County/Region:
Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Summary:
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station restored sea oats on Galveston Island and determined the importance of mycorrhizal fungi and a seaweed-containing organic fertilizer, to the re-introduction effort.
County/Region:
Calhoun
Project Partner/Recipient:
San Antonio Bay Partnership
Summary:
The San Antonio Bay Partnership restored a segment of Bill Day’s Reef, near Port O’Connor, to create a viable nesting site for American Oystercatchers.
County/Region:
Brazoria
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas A&M University
Summary:
Texas A&M University – AgriLife initiated Phase I of the Slop Bowl Marsh restoration efforts by assessing the hydrological barriers leading to hypersalinity and marsh loss.
County/Region:
Lower Coast
Project Partner/Recipient:
Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program
Summary:
The Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program will work on three components related to rookery island enhancement: (1) management, (2) monitoring, and (3) restoration.
County/Region:
Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD)
Summary:
This project restored 328 acres of marsh complex along the backside of West Galveston Island in the Galveston Island State Park and Jumbile Cove areas.
County/Region:
Nueces
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
Summary:
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi will restore a comprehensive 30+ year dataset from the TCOON consisting of historical and current data along the entire Texas coast and develop automated tools for the purpose analyzing real-time TCOON data.
County/Region:
San Patricio
Project Partner/Recipient:
City of Ingleside
Summary:
The City of Ingleside constructed restroom facilities at Cove Harbor Park in Ingleside, Texas.
County/Region:
Kleberg
Project Partner/Recipient:
Kleberg County
Summary:
Kleberg County renovated the existing public fishing pier at Riviera Beach Park by replacing old 2" X 8" wooden planks and 2" X 6" wooden handrails and installed new electrical wiring and lighting at the 400' existing public fishing pier.
County/Region:
Aransas
Project Partner/Recipient:
Aransas County Navigation District (ACND)
Summary:
This project conducted a beach maintenance and monitoring plan project at Rockport Beach.
County/Region:
Aransas
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas General Land Office
Summary:
This project mitigated damage from Hurricane Harvey to Rockport Beach by restoration of the beach to its pre-disaster design, function, and capacity by placement of 12,000 cubic yards of beach quality material along 4,680 feet of the engineered beach.
County/Region:
Aransas
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas General Land Office
Summary:
The project nourished a public beach on Aransas Bay in the City of Rockport, restoring approximately 2,400 feet of bay beach for recreational use.
County/Region:
Aransas
Project Partner/Recipient:
Aransas County Navigation District
Summary:
Aransas County Navigation District repaired the damaged bulkhead, replaced the deteriorated picnic tables with cabanas, installed water fountains, and installed informational signage at the Rockport Harbor.
County/Region:
Aransas
Project Partner/Recipient:
Aransas County Navigation District
Summary:
Aransas County Navigation District demolished an old, obsolete restroom building and constructed a modern restroom facility to accommodate the many visitors of Rockport Harbor.
County/Region:
Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas General Land Office
Summary:
This project included two topographic and bathymetric surveys of Rollover Pass to measure changes in profile due to beach nourishment, storm events and ongoing erosion.
County/Region:
Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient:
Galveston County
Summary:
This project completed beach nourishment at Rollover Pass.
County/Region:
Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient:
Galveston County
Summary:
This project beneficially used beach quality sand produced by the USACE during its maintenance dredging of the GIWW to renourish the beaches adjacent to Crystal Beach and possibly other segments of Bolivar Peninsula around the Rollover Pass area.
County/Region:
Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient:
Galveston County
Summary:
County/Region:
Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas General Land Office
Summary:
This project closed Rollover Pass, a man-made pass that contributes to Gulf shoreline erosion.
County/Region:
Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas General Land Office
Summary:
This project analyzed the hydrodynamics of Rollover Pass so alternatives could be developed to reduce and/or limit the erosion impacts on adjacent shorelines.
County/Region:
Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas General Land Office
Summary:
This project conducted bathymetric studies of the Rollover Pass area to help determine hydrodynamics of the pass.