Coastal Projects

Region/County: Coast Wide

Recipient: Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi

Summary: Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi will initiate a standard sanitary survey program, currently lacking in Texas, to characterize and categorize Texas beaches, assess potential sources of pollution and predict water quality based on existing data.

Region/County: Galveston

Recipient: Texas A&M

Summary: Texas A&M University at Galveston (TAMUG) will develop a 3D, intertidal sediment transport model that represents the physical characteristics of Galveston Bay (e.g., particle size distribution; sediment erosion, re-suspension and deposition; oyster larvae and spat size distribution at various growth stages).

Region/County: Coast Wide

Recipient: Texas A&M University

Summary: Update the TABS website making the site interactive, animated and create a web portal.

Region/County: Coast Wide

Recipient: Atkins North America

Summary: Atkins to conduct professional services needed to complete two biological assessments for the upper and lower Texas coast and the application package to be submitted to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for regional general permits for the GLO to conduct beach nourishment on public, critically eroding, Gulf-facing beaches.

Region/County: Jefferson

Recipient: The Environmental Learning & Research Center, Inc.

Summary: The Environmental Learning and Research Center, Inc. will hire an architect-engineering firm to complete a site assessment and schematic drawings for buildings that will ultimately house the center, which will be located along the Neches River and serve as a nature education and research center.

Region/County: Cameron

Recipient: Southmost Soil & Water Conservation District

Summary: The development and implementation of Water Quality Management Plans (WQMPs) in the Arroyo Colorado watershed will provide agricultural producers an opportunity to comply with state water quality laws through a voluntary, incentive-based approach.

Region/County: Cameron

Recipient: Southmost Soil & Water Conservation District

Summary: The development and implementation of Water Quality Management Plans in the Arroyo Colorado

Region/County: Chambers

Recipient: Trinity Bay Soil & Water Conservation District

Summary: The development & implementation of Water Quality Management Plans within impaired watersheds

Region/County: Jefferson

Recipient: Coastal Soil & Water Conservation District

Summary: The project's primary task will be the development and implementation of Water Quality Management Plans (WQMPs) within these impaired watersheds. This will provide agriculture producers who seek assistance the opportunity to comply with state water quality laws through a voluntary, incentive-based approach.

Region/County: Jefferson

Recipient: Coastal Soil & Water Conservation District

Summary: The development and implementation of Water Quality Management Plans within impaired watersheds In Jefferson County.

Region/County: Kleberg

Recipient: Kleberg-Kenedy Soil & Water Conservation District

Summary: Implemented on agricultural lands within the boundaries of the Coastal Zone Area in Kleberg and Kenedy counties

Region/County: Kleberg

Recipient: Kleberg-Kenedy Soil & Water Conservation District

Summary: This project will be implemented on agricultural lands within the boundaries of the Coastal Zone Area in Kleberg and Kenedy counties. The Upper Laguna Madre/Baffin Bay complex currently is on the 303(d) list because of low dissolved oxygen levels. The primary task will be the development and implementation of Water Quality Management Plans (WQMPs) in the Coastal Zone.

Region/County: Matagorda

Recipient: Matagorda County Soil & Water Conservation District

Summary: This project would be applicable only to agricultural lands within the boundaries of the Coastal Zone Area in Matagorda County. The project's primary task will be the development and implementation of Water Quality Management Plans (WQMPs) in the Coastal Zone Area. This will provide the agricultural producers who seek participation with the opportunity to comply with state water quality laws through a voluntary, incentive-based approach.

Region/County: Orange

Recipient: Lower Sabine-Neches Soil & Water Conservation District

Summary: The development and implementation of Water Quality Management Plans within impaired watersheds.

Region/County: Aransas

Recipient: Copano Bay Soil and Water Conservation District

Summary: The development and implementation of Water Quality Management Plans in the Coastal Zone Area.

Region/County: San Patricio

Recipient: San Patricio Soil & Water Conservation District

Summary: The development and implementation of Water Quality Management Plans in the Coastal Zone Area.

Region/County: San Patricio

Recipient: San Patricio Soil & Water Conservation District

Summary: This project would be applicable only to agricultural lands within the boundaries of the Coastal Zone Area in San Patricio and Aransas Counties. The project's primary task will be the development and implementation of Water Quality Management Plans (WQMPs) in the Coastal Zone Area. This will provide the agricultural producers who seek participation with the opportunity to comply with state water quality laws through a voluntary,

Region/County: Victoria

Recipient: Victoria Soil & Water Conservation District

Summary: This project would be applicable only to agricultural lands within the boundaries of the Coastal Zone Area in Victoria County. The project's primary task will be the development and implementation of Water Quality Management Plans (WQMPs) in the Coastal Zone Area. This will provide the agricultural producers who seek participation with the opportunity to comply with state water quality laws through a voluntary, incentive-based approach.

Region/County: Willacy

Recipient: Willacy Soil & Water Conservation District

Summary: This proposed project will be applicable only to agricultural lands within the boundaries of the Coastal Zone in Willacy County. The primary task will be the development and implementation of WQMPs in the Coastal Zone. This will provide the agricultural producers an opportunity to comply with state water quality laws through a voluntary, incentive-based approach.

Region/County: Galveston

Recipient: Galveston County

Summary: Project to remove abandoned shrimp boats from Dickinson Bayou.