Summary
The Nature Conservancy will construct approximately 2.5 miles of permanent offshore, rock breakwater structure along the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) in Matagorda County along the shoreline of the Mad Island Wildlife Management Area, an estuarine wetland ecosystem managed by the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department. Project completion will result in permanent protection of critically important terrestrial and marine wildlife habitats by mitigating the effects of wave energy on unprotected shorelines and mitigating threats of saltwater intrusion into brackish and freshwater coastal marshes.
Basics
Matagorda
N/A
The Nature Conservancy
$188,102,738
Classification
- CIAP
- CEPRA
Shoreline Protection
Water Quality Improvement
Wetlands/Marsh/Habitat Restoration
Timeline
completed
2011
Funding Sources
Source 1
Coastal Impact Assistance Program (CIAP)
Primary
Federal
$1,875,619
2007
2010
Source 2
1375
Coastal Erosion Planning and Response Act (CEPRA)
Other
State
$100,000
05
2008
Source 3
Texas Nature Conservancy
Other
Other
$140,000
Source 4
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Other
State
$100,000
Source 5
National Fish & Wildlife Foundation
Mad Island Shoreline Protection and Ecosystem Restoration > Funding Sources
Other
Other
$200,000
Contacts
Responsibility
General Land Office
Contact