Summary
This project will implement Phase III of a habitat restoration and shoreline stabilization project by completing 100% engineering and construct about 10,340 feet of breakwater to provide approximately 12,300 linear feet of permanent shoreline protection adjacent to the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) in Matagorda County and protect 468 Acres of emergent marsh, 259 acres of brackish lake, 2,924 acres of freshwater emergent wetlands, and 52 acres of a Tamaulipan Scrub paleo beach of Mad Island Marsh Preserve (MIMP) an estuarine ecosystem managed by The Nature Conservancy (TNC).Basics
Matagorda
N/A
The Nature Conservancy, Texas Chapter
$6,697,475
Classification
- CEPRA
Habitat Restoration/Protection
Shoreline Protection
Wetlands/Marsh/Habitat Restoration
Timeline
completed
Funding Sources
Source 1
1729
Coastal Erosion Planning and Response Act (CEPRA)
Primary
State
$112,500
12
Source 2
The Nature Conservancy
Primary
Other
$75,000
Source 3
Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA)
Primary
Other
$6,509,975
Contacts
Responsibility
General Land Office
Contact