Magnolia Beach CAP 206

Project Description

This project conducted an ecosystem restoration feasibility study with the USACE under Section 206 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 to examine the potential for restoration of a large complex of salt marshes in the Magnolia-Indianola area. All reasonable solutions to the water resource problems identified at the marshes will be evaluated. The marsh area located along Magnolia Beach has rapidly degraded over the last few decades. This area is important to wildlife and dependent recreational pursuits such as bird watching at the Magic Ridge Sanctuary and fishing in the marshes and Matagorda Bay.