USACE feasibility study.
County/Region:
Aransas
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
Summary:
Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi designed, manufactured, shipped, installed, and started-up two (2) Mobile Bilge Pumpout Stations at Rockport-Fulton and Port Aransas Harbors.
County/Region:
Cameron
Project Partner/Recipient:
Callan Marine LTD
Summary:
Project will remove the Old Queen Isabella causeway, then transport and place the salvageable materials to create a submerged, engineered reef.