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Coastal Projects

Assessment and Data Collection to Enhance Permitting, Leasing, and Monitoring for Coastal Activities - Task 1

Coast Wide
Coastal Management Program (CMP)
Texas General Land Office
For Task 1, the GLO will evaluate and expand current mobile platform capabilities, existing data, and database integration to streamline and improve process efficiency, data integration, and distribution throughout GLO coastal divisions.

Treasure Island MUD Beach Nourishment with benefiicial us of dredged material - Regulatory Permitting

Brazoria
Coastal Erosion Planning and Response Act (CEPRA) Brazoria County
Brazoria County
This project is to modify the existing USACE permit.

Protection and Restoration of Matagorda Island West Marsh

Matagorda
Coastal Bends Bays and Estuaries Program Coastal Erosion Planning and Response Act (CEPRA) Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA)
Coastal Bends Bays and Estuaries Program
CEPRA funds will contribute to fully address the extensive amount of damage that occurred and restore the West Marsh area to its preexisting condition, while also making it more resilient to future storm events. This project will address post-storm mitigation of levees and water control infrastructure.

Magnolia Beach shoreline protection - Phase I

Calhoun
Coastal Erosion Planning and Response Act (CEPRA) Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA)
Calhoun County
Phase 1 (alternatives analysis phase) of a project to address erosion along an approximately of 5,700 linear-foot segment of Lavaca Bay shoreline adjacent to Magnolia Beach in Calhoun County.

Carancahua Bay Habitat Preservation and Enhancement - Phase 1

Jefferson
Coastal Erosion Planning and Response Act (CEPRA) National Fish & Wildlife Foundation (NFWF)
Texas General Land Office
This project will provide pre-construction data collection, wave and current analysis, biological assessment, engineering design, and environmental permitting to prepare for the future construction of approximately 2 miles of living shorelines along Salt Lake and Redfish Lake adjacent to Carancahua Bay and Matagorda Bay.

Village of Surfside Beach Groin System

Brazoria
Coastal Erosion Planning and Response Act (CEPRA) RESTORE Funding
Village of Surfside
This project is the construction of a groin and widening the beach to restore it to its historical recreational and natural resource value, while also protecting public infrastructure, utilities and private property.

Mad Island Marsh Preserve Shoreline Protection & Coastal Ecosystem Restoration Phase I

Matagorda
Coastal Erosion Planning and Response Act (CEPRA)
Nature Conservancy
This project will address the permitting and final design for shoreline protection at Mad Island Marsh Preserve.

Laguna Vista Spoil Island Shoreline Protection Phase I

Cameron
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services Coastal Erosion Planning and Response Act (CEPRA) Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA)
Texas General Land Office
This project will provide protection of the rookery island from wind and wave erosion.

Nueces Bay Rookery Island Restoration

Nueces
Coastal Erosion Planning and Response Act (CEPRA) Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA)
Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program, Inc.
This project protects important rookery island habitat in western Nueces Bay from wave induced erosion.

Causeway Rookery Island Shoreline Protection Phase II

Nueces
Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA) Coastal Erosion Planning and Response Act (CEPRA) Coastal Bends
Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program
Construction of rock breakwaters around Causeway Rookery Island in Nueces Bay.

Anahuac Natural Wildlife Refuge Living Shoreline

Chambers
Ducks Unlimited Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA) Coastal Erosion Planning and Response Act (CEPRA)
Ducks Unlimited
Project will emplace 6.7 miles of breakwaters along 7 segments of the GIWW from High Island to the end and along portions of East Bay.

Quintana-Bryan Beach FEMA Repair

Brazoria
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Coastal Erosion Planning and Response Act (CEPRA)
Town of Quintana
A beach nourishment project on a Gulf shore to repair the damage from Hurricane Harvey to approximately 1,850 feet of Gulf shoreline at Quintana-Bryan Beach.

Bird Island Cove Habitat Restoration Engineering

Galveston
Coastal Erosion Planning and Response Act (CEPRA) Deepwater Horizon
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
The Project includes engineering and design necessary to develop strategies for the restoration and protection of up to 170 acres of estuarine marsh complex within West Bay in the Galveston Bay system.

Indianola Beach Hurricane Harvey FEMA Repair

Calhoun
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) SB 500
Calhoun County
Project includes engineering design, permitting & construction to repair Hurricane Harvey damage at Indianola Beach.

Rockport beach Hurricane Harvey beach repair

Aransas
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) General Land Office SB 500
Aransas County Navigation District
A beach repair nourishment project on a bay shoreline to repair the damage from Hurricane Harvey.

Sylvan Beach, Beach Repair

Chambers
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) SB 500
City of LaPorte
Restore Sylvan Beach back to its pre-disaster design, function, and capacity within the existing footprint.

Assess nonpoint source nitrogen contribution to the Texas coastal zone from septic systems

Lower Coast
Coastal Management Program (CMP) Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi will identify pollution from on-site sewage disposal systems in Copano-Aransas, Nueces-Corpus Christi-Oso, and Baffin Bay.

White Sands Street Drive-Over and Storm Surge Barrier Design and Construction

Cameron
Coastal Management Program (CMP) City of South Padre Island
City of South Padre Island
South Padre Island will plan and construct access improvements at White Sands.

Sylvan Rodriguez Park Habitat Restoration Project - Phase II

Harris
Coastal Management Program (CMP) City of Houston Parks and Recreation Department
City of Houston Parks and Recreation Department
The City of Houston Parks and Recreation Department (HPARD) will continue working to restore Sylvan Rodriguez Park back to a native prairie ecosystem.

Understanding the cause of a long-term increase in Red Tide Frequency in Nueces-Corpus Christi Bay

Nueces
Coastal Management Program (CMP) Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
Texas A&M University - Galveston (TAMU-G) will study the drivers of “red tide” blooms in Nueces-Corpus Christi Bay.