Digital Aerial Photography of the Texas Coast - Phase 2
Coast Wide
Coastal Impact Assistance Program (CIAP)
Texas General Land Office
The General Land Office (GLO) will coordinate allocation for aerial photography.
Texas Farm & Ranch Lands Conservation Program - Stopover Ranch
Jackson
Coastal Impact Assistance Program (CIAP)
Texas R.I.C.E.
Acquire 498 acres of Stopover Ranch for an agricultural conservation easement.
East Bay Oyster Restoration
Galveston
Coastal Impact Assistance Program (CIAP)
Texas Parks & Wildlife Department
Restore previously productive oyster habitat on Hanna's Reef and Middle Reef in East Galveston Bay.
Coastal Storm-Resistant Data Collection Stations
Coast Wide
Coastal Impact Assistance Program (CIAP)
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
Installation of two new data collection stations that will be included in the Texas Coastal Ocean Observation Network (TCOON)
Cameron County Erosion Analysis Study
Cameron
Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA)
Cameron County
Technical analysis and related policy analysis of the costs associated with alternative Gulf of Mexico shoreline management approaches on Padre Island
Matagorda County Sargent Beach Park Restroom
Matagorda
Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA)
Matagroda County
Construction of a permanent handicap accessible public restroom at the primary beach access point of Sargen Beach park.
City of Jamaica Beach Erosion Reponse Plan
Galveston
Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA)
City of Jamica Beach
Develop an erosion response plan for Jamaica Beach.
Update of Beach Access Points and Signs in Matagorda
Matagorda
Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA)
Matagorda County
Review current beach access sites to determine which sites are still feasible
Cedar Bayou and Vinson Slough Hydraulic Restoration Non-construction Elements
Aransas
Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA)
Aransas County
The purpose of this project is to remove the anthropogenic barrier and restore the historical hydraulic connection between Cedar Bayou and Vinson Slough, and their connection to the Gulf of Mexico, resulting in substantial benefits to the coastal and estuarine ecosystem and marine fisheries habitat.
Support to Enhance the State's Management of On Site Sewage Facilities in the Coastal Zone
Coast Wide
Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA)
University of Texas at Austin
Advance state efforts to satisfy requirements under Section 6217 of the federal Coastal Zone Act Reauthorization Amendments (CZARA).
Texas High School Coastal Monitoring Program
Coast Wide
Coastal Management Program (CMP)
Bureau of Economic Geology
Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology will engage students and teachers who live along the coast in the study of the natural beach environment.
Beach and Bay Access Guide Data - Phase 3
Coast Wide
Coastal Management Program (CMP)
Texas General Land Office
his project updated the Texas Public Access Inventory and enhance the Texas General Land Office’s (GLO) Texas Beach and Bay Access Guide (BBAG).
Long-Term Water Quality Trends in Central-South Texas Estuaries: Relationships with Climatic Variability and Land Use Change
Coast Wide
Coastal Management Program (CMP)
Texas A&M University Corpus Christi
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (TAMU-CC) will quantify long-term water quality trends along the central-south Texas coast and determine potential drivers of water quality change.
San Benito Wetlands Project Phase 3
Cameron
Coastal Management Program (CMP)
Texas Water Resource Institute
Texas Water Resource Institute
Texas Water Resource Institute will install infrastructure needed to divert treated effluent into three 10-acre settling/evaporation ponds.
Laguna Madre Estuary Program Environmental Strategic Plan
Lower Coast
Coastal Management Program (CMP)
Texas A&M University-Kingsville
Texas A&M University - Kingsville
Texas A&M University-Kingsville (TAMU-K) is leading a partnered effort to establish an estuary program in the Lower Rio Grande Valley.
Coastal Texas Protection and Restoration Feasibility Study
Coast Wide
Surface Damage Account Fund
United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
The USACE in partnership with the GLO will investigate the feasibility of projects for flood reduction, hurricane and storm damage mitigation and ecosystem restoration along the entire Texas coast. The end product will be a list of projects for the USACE to accomplish and a list projects that can be done on the state and local level.
2017 & 2019 Texas Coastal Resiliency Master Plan
Coast Wide
Community Development Block Grant Program
Community Development Block Grant Program
Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA)
Coastal Management Program (CMP)
Coastal Management Program (CMP)
Texas General Land Office
The GLO will develop a comprehensive, long-term planning framework to ensure a resilient ecologic and economic management of the Texas coast.
Texas Coastal Infrastructure Study
Coast Wide
Community Development Block Grant Program
General Land Office
The Texas Coastal Resiliency Study identifies the critical infrastructure assets, such as water treatment facilities, roads and bridges, within the 22 county coastal study area that are most vulnerable to future storm impacts similar to those experienced during Hurricanes Dolly and Ike.
Storm Surge Suppression Study
Brazoria
Community Development Block Grant Program
Gulf Coast Community Protection and Recovery
In 2013, the GLO entered into an agreement with the Gulf Coast Community Protection and Recovery District (GCCPRD) to conduct a three phase Storm Surge Suppression Study. The study is a technical, scientific based effort to investigate opportunities to alleviate the vulnerability of the upper Texas coast to storm surge and flooding.
Land Protection for Whooping Crane
Refugio
Coastal Impact Assistance Program (CIAP)
Coatsal Bend Bays and Estuaried Program
Acquire land that provides additional habitat for wintering whooping cranes and other important wildlife species in the Coastal Bend area.