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Coastal Projects

Magnolia Beach Marsh Restoration

Calhoun
Coastal Erosion Planning and Response Act (CEPRA) Calhoun County
Calhoun County
Address marsh erosion and degradation behind Magnolia beach.

Dressing Point Island and Shoreline Restoration Project - Phase I

Matagorda
Coastal Erosion Planning and Response Act (CEPRA) Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA) U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Ducks Unlimited
The Dressing Point Island Restoration and Shoreline Protection Project is located in East Matagorda Bay part of the Big Boggy National Wildlife Refuge, this project will result in a breakwater.

CEPRA Cycle 13 Economic & Resource Benefit Study

Coast Wide
Coastal Erosion Planning and Response Act (CEPRA)
General Land Office
The Texas Legislature requires the Texas General Land Office (GLO) to report the economic and natural resource benefits derived from Coastal Erosion Planning and Response Act (CEPRA) funding every biennium

Nearshore Circulation and Sediment Dynamics of the Upper Texas Coast

Upper Coast
Coastal Erosion Planning and Response Act (CEPRA) Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station
Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station
=This project will characterize the nearshore wave and current conditions in representative summer and winter seasons in Region 1 along the Texas Gulf of Mexico coast by gathering field measured hydrodynamic data using fixed as well as vessel-mounted instrument setups.

Petronila Wetlands

Nueces
Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA)
Nueces River Authority
This project leverages existing regional partnerships through multi-faceted efforts to improve water quality conditions in Baffin and Oso Bay and the feeding streams of Petronila Creek, San Fernando Creek, and Oso Creek.

Fantasy Circle Beach Access Improvements Phase II

Cameron
Coastal Management Program (CMP) City of South Padre Island
City of South Padre Island
This project will construct one permanent, single-stall ADA-compliant bathroom at the Fantasy Circle beach access point, and construct an ADA pathway from the parking lot to the restroom facility.

Surfside Jetty County Park Waterfront Revitalization

Brazoria
Coastal Management Program (CMP) Brazoria County
Brazoria County
The project will reconstruct/secure the embankment and replace the footbridge over the natural lagoon damaged by Hurricane Laura.

New Amenities at Bill Sanders County Park

Calhoun
Coastal Management Program (CMP) Calhoun County
Calhoun County
The project will add amenities to the Bill Sanders County Park.

Chester Island Bird Habitat Management and Protection

Matagorda
Coastal Management Program (CMP) Audubon Texas
Audubon Texas
Audubon will purchase a new tractor for island management and complete bird monitoring during nesting season.

City of South Padre Island ADA Beach Access Amenity Engineering

Cameron
Coastal Management Program (CMP) City of South Padre Island
City of South Padre Island
The project will produce three finalized engineering plans for public beach access improvements in the City of South Padre Island.

Water Quality and nutrient dynamics associated with freshwater delivery

Chambers
Coastal Management Program (CMP) Texas Water Trade
Texas Water Trade
This project will collect critical water quality and nutrient data associated with a water delivery to the estuarine environments downstream of the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR).

Texas High School Coastal Monitoring Program

Coast Wide
Coastal Management Program (CMP) University of Texas - BEG
University of Texas - BEG
The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology will work with students and teachers to gain a better understanding of dune and beach dynamics.

On-site-sewage-facility identification using remote sensing and GIS

Coast Wide
Coastal Management Program (CMP) Texas A&M AgriLife Research
Texas A&M AgriLife Research
The project will develop geographic information system (GIS) and remote sensing (RS)-based methods for identifying the locations of on-site sewage facilities (OSSFs) and compare the capabilities of these methods to one another and to ground-truthed OSSF data.

Developing a Framework for Modeling Texas Coast Waves and Validation

Coast Wide
Coastal Management Program (CMP) Texas A&M University - Engineering Experiment Station
Texas A&M University - Engineering Experiment Station
The project will develop a framework for generating wave information along the nearshore Texas coast.

Assessment of beneficial uses restoration as wetland bird habitat

Upper Coast
Coastal Management Program (CMP) Texas A&M University - Galveston
Texas A&M University - Galveston
This project will provide recommendations to improve the design of beneficial use restoration sites to increase bird use on the Upper Texas Coast.

Addressing non-point source (NPS) pollution through the Galveston Bay Coalition of Watersheds

Galveston
Coastal Management Program (CMP) Texas A&M University - AgriLife Extension Service
Texas A&M University - AgriLife Extension Service
AgriLife will deliver targeted outreach on nonpoint source pollution topics within four Coalition watersheds through a combination of partner groups, mail campaigns, distributing materials, and workshops.

Town of Quintana Beach Accessibility Enhancement

Brazoria
Coastal Management Program (CMP)
Town of Quintana
The GLO will enter into a contractual agreement with the Town of Quintana to provide 50 linear feet of Mobi-Mat to better facilitate public access to the beach.

Port Lavaca Lighthouse Beach Phase 1

Calhoun
Coastal Erosion Planning and Response Act (CEPRA) City of Port Lavaca
City of Port Lavaca
The main project goals for the Port Lavaca Lighthouse Beach Restoration Project are to nourish the recreational beach, protect and enhance the adjacent wetlands using living shoreline techniques and marsh creation, and modify the existing coastal structures around the beach to retain sand on the beach.

Boggy Cut GIWW Stabilization

Matagorda
Coastal Erosion Planning and Response Act (CEPRA) Matagorda Bay Foundation
The Matagorda Bay Foundation
The Boggy Cut GIWW Stabilization project objectives are to construct an approximate 4-mile living shoreline breakwater.

Packery Channel Nature Park Habitat and Access

Nueces
Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA)
Nueces County
The purpose of the project is to construct additional nature park amenities that will significantly enhance public access to coastal habitats, provide educational outreach components, and create, enhance, and expand important coastal barrier island wildlife through the creation of 1.5-acre woodland habitat and enhancement of freshwater wetland habitat. This project will utilize the knowledge base that was acquired during past monitoring and survey efforts.