County/Region:
Nueces
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas A&M University - Engineering Experiment Station
Summary:
Texas Engineering Experiment Station provided a research-based management system to support the community and State's investment in Corpus Christi area beaches.
County/Region:
Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient:
Galveston County
Summary:
Galveston County constructed four picnic shelter clusters, each consisting of four picnic tables, around the perimeter of Fort Travis Park on Bolivar Peninsula.
County/Region:
Nueces
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas State University
Summary:
Texas State University constructed an interpretive walkway along the shore of the Corpus Christi Ship Channel, culminating in a pavilion on property belonging to the Texas State Aquarium.
County/Region:
Lower Coast
Project Partner/Recipient:
Nueces River Authority
Summary:
The Nueces River Authority continued with the development of a database of permitted OSSFs in Nueces and San Patricio counties within the Lower Nueces River Watershed that can be imported into a Geographic Information System (GIS).
County/Region:
San Patricio
Project Partner/Recipient:
Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program
Summary:
The City of Ingleside on the Bay will (1) purchase a property that is adjacent to a newly created pocket park for a parking area that will support access to the park and (2) construct eight parking spaces and adjacent bioswale to control stormwater.
County/Region:
Cameron
Project Partner/Recipient:
Cameron County
Summary:
Cameron County constructed new restroom facilities and a walkover for accessibility.
County/Region:
Cameron
Project Partner/Recipient:
Cameron County
Summary:
County/Region:
Cameron
Project Partner/Recipient:
Cameron County
Summary:
This beach nourishment project beneficially using dredged material from the Brownsville Ship Channel jetty and entrance channel segments.
County/Region:
Cameron
Project Partner/Recipient:
Cameron County
Summary:
This was a beach nourishment project using dredged material from the Brownsville Ship Channel and annual beach monitoring surveys.
County/Region:
Cameron
Project Partner/Recipient:
Cameron County
Summary:
County/Region:
Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient:
Isla Del Sol Homeowners' Association
Summary:
The project will construct 5.4 acres of marsh along the shoreline of West Galveston Bay using beneficial use of dredged material from the Isla Del Sol channel.
County/Region:
Jefferson
Project Partner/Recipient:
Ducks Unlimited, Inc.
Summary:
County/Region:
Jefferson
Project Partner/Recipient:
Ducks Unlimited, Inc.
Summary:
The GLO is partnered with Ducks Unlimited for the J.D. Murphree Wildlife Management Area (WMA) Shoreline Protection Project to construct approximately 0.5 miles of rock breakwaters along the northern boundary of Salt Bayou Unit in the J.D. Murphree WMA.
County/Region:
Cameron
Project Partner/Recipient:
Cameron County Parks & Recreation Department
Summary:
Cameron County constructed a 40' x 10' lighted fishing pier, a 20' x 6' permanent kayak launching area, and installed trash cans at the fishing pier for proper disposal of trash.
County/Region:
Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient:
City of Jamaica Beach
Summary:
This project restored an engineered dune project destroyed by Hurricane Ike.
County/Region:
Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient:
City of Jamaica Beach
Summary:
This project completed permitting for Jamaica Beach Beach Nourishment CEPRA 1482
County/Region:
Harris
Project Partner/Recipient:
Buffalo Bayou Partnership
Summary:
Buffalo Bayou Partnership acquired a .54-acre property along Japhet Creek and transfered the title to the Houston Parks & Recreation Department for long-term monitoring.
County/Region:
Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient:
City of Clear Lake Shores
Summary:
The City of Clear Lake Shores designed a boardwalk and fishing stations, and conducted a public education campaign on the impacts of exotic species (i.e., nutria) to wetland and estuarine habitats.
County/Region:
Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient:
City of Clear Lake Shores
Summary:
City of Clear Lake Shores developed the Jarboe Bayou Park with a pedestrian linkage to a pedestrian bridge and restored native prairie habitat and rehabilitated natural shoreline along Jarboe Bayou within the community of Clear Lake Shores.
County/Region:
Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient:
Galveston Bay Foundation
Summary:
This project completed final design and construction for multiple nesting island enhancements and oyster reef restoration of four sites in Jones Bay.