Closing the loop: Recycling shells and restoring reefs for resilience and recovery
Nueces
Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA)
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi (TAMUCC) will extend their shell recycling program, where shucked oyster shell is reclaimed from various seafood industry partners, to include reef restoration.
Recovering Access and Restoring Resilience at Stewart Beach Park on Galveston Island
Galveston
Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA)
Park Board of Trustees of the City of Galveston
This science-based project will bring solutions to enhance resilience intended to reduce/or eliminate lost user days, and recapture previously lost access.
Threat of Rising Sea Level & Water Tables to Texas Coastal Septic Systems: An Integrated Study
Upper Coast
Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA)
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
Integration of data and models will help lead to implementation of management measures to enable better control of nonpoint source pollution to ensure resilient coastal systems.
Prediction of Texas wetland erosion through remote sensing, field surveys, and numerical modeling
Upper Coast
Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA)
Texas A&M University
The end product will be a reliable design and evaluation tool for coastal wetland restoration projects in Texas.
High Frequency Radar for Texas Bays and Ports
Upper Coast
Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA)
The University of Texas at El Paso
The University of Texas at El Paso will commission two High Frequency Radar (HFR) networks in Galveston Bay and Sabine Lake.
Modernizing Texas Beach Watch Technology System
Coast Wide
Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA)
General Land Office
The GLO will modernize the Beach Watch system and expand its capabilities to allow predictive modeling which will provide real-time, modeled information for the beach patron
Restoring Colonial Waterbird Populations on the Texas Coast
Lower Coast
Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA)
Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program
This project will help protect important colonial waterbird habitat along the Texas coast.
Dog Island Acquisition
Matagorda
Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA)
The Matagorda Bay Foundation
The Matagorda Bay Foundation (MBF) will acquire 1,000 acres of mixed coastal habitat in Matagorda Bay.
Beneficial Dredge Use Master Plan - Texas GLO Regions 3 (Coastal Bend) and 4 (Lower Coast)
Lower Coast
Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA)
Ducks Unlimited
Ducks Unlimited, Inc. will create a master plan for beneficial use (BU) of dredge material along the lower Texas coast.
A Comprehensive Assessment of Texas Coastal Ecosystems & Economies to Inform Ecological Restoration
Coast Wide
Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA)
Harte Research Institute - Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
The Harte Research Institute at Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi will develop ecosystem health report cards for various Texas Bays.
The Texas Coastal Collaborative - A dynamic approach to hazard mitigation, resiliency and NPS control
Coast Wide
Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA)
Texas State University
Texas State University will take a dynamic approach to hazard mitigation, resiliency, and coastal nonpoint source (NPS) pollution control.
Freshwater Inflows to Texas Bays and Estuaries: A State-Wide Review, Synthesis, and Recommendations
Coast Wide
Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA)
Harte Research Institute - Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi will conduct a synthesis of freshwater inflows to Texas bays and estuaries and publish the results in a book.
Removal of derelict Queen Isabella Causeway - Creation of an Artificial Reef in SW Gulf of Mexico
Cameron
Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA)
Texas Parks and Wildlife
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department will use GOMESA funds to develop engineering and design plans for the removal of the of the Queen Isabella Causeway in South Padre Island, TX
Dollar Bay Wetland Creation, Restoration and Acquisition (R1-16)
Galveston
Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA)
Galveston Bay Foundation
The Galveston Bay Foundation will aquire 102 acres of wetlands at 50% appraised value around Dollar Bay.
Assessing Coastal Change in Support of the 2023 Texas Coastal Resiliency Master Plan
Coast Wide
Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA)
Harte Research Institute - Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
This project will further demonstrate potential benefits of Master Plan projects by modeling before and after project impacts to the coast.
An integrated assessment of nutrient loadings to Baffin Bay
Kleberg
Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA)
Texas A&M University
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi will quantify nutrient loadings to Baffin Bay .
Economic-Natural Resource Benefits of CEPRA Projects
Coast Wide
Coastal Erosion Planning and Response Act (CEPRA)
The Texas Legislature requires the General Land Office (GLO) to report the economic and natural resource benefits derived from Coastal Erosion Planning and Response Act (CEPRA) construction projects every biennium.
Isla Blanca Park Beach Nourishment with Beneficial Use of Dredge Material
Cameron
Coastal Erosion Planning and Response Act (CEPRA)
United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
Cameron County
Cameron County
Beach nourishment project beneficially using dredged material from the Brownsville Ship Channel Brazos Island Harbor) jetty and entrance channel segments.
South Padre Island Beach Nourishment with Beneficial Use of Dredge Material
Cameron
Coastal Erosion Planning and Response Act (CEPRA)
City of South Padre Island
Coastal Erosion Planning and Response Act (CEPRA)
Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA)
City of South Padre Island
Beach nourishment project beneficially using dredged material (BUDM) from the Brownsville Ship Channel.
Longshore Transport Modeling
Coast Wide
Coastal Erosion Planning and Response Act (CEPRA)
General Land Office
This project will analyze existing Texas Gulf of Mexico hydrodynamic information and develop a sand transport model for the entire Texas coast to identify the sand transport pathways, sand transport rates and define the littoral cells and associated sediment budget for sand and other sediments along the Texas Gulf facing beaches.