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Nueces Bay Causeway Marsh Restoration - Phase 2

County/Region: Lower Coast
Project Partner/Recipient: Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program
Summary: Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries Program raised bottom elevation to support low-marsh communities, designing channels for adequate circulation through the raised areas, and planting appropriate vegetation.

Nueces Bay Living Shoreline

County/Region: Nueces
Project Partner/Recipient: Port of Corpus Christi Authority (PCCA)
Summary: This construction project will restored and protected 16,300 linear feet of shoreline along the Nueces Bay by constructing a nearshore breakwater and living shoreline.

Nueces Bay Marsh Restoration (Phase 2)

County/Region: Nueces
Project Partner/Recipient: Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program
Summary: Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries Program initiated dredge-and-fill operations tp create another 15+ acres of marsh complex (with a high percentage of planting area) within the 80 acre marsh containment.

Nueces Bay Marsh Volunteer Plantings

County/Region: Nueces
Project Partner/Recipient: Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program
Summary: Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries Program re-planted areas that were not successful during past events at the Nueces Bay Marsh Project site and planted smooth cordgrass along the fringe of the terraces to further enhance the marsh site.

Nueces Bay Portland Causeway Marsh Restoration

County/Region: Nueces, San Patricio
Project Partner/Recipient: Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program (CBBEP)
Summary: This project constructed and reinforced a breakwater to prevent further erosion of restored marsh on the northern portion of Indian Point Peninsula.

Nueces Bay Portland Causeway Marsh Restoration - Subrecipient

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Project Partner/Recipient: Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program
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Nueces Bay Portland Causeway Marsh Restoration - Subrecipient

County/Region: San Patricio
Project Partner/Recipient: Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program
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Nueces Bay Public Access Improvements

County/Region: Nueces
Project Partner/Recipient: Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program
Summary: The Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries Program created a parking and staging area for fisherman and paddle craft users, installed bollards to keep vehicles in the designated parking areas, and constructed an ADA-accessible elevated platform in Nueces Bay.

Nueces Bay Rookery Islands Shoreline Protection

County/Region: Nueces
Project Partner/Recipient: Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program (CBBEP)
Summary: This project constructed additional erosion protection reduction structures around the Nueces Bay Rookery Islands and placed fill to restore habitat.

Nueces Bay Zinc in Oyster Tissue Total Maximum Daily Load Project

County/Region: Nueces
Project Partner/Recipient: University of Texas at Austin
Summary: The University of Texas developed a model for Total Maximum Daily Load for zinc in Nueces Bay.

Nueces Bay-Shoreline Protection

County/Region: Nueces
Project Partner/Recipient: Texas General Land Office
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Nueces Bay/Inner Harbor Zinc Monitoring

County/Region: Nueces
Project Partner/Recipient: The Center for Progressive Studies and Culture, Inc.
Summary: The Center for Progressive Studies and Culture, Inc. performed sediment collection and analysis for zinc in Nueces Bay and the Inner Harbor.

Nueces Bay/Inner Harbor Zinc Monitoring - Phase II

County/Region: Nueces
Project Partner/Recipient: Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
Summary: Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi performed sediment collection and analysis of zinc in Nueces Bay and the Inner Harbor to develop a total maximum daily load for zinc.

Nueces County Coastal Parks Plan (98-029)

County/Region: Nueces
Project Partner/Recipient: Nueces County
Summary: Nueces County produced a digital topographic map of the area that included base data depicting existing park improvements and boundaries such as the location of critical dune structures and public access points.

Nueces County Erosion Response Plan

County/Region: Nueces
Project Partner/Recipient: Nueces County
Summary: Nueces County began the development of a Nueces County Erosion Response Plan to be attached as an Amendment to the existing Nueces County Beach Management Plan.

Nueces County Park Improvements

County/Region: Nueces
Project Partner/Recipient: Nueces County
Summary: Nueces County continued meeting the needs identified in the approved Nueces County Coastal Parks Plan.

Nueces Delta Freshwater Inflow Management

County/Region: San Patricio
Project Partner/Recipient: Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program
Summary: Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries Program installed a freshwater inflow management structure upstream from the discharge pipeline and implemented earth-moving activities to maximize the retention of freshwater inflows in the Nueces Delta.

Nueces Delta Shoreline Protection and Restoration, Phase II

County/Region: Nueces
Project Partner/Recipient: Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program (CBBEP)
Summary: This used a competitive bidding process to identify a construction contractor to initiate and complete breakwater construction for 3,600 linear feet of rock rubble breakwater along the Nueces Delta Shoreline.

Nueces Delta Wetland Functionality Study

County/Region: Nueces
Project Partner/Recipient: Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
Summary: Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi measured primary and secondary production and assessed food web relationships using multiple stable isotopes analyses to evaluate the functionality of the Nueces Delta.

Nueces River Delta Shoreline Stabilization and Habitat Protection

County/Region: Nueces, San Patricio
Project Partner/Recipient: Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program (CBBEP)
Summary: This project provided an alternatives analysis to construct shoreline protection structures along the eastern portion of the Nueces River Delta.