County/Region:
Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient:
Galveston Park Board
Summary:
This project amended two federal USACE permits held by the Park Board of Trustees of the City of Galveston that authorize beach and dune restoration projects along the seawall and west of the seawall extending west to the San Luis Pass Inlet.
County/Region:
Upper Coast
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas Cooperative Extension
Summary:
Texas Cooperative Extension finalized an introductory booklet on urban growth issues.
County/Region:
Lower Coast
Project Partner/Recipient:
The Nature Conservancy
Summary:
The Nature Conservancy leveraged the results of the new University of Texas Bureau of Economic Geology LiDAR acquisitions for San Antonio Bay and Copano Bay and other available datasets to produce new Sea Level Affecting Marsh Migration (SLAMM) models.
County/Region:
Coastwide
Project Partner/Recipient:
National Audubon Society, d.b.a. Audubon Texas
Summary:
County/Region:
Kleberg
Project Partner/Recipient:
The Nature Conservancy
Summary:
County/Region:
Willacy
Project Partner/Recipient:
Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program (CBBEP)
Summary:
This project completed engineering and design and construction of rookery island improvements at Benny’s Shack Southern Island by expanding the island by 2.9 acres and construct a 1,975 linear foot protective breakwater around the expanded area.
County/Region:
Aransas, Calhoun
Project Partner/Recipient:
Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program (CBBEP)
Summary:
This project created approximately 12 miles of GIWW shoreline on each side of the waterway that the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge.
County/Region:
Nueces
Project Partner/Recipient:
City of Corpus Christi
Summary:
The City of Corpus Christi focused on developing a master plan to include land use and amenities for the hike and bike trail and proposed trailhead.
County/Region:
Refugio
Project Partner/Recipient:
City of Bayside
Summary:
The City of Bayside constructed parking areas, public restrooms, and connecting walkways at the City's Public Park located on Copano Bay.
County/Region:
Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient:
Galveston County
Summary:
County/Region:
Calhoun
Project Partner/Recipient:
Port O'Connor Chamber of Commerce
Summary:
Port O'Connor Chamber of Commerce built restroom facilities and an information center to provide improved shoreline services and distribute public educational materials and technical information at a small park in Port O'Connor.
County/Region:
Lower Coast
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas AgriLife Research
Summary:
Arroyo Colorado Watershed Protection Plan (WPP) developed and distributed two television public service announcement, which educated watershed residents about local water quality issues, disappearing wetlands, and coastal issues.
County/Region:
Coastwide
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas Engineering Experiment Station
Summary:
Texas Engineering Experiment Station collected GIS data and included it in a project geodatabase, including high resolution topography data (LiDAR) for the barrier island, the wetlands national dataset and imagery for the study area.
County/Region:
Lower Coast
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas A&M University at Galveston
Summary:
Texas A&M University at Galveston conducted a study of the Nueces-Corpus Christi Estuary to collect data on the sediment sources and to characterize sedimentation rates in the Nueces Delta and major bays.
Quantifying erosion and pollution from rainfall runoff on urbanized beaches - Galveston Island study
County/Region:
Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas A&M University
Summary:
Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station studied how coastal rainwater runoff affects beach erosion and solid transport processes in Galveston.
County/Region:
Coastwide
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
Summary:
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi quantified the inputs of microplastics from nine river catchments discharging to Texas coastal bays.
County/Region:
Calhoun
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas Parks & Wildlife Department
Summary:
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department developed quantifiable measures for various oyster habitat structures using techniques that could be easily incorporated by entities wishing to perform projects in these areas.
County/Region:
Cameron
Project Partner/Recipient:
Aptim
Summary:
The Texas General Land Office solicited this work order to perform material testing of the “Old Queen Isabella Causeway” in Port Isabel, Texas.
County/Region:
Brazoria
Project Partner/Recipient:
Town of Quintana
Summary:
This project restored approximately 24,000 cubic yards of sand eroded from a previously nourished beach by Hurricane Rita in September 2005.
County/Region:
Brazoria
Project Partner/Recipient:
Brazoria County
Summary:
Brazoria County Parks Department repaired the Quintana Beach County Park boardwalk and walkover and added an observation deck with interpretive signage.