Mad Island Shoreline Protection and Ecosystem Restoration Phase III

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
Coastal Resources 800.998.4456 512.475.0773