County/Region:
Coastwide
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas Parks & Wildlife Department
Summary:
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department provided support to Texas A&M University - Galveston to help complete the Oyster Reef and Anthropogenic Impact Mapping of Lavaca Bay.
County/Region:
Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient:
Galveston Bay Foundation
Summary:
The Galveston Bay Foundation reinstated their oyster restoration program to reestablish productive oyster reefs in Galveston Bay and to increase awareness among the general public of the ecological importance of oysters and oyster reefs.
County/Region:
Nueces
Project Partner/Recipient:
Nueces County
Summary:
Nueces County Coastal Parks Department will construct additional amenities that enhance public access to coastal habitats, provide educational outreach and expand important coastal barrier island wildlife through the creation of 1.5-acre woodland habitat.
County/Region:
Nueces
Project Partner/Recipient:
Nueces County Coastal Parks Department
Summary:
Nueces County Coastal Parks Department will provide a resilient living shoreline by incorporating gray-green infrastructure. In addition to the living shoreline, a raised pier structure will be constructed for public access.
County/Region:
Nueces
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas General Land Office
Summary:
This BUDM project on North Padre Island and involved placing approximately 600,000 cubic yards of sand dredged during construction of Packery Channel on approximately one mile of critically eroding beach in front of the seawall on North Padre Island.
County/Region:
Nueces
Project Partner/Recipient:
Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program
Summary:
Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries Program provided enhanced access to coastal areas along with adding features that will protect the sensitive habitat areas found within the Packery Flats Coastal Habitat.
County/Region:
Nueces
Project Partner/Recipient:
Nueces County
Summary:
Nueces County constructed a multi-purpose facility with improved user-friendly recreational areas. The multi-purpose facility includes an ADA-compliant bathhouse with adequate restroom and shower facilities.
County/Region:
Nueces
Project Partner/Recipient:
Nueces County
Summary:
Nueces County enhanced the beach entranceway and provided an interpretive history of Padre Balli.
County/Region:
Nueces
Project Partner/Recipient:
Nueces County
Summary:
Nueces County enhanced the beach entranceway by planting native vegetation, installing additional irrigation to maintain the vegetation, constructing a plank walkway around the sculpture area, and installing four (4) interpretive signs educating visitors.
County/Region:
Willacy
Project Partner/Recipient:
Stephanie Rogers
Summary:
This project aims to restore critical nesting habitat along PINS, through beneficial use of dredge material from the dredging of the Mansfield Channel.
County/Region:
Matagorda
Project Partner/Recipient:
City of Palacios
Summary:
The City of Palacios constructed two small interpretive plazas, a walkway, three covered picnic tables with slabs, and installed benches, trash receptacles, and interpretive signage at Palacios Pavilion.
County/Region:
Matagorda
Project Partner/Recipient:
City of Palacios
Summary:
The City of Palacios replaced the deteriorated T-head and approximately 150 feet of the outermost Palacios Pavilion Pier with a new narrow section of pier.
County/Region:
Matagorda
Project Partner/Recipient:
City of Palacios
Summary:
The City of Palacios constructed an approximately 350 linear foot fishing pier in South Bay Park to foster ecotourism.
County/Region:
Nueces
Project Partner/Recipient:
City of Port Aransas
Summary:
The City of Port Aransas installed educational signage and created a butterfly garden on adjacent City of Port Aransas property so that the area will become educational and informative as well as attractive to its many visitors.
County/Region:
Coastwide
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas Engineering Experiment Station
Summary:
Texas Engineering Experiment Station developed and validated the ADCIRC Model, selected a hypothetical storm set, analyzed and developed surge parameterization, and performed simulations for the Galveston region.
County/Region:
Jefferson
Project Partner/Recipient:
City of Orange
Summary:
The City of Orange purchased the following park equipment for Ochiltree-Inman Park and Lion's Park: picnic table pavilions, picnic tables, park benches, and litter receptacles.
County/Region:
Chambers
Project Partner/Recipient:
Chambers County
Summary:
Chambers County constructed a 2,500 square foot open-air pavilion with picnic tables and barbecue pits and restrooms for special events as part of the overall plan to attract fishermen and ecotourists to the park.
County/Region:
Cameron
Project Partner/Recipient:
Cameron County
Summary:
Cameron County continued the enhancement of Beach Access #3.
County/Region:
Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient:
City of Jamaica Beach
Summary:
The City of Jamaica Beach installed enclosed culverts, drains, manholes, a retaining wall and built trails. Additionally, the City constructed mini parks, picnic areas, and canoe launch facilities.
County/Region:
Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient:
City of Jamaica Beach
Summary:
The City of Jamaica Beach continued construction of Pathways 2000, a project to construct community walkways, along Jolly Roger Road for approximately one mile.