County/Region:
Chambers
Project Partner/Recipient:
Chambers County
Summary:
County/Region:
Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas General Land Office
Summary:
The project included the creation of a geotextile tube wave barrier to protect 35 acres of intertidal marsh and 18 acres of tidal flat. Raising bay bottom elevations to levels necessary for intertidal marsh vegetation restored fifteen acres of marsh.
County/Region:
Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas General Land Office
Summary:
This project built marsh mounds and vegetated the mounds with Spartina alterniflora to restore over 78 acres of habitat.
County/Region:
Brazoria
Project Partner/Recipient:
Coastal Prairie Conservancy
Summary:
The Coastal Prairie Conservancy in partnership with Texas Parks and Wildlife Department will purchase and conserve approximately 828 acres of coastal prairie grasslands, wetlands, and bottomland woodland habitat.
County/Region:
Kleberg
Project Partner/Recipient:
Kleberg County
Summary:
Kleberg County renovated and redredged the existing boat ramp at Kaufer-Hubert Memorial Park at Loyola Beach.
County/Region:
Kleberg
Project Partner/Recipient:
Kleberg County
Summary:
Kleberg County replaced old 2x8 wooden planks and 2x6 handrails at the existing 500' public fishing pier in Kaufer-Hubert Memorial Park.
County/Region:
Kleberg
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas General Land Office
Summary:
This project protected the shoreline at Kaufer Hubert Memorial Park with sheet pile bulkhead and riprap revetment.
County/Region:
Kleberg
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas General Land Office
Summary:
This project was Phase II of a Cycle 1 project and included stabilizing the eroding bay shoreline with a sheet pile bulkhead.
County/Region:
Jefferson
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas General Land Office
Summary:
This project completed an alternatives analysis to build a water control structure for shoreline protection and marsh restoration.
County/Region:
Jefferson
Project Partner/Recipient:
Jefferson County
Summary:
This project conducted a feasibility study to determine the best erosion control solution for Keith Lake Fish Pass where erosion has widened and deepened the pass at Keith Lake Cut, allowing salt water to penetrate the marshes of Sea Rim State Park.
County/Region:
Jefferson
Project Partner/Recipient:
Jefferson County
Summary:
This project modified 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.
County/Region:
Calhoun
Project Partner/Recipient:
Matagorda Bay Foundation
Summary:
The project will conduct preliminary design and modeling for shoreline protection along the Sand Point Peninsula in Keller Bay. Deliverables will include data collection, a feasibility study, and alternatives analysis.
County/Region:
Aransas
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas General Land Office
Summary:
This project included the alternatives analysis, permitting, design and construction phases of a 224-foot bulkhead at Key Allegro.
County/Region:
Aransas
Project Partner/Recipient:
Key Allegro Canal Owners and Home Owners Association
Summary:
This project constructed a 1,150-foot concrete sheet pile bulkhead between the road and bay shore.
County/Region:
Cameron
Project Partner/Recipient:
Cameron County
Summary:
Cameron County constructed a handicap accessible walkway to a bird watch blind for the public to observe the array of distinct types of coastal birds that breed and establish shelter and habitat in the area.
County/Region:
Lower Coast
Project Partner/Recipient:
The Nature Conservancy
Summary:
The Nature Conservancy developed a comprehensive conservation plan for the Laguna Madre Project Area.
County/Region:
Lower Coast
Project Partner/Recipient:
The Center for Progressive Studies and Culture, Inc.
Summary:
The Center for Progressive Studies and Culture, Inc. continued to gather 24-hour dissolved oxygen monitoring data from the Laguna Madre.
County/Region:
Cameron
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas A&M University - Kingsville
Summary:
Texas A&M University – Kingsville developed a Strategic Plan to establish a National Estuary Program in the Lower Laguna Madre watershed.
County/Region:
Willacy
Project Partner/Recipient:
Willacy County Navigation District
Summary:
This project developed a sediment management plan for dredge material coming from the Mansfield Ship Channel including the development of sediment management concepts, specifically for the creation and potential expansion of rookery islands.
County/Region:
Willacy
Project Partner/Recipient:
Willacy County Navigation District
Summary:
The project will complete design and permitting for rookery island restoration in the Laguna Madre in coordination with the beneficial use of dredged material from the Willacy County Navigation District.