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Coastal Projects

McAllis Point Land Acquisition

Galveston
Coastal Impact Assistance Program (CIAP) Coastal Impact Assistance Program (CIAP)
Trust for Public Land
The Trust for Public Land (TPL) proposes to use FY 2007 to purchase approximately 67 acres of coastal habitat at McAllis Point, located in Galveston County

Powderhorn Ranch Geoenvironmental Atlas: Geology, Wetlands, and Coastal Hazards

Calhoun
Coastal Management Program (CMP) Bureau of Economic Geology
Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas, Bureau of Economic Geology will create a geoenvironmental atlas for Powderhorn Ranch in Calhoun County

CR257 Road Repair and Protective Revetment

Brazoria
Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Department of Emergency Management (DEM)
Brazoria County
Identify and protect CR 257

Galveston Seawall Beach Nourishment

Galveston
Coastal Erosion Planning and Response Act (CEPRA) Galveston Park Board Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Galveston Park Board
Beach nourishment along this area will protect FM 3005 which serves as a hurricane evacuation route.

Corpus Christi North Beach Nourishment

Nueces
Coastal Erosion Planning and Response Act (CEPRA) City of Corpus Christi Coastal Erosion Planning and Response Act (CEPRA)
City of Corpus Christi
The project will provide beach nourishment along Corpus Christi North Beach.

Moses Lake Shoreline Protection Phase 3 and Dollar Bay Marsh Restoration

Galveston
Coastal Erosion Planning and Response Act (CEPRA) U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Galveston Bay Foundation
Follow-up phased shoreline protection and marsh restoration project to the Moses Lake Shoreline Protection Phase 2 project.

North Jetty Sand Search Investigation

Galveston
Coastal Erosion Planning and Response Act (CEPRA) Coastal Impact Assistance Program (CIAP) Galveston County
Galveston County
Joint CEPRA-CIAP funded sand source study to develop a potential sediment inventory and volume determination.

Bryan Beach Nourishment

Brazoria
Coastal Erosion Planning and Response Act (CEPRA) Town of Quintana Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Town of Quintana
The project will provide beach nourishment along Bryan Beach.

Keith Lake Fish Pass Baffle Marsh Restoration

Jefferson
Coastal Erosion Planning and Response Act (CEPRA) Jefferson County Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation Sempra Golden Pass
Jefferson County
Project to modify the Keith Lake Fish Pass through the construction of a rock baffle in the middle of the fish pass to assist in providing conservation of the vast marsh south of the GIWW adjacent to state highway 87 in Jefferson County as one phase of a project to restore the hydrologic pattern of the marsh system to pre-development conditions

Arturo Galvan Coastal Park Living Shoreline

Cameron
Coastal Erosion Planning and Response Act (CEPRA) Coastal Management Program (CMP) City of Port Isabel
City of Port Isabel
Shoreline protection project to construct a previously designed and permitted living shoreline project along approximately 2,000 feet of shoreline at the Arturo Galvan Coastal Park adjacent to the Lower Laguna Madre within the City of Port Isabel.

San Benito Wetlands Project - Phase II

Cameron
Coastal Management Program (CMP) Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, Texas Water Resources Institute
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, Texas Water Resources Institute will restore the remaining ten ponds at the 165-acre water treatment property along the banks of the Arroyo and utilize them to water and treat nearby agricultural runoff before entering the Arroyo Colorado

Wetland Plant Partnership

Upper Coast
Coastal Management Program (CMP) Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will design and construct stormwater wetland demonstration projects in Galveston, Brazoria and Harris counties, a three-county region that contributes flows to Galveston Bay.

A Prototype Information System for Monitoring and Predicting Phytoplankton Productivity over Galveston Bay

Galveston
Coastal Management Program (CMP) Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station
Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station
The Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station will aid decision makers with the capability of maintaining coastal ecosystem health (related to phytoplankton) by creating a prototype phytoplankton productivity information system over Galveston Bay.

Nueces Bay Marsh Volunteer Plantings

Nueces
Coastal Management Program (CMP) Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program
Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program (CBBEP)
The Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program (CBBEP) will implement volunteer marsh plantings at the Nueces Bay Marsh Project site. The CBBEP will "re-plant" areas that were not successful during past events and plant smooth cordgrass along the fringe of the terraces to further enhance the marsh site

Lower Rio Grande Valley Low Impact Development Outreach Education and Demonstration Program

Cameron
Lower Rio Grande Valley Low Impact Development Outreach Education and Demonstration Program > Funding Sources Texas A&M University-Kingsville
Texas A&M University-Kingsville
Texas A&M University at Kingsville (TAMUK) will design and construct a bioretention system to remove pollutants from stormwater runoff and improve water quality at a selected colonia in the Lower Rio Grande Valley

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 their natural environment.

Texas Coastal Planning Program: Providing Technical Assistance to Texas Coastal Communities

Coast Wide
Coastal Management Program (CMP) Texas A&M University Galveston
Texas A&M University at Galveston
Texas A&M University will support land-use and environmental-related planning in Texas coastal communities that lack the planning capacity or knowledge to effectively prepare for issues, such as coastal environmental hazards and economic development.

Shell Bank: Oyster shell recycling, community engagement, teacher institute, and oyster health

Nueces
Coastal Management Program (CMP) Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
The Galveston Bay Foundation will reclaim spent oyster shell from local seafood restaurants and properly cure the shell in preparation for reuse in oyster reef restoration work in Galveston Bay.

Pesticide loading and sediment accumulation in Baffin Bay: Addressing an important stakeholder concern regarding the bay’s health

Kleberg
Coastal Management Program (CMP) Texas A&M University Corpus Christi
Texas A&M University Corpus Christi
Texas A&M University Corpus Christi will coordinate with other Principle Investigators conducting water quality sampling to integrate pesticide sampling into their existing routines.

Toward Wetland Protection in the Houston-Galveston Region: Assessing Mitigation Practices and Facilitating Watershed-Based Decision Making

Harris
Coastal Management Program (CMP) GeoTechnology Research Institute
GeoTechnology Research Institute
The GeoTechnology Research Institute will analyze full 404 permit records (2008-2015) and add them to the reports created in phase 1 of the project to examine the success of mitigation sites.