Chester's Island Shoreline Protection

Project Description

This project stabilized and protected Chester’s Island bird rookery in Matagorda Bay. Beneficial Use sediment will be sourced from the Matagorda Ship Channel Deepening Project, led by the USACE and Calhoun Port Authority. The BU will increase the rookery footprint from 72 acres to 200-400+ acres. The beneficial use placement will be solely paid for by the USACE project. The GLO’s project goal is to complete a protective shoreline structure up to 17,000 linear feet to protect the expanded island.