County/Region:
Coastwide
Project Partner/Recipient:
Coast & Harbor Engineering
Summary:
Coast and Harbor Engineering conducted a desktop analysis to develop strategies for implementation into the Texas Regional Sediment Management Plan.
County/Region:
Coastwide
Project Partner/Recipient:
General Land Office
Summary:
County/Region:
Project Partner/Recipient:
General Land Office
Summary:
County/Region:
Calhoun
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT)
Summary:
This project stabilized the shoreline of the portion of State Highway 316 that parallels Matagorda Bay from its intersection with North Ocean Drive and extending southward approximately 3,700 feet in the Indianola area.
County/Region:
Nueces
Project Partner/Recipient:
Nature Conservancy of Texas
Summary:
This project created a final engineering design template for the North Breach area which was damaged during Hurricane Harvey. Alternatives will be investigated to create a more resilient structure.
County/Region:
Nueces
Project Partner/Recipient:
The Nature Conservancy
Summary:
This project placed three offshore breakwaters totaling 915 linear feet of shoreline protection along the southeast portion of the Shamrock bird rookery island.
County/Region:
Nueces
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
Summary:
The University of Texas A&M-Corpus Christi maintained the Shell Bank by continuing to reclaim oyster shells from coastal bend restaurants for restoring degraded reef.
County/Region:
Lower Coast
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas A&M Corpus Christi - Harte Research Institute (HRI)
Summary:
Texas A&M University- Corpus Christi created an oyster shell recycling program, called the "Shell Bank", for the Texas Coastal Bend to reclaim oyster shell, store, and recycle it.
County/Region:
Lower Coast
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas A&M Corpus Christi - Harte Research Institute (HRI)
Summary:
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi expanded the shell recycling efforts by partnering with Alby's Seafood and transporting oyster shells from Corpus Christi restaurants to the Shell Bank repository.
County/Region:
Nueces
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
Summary:
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi expanded the oyster shell recycling program, increased opportunities for community involvement, created an "Oysters in the classroom" program, and examined alternative reef building materials.
County/Region:
Nueces
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas A&M Corpus Christi - Harte Research Institute (HRI)
Summary:
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi expanded the oyster shell recycling program, increased community involvement, developed lesson plans for high school students, and monitored the educational reef.
Shell Bank: Coastal Resiliency Through Shell Recycling, Community Engagement and Habitat Restoration
County/Region:
Nueces
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
Summary:
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi continued their Oyster Shell Recycling Program.
Shell Bank: Enhancing coastal resiliency via shell recycling, restoration and community partnerships
County/Region:
Nueces
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
Summary:
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi continued their Oyster Shell Recycling Program.
County/Region:
Nueces
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
Summary:
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi built on previous efforts, supporting principal goals and priority issues defined in the Coastal Bend Bays Plan: Bay Tourism and Recreation, Habitat and Living Resources, and Public Education and Outreach.
County/Region:
Nueces
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
Summary:
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi built on build on previous efforts, by expanding oyster shell collection, hosting community-based restoration events, and monitoring oyster disease on reefs throughout the Mission-Aransas Estuary .
County/Region:
Nueces
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
Summary:
Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi built on previous “Sink Your Shucks” oyster shell recycling program efforts.
County/Region:
Nueces
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
Summary:
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi developed a program to reclaim and recycle shucked oyster shells from Coastal Bend restaurants, seafood wholesalers, and seafood festivals for use in reef restoration.
County/Region:
Nueces
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
Summary:
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi continued the “Sink Your Shucks!” program to return shells to coastal bend bays to restore degraded habitat. The program was expanded, held outreach events, educated teachers, and restored reef habitat value.
County/Region:
Nueces
Project Partner/Recipient:
The Nature Conservancy
Summary:
This project conducted data collection, initial engineering and design, and permitting for a shoreline protection structure along the The Nature Conservancy’s Francine Cohn Preserve’s shoreline in Corpus Christi Bay.
County/Region:
Project Partner/Recipient:
General Land Office
Summary: