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.
County/Region:
Matagorda
Project Partner/Recipient:
Matagorda Bay Foundation
Summary:
This project, Phase 1, initiated development of a restoration plan for Oliver Point and Oliver Reef and build a nearshore breakwater to protect 6,500 linear feet of shoreline and 5,200 linear feet of reef that will crown at or near Mean High Water.
County/Region:
Calhoun
Project Partner/Recipient:
Calhoun County
Summary:
Calhoun County will construct additional park amenities at Olivia Haterius Park.
County/Region:
Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas General Land Office
Summary:
This project created approximately 15 acres of terraced marsh mounds were created and vegetated along the southeast shore of the bay in the fall of 2001, using material dredged from the bay.
County/Region:
Orange
Project Partner/Recipient:
Orange County
Summary:
Orange County Drainage District produced a property ownership and easement map of an area of the coastal zone of Orange County in digital format that will be available to the public via the Internet.
County/Region:
Orange
Project Partner/Recipient:
City of Orange
Summary:
The City of Orange placed a canoe launch near the boat ramp in the waterfront park. A ramp was attached to the canoe launch in compliance with the Americans with Disability Act (ADA).
County/Region:
Orange
Project Partner/Recipient:
City of Orange
Summary:
The City of Orange constructed a 50-foot pier.
County/Region:
Project Partner/Recipient:
City of Corpus Christi
Summary:
County/Region:
Nueces
Project Partner/Recipient:
City of Corpus Christi
Summary:
The City of Corpus Christi acquired 49.53+/- acres, known as the Gaines tract, of uplands, floodplain, wetlands and sand flats, formerly used for grazing, as part of the development of the new 162 +/-acre Oso Bay Wetland Preserve.
County/Region:
Lower Coast
Project Partner/Recipient:
The Center for Progressive Studies and Culture, Inc.
Summary:
The Center for Progressive Studies and Culture, Inc. collected additional water quality and biological data necessary for TCEQ to develop site-specific dissolved oxygen criteria for Oso and Laguna Madre.
County/Region:
Nueces
Project Partner/Recipient:
City of Corpus Christi
Summary:
The City of Corpus Christi procured professional planning and pre-engineering to perform and environmental survey and analysis and a recreational use conceptual plan for a newly acquired piece of land.
County/Region:
Matagorda
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas A&M AgriLife Research
Summary:
Texas A&M AgriLife Research will develop geographic information system and remote sensing-based methods for identifying the locations of on-site sewage facilities (OSSFs) and compare the capabilities of these methods to ground-truthed OSSF data.
County/Region:
Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient:
Trust for Public Land
Summary:
The Trust for Public Land acquired approximately 85 acres of intertidal habitat surrounding the Ostermayer Bayou.
County/Region:
Brazoria
Project Partner/Recipient:
Galveston Bay Foundation
Summary:
This project protected and completed marsh restoration at West Bay and Oyster Lake in Brazoria County, TX.