County/Region:
Nueces
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
Summary:
Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi qualitatively analyzed the impact development in the Corpus Christi-Kingsville area has had on freshwater inflows and water and habitat quality in the Upper Laguna Madre.
County/Region:
Cameron
Project Partner/Recipient:
Cameron County
Summary:
Cameron County implemented the Code Enforcement Program by hiring and equiping Code Enforcement Officers to enforce the litter regulation codes and purchased two ATVs to use while officers patrol the beach and four handheld two-way radios.
County/Region:
Harris
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas General Land Office
Summary:
The project included construction of a nearshore protection dike with vegetative plantings (marsh creation) along 900 feet of shoreline of the Little Cedar Bayou Public Park.
County/Region:
Aransas
Project Partner/Recipient:
City of Rockport
Summary:
This project evaluated shoreline protection alternatives for a large regional area of Aransas County and develop a long-term strategic plan for construction of erosion response projects in a prioritized manner.
County/Region:
Upper Coast
Project Partner/Recipient:
Galveston Bay Foundation
Summary:
County/Region:
Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient:
Galveston Park Board
Summary:
This investigative study determined the viability of the Park Board and City of Galveston's ownership and operation of a hydraulic dredge to provide ongoing beach nourishment opportunities.
County/Region:
Matagorda
Project Partner/Recipient:
Matagorda County Navigation District
Summary:
The Matagorda County Navigation District developed a comprehensive, long-range plan for making improvements to County property and adjacent areas.
County/Region:
Coastwide
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
Summary:
Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi quantified long-term water quality trends and explored the mechanistic relationships between documented water quality trends and relevant drivers (i.e., land use coverage, climate and hydrologic patterns).
County/Region:
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas General Land Office
Summary:
This study conducted Region 1 and 4 Longshore Transport Modeling to identify the sand transport pathways, sand transport rates and define the littoral cells and associated sediment budget for sand and other sediments along the Texas Gulf facing beaches.
County/Region:
Coastwide
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas General Land Office
Summary:
This study analyzed existing Texas Gulf of Mexico hydrodynamic information and develop a sand transport mode.
County/Region:
Cameron
Project Partner/Recipient:
Cameron County
Summary:
Cameron County will expand the River and Estuary Observation Network-Rio Grande Valley's Real-Time-Hydrologic-System infrastructure at 6 stations to continuously monitor oceanographic and estuarine data in the Lower Laguna Madre
County/Region:
Cameron
Project Partner/Recipient:
Lower Rio Grande Valley Development Council
Summary:
County/Region:
Cameron
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas A&M University - Kingsville
Summary:
Texas A&M University - Kingsville designed and constructed a bioretention system to remove pollutants from stormwater runoff and improve water quality at the selected colonia.
County/Region:
Cameron
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Summary:
County/Region:
Cameron
Project Partner/Recipient:
University of Texas at Austin
Summary:
The University of Texas at Austin will develop a binational binational watershed restoration and protection plan framework document to improve water quality in the Lower Rio Grande/Rio Bravo.
County/Region:
Matagorda
Project Partner/Recipient:
The Nature Conservancy
Summary:
This project addressed the permitting and final design for shoreline protection at Mad Island Marsh Preserve.
County/Region:
Matagorda
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas R.I.C.E
Summary:
Texas RICE installed water control structures on the many ditches that feed from the farm and grazing fields on the Mad Island Preserve into the marsh.
County/Region:
Matagorda
Project Partner/Recipient:
The Nature Conservancy
Summary:
This project will implement Phase III of a habitat restoration and shoreline stabilization project by completing 100% engineering and constructing 10,340 feet of breakwater to provide adjacent to the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) in Matagorda County.
County/Region:
Matagorda
Project Partner/Recipient:
Nature Conservancy of Texas
Summary:
This project provided an offshore rock breakwater parallel to the existing shoreline for a distance of approximately 2.5 miles.
County/Region:
Matagorda
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD)
Summary:
This project emplaced 2,974 linear feet of breakwater riprap along the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW).