County/Region:
Calhoun
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD)
Summary:
This GLO-led project included engineering and design of a living shoreline from the mouth of Powderhorn Lake southeast to the terminous of Boggy Bayou to protect and preserve critical habitats and marshes from high energy wave action.
County/Region:
Calhoun
Project Partner/Recipient:
University of Texas at Austin
Summary:
The University of Texas - Bureau of Economic Geology created a geoenvironmental atlas for Powderhorn Ranch. The atlas highlights the geologic, geomorphic and wetland features, coastal hazards and natural history unique to the ranch.
County/Region:
Harris
Project Partner/Recipient:
Armand Bayou Nature Center
Summary:
Armand Bayou Nature Center (ANBC) propagated native grasses and wildflowers and installed them in the ABNC prairie during community events.
County/Region:
Coastwide
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
Summary:
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi will use funding to conduct beach benthic macrofaunal monitoring to assess time for the benthic invertebrate community to recover following a beach nourishment event at the City of South Padre Island.
County/Region:
Upper Coast
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas A&M University
Summary:
Texas A&M University created a reliable design and evaluation tool for coastal wetlands in Texas.
County/Region:
Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas A&M University at Galveston
Summary:
Texas A&M University at Galveston studied the impacts of dredging operations on sedimentary processes in the Houston Ship Channel (HSC), a key component in the determination of the fate of dioxins in this system.
County/Region:
Nueces
Project Partner/Recipient:
Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program
Summary:
Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries Program will identify strategies and solutions for long-term restoration of Mustang Island.
County/Region:
Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient:
Galveston Park Board
Summary:
This project amended two federal USACE permits held by the Park Board of Trustees of the City of Galveston that authorize beach and dune restoration projects along the seawall and west of the seawall extending west to the San Luis Pass Inlet.
County/Region:
Upper Coast
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas Cooperative Extension
Summary:
Texas Cooperative Extension finalized an introductory booklet on urban growth issues.
County/Region:
Lower Coast
Project Partner/Recipient:
The Nature Conservancy
Summary:
The Nature Conservancy leveraged the results of the new University of Texas Bureau of Economic Geology LiDAR acquisitions for San Antonio Bay and Copano Bay and other available datasets to produce new Sea Level Affecting Marsh Migration (SLAMM) models.
County/Region:
Coastwide
Project Partner/Recipient:
National Audubon Society, d.b.a. Audubon Texas
Summary:
County/Region:
Kleberg
Project Partner/Recipient:
The Nature Conservancy
Summary:
County/Region:
Willacy
Project Partner/Recipient:
Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program (CBBEP)
Summary:
This project completed engineering and design and construction of rookery island improvements at Benny’s Shack Southern Island by expanding the island by 2.9 acres and construct a 1,975 linear foot protective breakwater around the expanded area.
County/Region:
Aransas, Calhoun
Project Partner/Recipient:
Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program (CBBEP)
Summary:
This project created approximately 12 miles of GIWW shoreline on each side of the waterway that the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge.
County/Region:
Nueces
Project Partner/Recipient:
City of Corpus Christi
Summary:
The City of Corpus Christi focused on developing a master plan to include land use and amenities for the hike and bike trail and proposed trailhead.
County/Region:
Refugio
Project Partner/Recipient:
City of Bayside
Summary:
The City of Bayside constructed parking areas, public restrooms, and connecting walkways at the City's Public Park located on Copano Bay.
County/Region:
Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient:
Galveston County
Summary:
County/Region:
Calhoun
Project Partner/Recipient:
Port O'Connor Chamber of Commerce
Summary:
Port O'Connor Chamber of Commerce built restroom facilities and an information center to provide improved shoreline services and distribute public educational materials and technical information at a small park in Port O'Connor.
County/Region:
Lower Coast
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas A&M University - AgriLife Extension Service
Summary:
Arroyo Colorado Watershed Protection Plan (WPP) developed and distributed two television public service announcement, which educated watershed residents about local water quality issues, disappearing wetlands, and coastal issues.
County/Region:
Coastwide
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas A&M University - Engineering Experiment Station
Summary:
Texas Engineering Experiment Station collected GIS data and included it in a project geodatabase, including high resolution topography data (LiDAR) for the barrier island, the wetlands national dataset and imagery for the study area.