Region/County:
Aransas
Recipient:
Aransas County
Summary:
This project will support the engineering, design and placement of dredged material on Goose Island.
Region/County:
Willacy
Recipient:
Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program (CBBEDP)
Summary:
The goal of this project will increase the amount of nesting habitat available for colonial waterbirds within the Lower Laguna Madre by protecting and restoring Benny’s Shack Islands. Engineering and design and construction and monitoring are included.
Region/County:
Galveston
Recipient:
City of Galveston
Summary:
The addition of sand for this shoreline is a crucial component of stabilizing or at a minimum slowing the erosion rates in the area. The current footprint being proposed by USACE for nourishment is approximately 9,500 linear feet of beachfront. The City staff hopes to expand this footprint via enhanced BCR calculations.
Region/County:
Cameron
Recipient:
Cameron County
Summary:
Follow-up construction phase to the previous Cycle 3-4 construction phase of the project. This final phase of the project will stabilize a final unprotected 2,940 linear feet of eroding Arroyo Colorado cut-off channel shoreline adjacent to the park by constructing a living shoreline and rip-rap breakwater designed and permitted during Ph.3 of the project.
Region/County:
Lower Coast
Recipient:
University of Texas - Bureau of Economic Geology
Summary:
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi (TAMUCC) will identify the sources of fecal indicator bacteria and nutrients to Corpus Christi Bay and the Laguna Madre.
Region/County:
Coast Wide
Recipient:
University of Texas
Summary:
The University of Texas at Austin (UT) will use satellite imagery and image classification algorithms to map the current extent and distribution of seagrasses along the Texas coast.
Region/County:
Matagorda
Recipient:
Matagorda Bay Foundation
Summary:
The Matagorda Bay Foundation will plant seagrass at seven different sites in Matagorda Bay and collect water quality data as the seagrass reestablishes.
Region/County:
Nueces
Recipient:
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
Summary:
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi (TAMUCC) will identify the sources of fecal indicator bacteria and nutrients to Corpus Christi Bay and the Laguna Madre.
Region/County:
Coast Wide
Recipient:
University of Houston
Summary:
The University of Houston will measure the erosion and recovery of vegetation and dunes following major storms on the upper and central Texas coast and evaluate the effectiveness and potential impacts of various dune restoration and stabilization techniques.
Region/County:
Jefferson
Recipient:
Lamar University
Summary:
Lamar University will improve the Southeast Texas Flood Control District (SETxFCD) low-cost sensor network by replacing 34 systems with more reliable commercial units equipped with rain gauges.
Region/County:
Nueces
Recipient:
City of Port Aransas
Summary:
Alternatives analysis (data collection & engineering design) and permitting phase for a submerged rock revetment to be constructed during a later phase on the channel-ward side of the 4,700 ft-long existing concrete bulkhead along the Corpus Christi Ship Channel adjacent to Mustang Island/the City of Port Aransas, in the vicinity of the Port Aransas Nature Preserve.
Region/County:
Nueces
Recipient:
City of Corpus Christi
Summary:
Three high-use public bayfront parks are targeted for Phase 1 of the project. Although these three parks share the common issue of bluff and shoreline erosion and may share some similar conceptual design elements, the analysis of each will be approached individually due to the unique bayfront orientation and constraints at each location.
Region/County:
Nueces
Recipient:
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
Summary:
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi will establish a new laboratory with advanced water quality testing equipment and trained personnel.
Region/County:
Coast Wide
Recipient:
General Land Office
Summary:
The purpose of this project is to develop a GIS database and software solution for Texas General Land Office (GLO) for the public presentation of coastal sediment management projects in Texas waters.
Region/County:
Aransas, Calhoun, Cameron, Jackson, Kenedy, Kleberg, Lower Coast, Matagorda, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio, Upper Coast, Victoria, Willacy
Recipient:
University of Texas Bureau of Economic Geology
Summary:
University of Texas at Austin assess the breaching susceptibility along the Texas Gulf of Mexico barrier island, barrier peninsula, and strand plain system.
Region/County:
Willacy
Recipient:
Willacy County
Summary:
Fred Stone Park is perched on the shore of the Lower Laguna Madre in the fishing village of Port Mansfield. The Port Mansfield Gulf Channel allows some Gulf water exchange with the Laguna, creating a setting for fishing, hunting, bird watching, crab trapping, beach combing, kayaking and many more outdoor recreational activities.
Region/County:
Nueces
Recipient:
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
Summary:
Project funds will be used to develop and implement an outreach campaign to promote riparian buffer expansion in the Petronila Creek ecosystem through education and outreach activities targeting landowners.
Region/County:
Coast Wide
Recipient:
Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi’s Harte Research Institute (HRI)
Summary:
The GLO will contract with Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi’s Harte Research Institute (HRI) to conduct additional modeling that will assess the impacts of projected urban growth and sprawl on water quality and the environment within the coastal zone.
Region/County:
Matagorda
Recipient:
Matagorda County
Summary:
Matagorda County will purchase 90 oilfield mats and install them at the entrance to Matagorda Beach.
Region/County:
Galveston
Recipient:
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Summary:
Dana Cove Marsh Restoration Project will dredge the local Pirate's Cove channel.