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Coastal Projects

Lower Laguna Madre Regional Treatment Wetland System - Phase 1 - Subrecipient

County/Region: Cameron
Project Partner/Recipient: Lower Rio Grande Valley Development Council
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Lower Rio Grande Valley Low Impact Development Outreach Education and Demonstration Program

County/Region: Cameron
Project Partner/Recipient: Texas A&M University - Kingsville
Summary:

Texas A&M University - Kingsville designed and constructed a bioretention system to remove pollutants from stormwater runoff and improve water quality at the selected colonia.

Lower Rio Grande/Río Bravo Water Quality Initiative - Subrecipient

County/Region: Cameron
Project Partner/Recipient: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
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Lower Rio Grande/Rio Bravo Water Quality Initiative: Phase 1

County/Region: Cameron
Project Partner/Recipient: University of Texas at Austin
Summary: The University of Texas at Austin will develop a binational binational watershed restoration and protection plan framework document to improve water quality in the Lower Rio Grande/Rio Bravo.

Mad Island Marsh Preserve SP Phase I

County/Region: Matagorda
Project Partner/Recipient: The Nature Conservancy
Summary: This project addressed the permitting and final design for shoreline protection at Mad Island Marsh Preserve.

Mad Island Restoration

County/Region: Matagorda
Project Partner/Recipient: Texas R.I.C.E
Summary: Texas RICE installed water control structures on the many ditches that feed from the farm and grazing fields on the Mad Island Preserve into the marsh.

Mad Island Shoreline Protection and Ecosystem Restoration Phase III

County/Region: Matagorda
Project Partner/Recipient: The Nature Conservancy
Summary: This project will implement Phase III of a habitat restoration and shoreline stabilization project by completing 100% engineering and constructing 10,340 feet of breakwater to provide adjacent to the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) in Matagorda County.

Mad Island Shoreline Protection Project

County/Region: Matagorda
Project Partner/Recipient: Nature Conservancy of Texas
Summary: This project provided an offshore rock breakwater parallel to the existing shoreline for a distance of approximately 2.5 miles.

Mad Island Wildlife Management Area Shoreline Protection II

County/Region: Matagorda
Project Partner/Recipient: Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD)
Summary: This project emplaced 2,974 linear feet of breakwater riprap along the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW).

Mad Island WMA Prairie and Wetland Restoration

County/Region: Matagorda
Project Partner/Recipient: Texas R.I.C.E
Summary: Texas RICE constructed an approximately 35-acre wetland and restored 30 acres of abandoned farmland into native prairie on the Mad Island Wildlife Management Area, which provides significant value to wildlife and water quality.

Mad Island WMA Shoreline Protection

County/Region: Matagorda
Project Partner/Recipient: Ducks Unlimited, Inc.
Summary: This project was the final construction phase to complete protection along the entirety of GIWW shoreline within Mad Island WMA.

Magnolia and Indianola Beach Pavilions

County/Region: Calhoun
Project Partner/Recipient: Calhoun County
Summary:

Calhoun County constructed two pavilions for public use in the Miller Point area with the goal of encouraging ecotourism and outdoor education.

Magnolia Beach CAP 206

County/Region: Calhoun
Project Partner/Recipient: Calhoun County
Summary: This project conducted an ecosystem restoration feasibility study with the USACE under Section 206 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 to examine the potential for restoration of a large complex of salt marshes in the Magnolia-Indianola area.

Magnolia Beach Shoreline Protection Phase 1

County/Region: Calhoun
Project Partner/Recipient: Calhoun County
Summary: This project included gathering all the necessary bid package components to initiate work at Magnolia Beach.

Magnolia Inlet

County/Region: Calhoun
Project Partner/Recipient: Texas A&M AgriLife Research
Summary: This project included wetland restoration and erosion control accomplished by removing material blocking the Magnolia Inlet to restore flow to the wetlands in Calhoun County, TX.

Mangrove Expansion Alters Sediment and Water Quality and Affects Biodiversity in Texas Wetlands

County/Region: Aransas
Project Partner/Recipient: Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
Summary:

Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi studied black mangrove expansion in the Mission-Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve.

Mapping & Creation of Significant Washover Features

County/Region: Coastwide
Project Partner/Recipient: Texas General Land Office
Summary:

This project compiled storm and aerial photographic information that can be used to determine areas of probable overwash during coastal storms.

Mapping and Assessment of the Aquatic Habitats within South Bay Coastal Preserve

County/Region: Cameron
Project Partner/Recipient: Texas Parks & Wildlife Department
Summary: Texas Parks and Wildlife Department identified and delineated the aquatic habitats found in the South Bay Coastal Preserve (approximately 10 square miles) by acquiring color aerial photography at a scale of 1:9600.

Mapping Bottom Type and Anthropogenic and Natural Impacts on Sediments in Galveston Bay, Phase 2

County/Region: Upper Coast
Project Partner/Recipient: Texas A&M University
Summary: Texas A&M University constructed detailed maps of the Galveston Bay bottom in four areas, two each in Trinity Bay and East Bay.

Mapping Bottom Type and Anthropogenic Impacts on Sediments in Galveston Bay

County/Region: Upper Coast
Project Partner/Recipient: Texas A&M University
Summary: Texas A&M University studied several portions of the Galveston Bay bottom using side-scan sonar and other geophysical tools to make high-resolution maps of bottom type with centimeter-scale resolution.