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Coastal Projects

Captain Crab Clean Beach Media/Education Campaign and Puppet Show

Lower Coast
Coastal Management Program (CMP) Valley Proud Environmental Council Third Party Match
Valley Proud Environmental Council
Valley Proud Environmental Council will continue to educate residents of the Rio Grande Valley in Texas and northern Mexico and visitors to the beaches of South Padre Island and Boca Chica that it is unhealthy and unlawful to litter beaches.

Celebrating Earth Day-Bay Day in the Coastal Bend, 2010

Lower Coast
Coastal Management Program (CMP) Coastal Bend Bays Foundation Third Party
Coastal Bend Bays Foundation
The Coastal Bend Bays Foundation’s (CBBF) annual Earth Day-Bay Day (EDBD) is geared to the general public to promote a general awareness of the Coastal Bend’s unique coastal natural resources. For the EDBD 2010, CBBF will include, for the first time, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s (TPWD) Coastal Expo Program as part of EDBD. The event will be held in one of the city’s bayfront parks on Saturday, April 17, 2010.

Status and Trends of Coastal Vulnerability to Natural Hazards

Brazoria
Coastal Erosion Planning and Response Act (CEPRA)
Texas A&M University
The Status and Trends of Coastal Vulnerability to Natural Hazards project is a multi-phased project designed to undertake a status and trends study of coastal vulnerability to natural hazards of counties in the Texas Coastal Management Program (CMP) boundary. The target area for this study will be the Galveston, Brazoria, and Harris county areas.

Port Lavaca Causeway Fishing Pier Improvements

Calhoun
Coastal Management Program (CMP) City of Port Lavaca
City of Port Lavaca
The City of Port Lavaca will construct approximately 100 linear feet of new public fishing pier to continue closing the gap between the landward end of the Port Lavaca Causeway Fishing Pier and the pier section that was isolated by a fire in 2003.

City of South Padre Island Beach Nourishment with Beneficial Use of Dredged Material

Cameron
Coastal Erosion Planning and Response Act (CEPRA)
City of South Padre Island
This project, conducted in conjunction with Project #1453 under a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, beneficially used material dredged from the Brazos Santiago Pass to nourish over a mile of gulf shoreline beach four to five miles north of the north jetty within the corporate limits of the City of South Padre Island.

Isla Blanca Park Beach Nourishment w/Beneficial Use of Dredged Material

Cameron
Coastal Erosion Planning and Response Act (CEPRA) United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
Cameron County
This project, conducted in conjunction with Project #1456 under a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, beneficially used material dredged from the Brazos Santiago Pass nourish the adjacent gulf shoreline beach at Isla Blanca Park.

Surfside Beach Emergency Beach Nourishment

Brazoria
Coastal Erosion Planning and Response Act (CEPRA) Coastal Impact Assistance Program (CIAP) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Texas 81st Legislative Appropriation
Village of Surfside
This project, along with Project #1471, is part of an emergency erosion response strategy to address the critical erosion of the gulf-facing shoreline adjacent to Beach Drive at the Village of Surfside.

Surfside Shoreline Stabilization

Brazoria
Coastal Erosion Planning and Response Act (CEPRA) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Villiage of Surfside Beach
This project, along with Project #1511, is part of an emergency erosion response strategy to address the critical erosion of the gulf-facing shoreline adjacent to Beach Drive at the Village of Surfside. The project entails the use of FEMA Public Assistance funds coupled with CEPRA funds to repair damages from Hurricane Ike to the revetment adjacent to Beach Drive at the Village of Surfside Beach, which was originally completed in August 2008 in CEPRA Cycle 5. The goal of the project is to repair and enhance the revetment structure beyond the pre-Ike design.

Port Aransas Nature Preserve Shoreline Protection Repair

Nueces
Coastal Erosion Planning and Response Act (CEPRA) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) City of Port Aransas
City of Port Aransas
This project will restore portions of a revetment damaged by Hurricane Ike back to their original post-construction state. The revetment was installed along 6,000 feet of shoreline adjacent to the Corpus Christi Ship Channel and jetties at the mouth of Piper Channel near Port Aransas during the Cycle 5 phase of a phased shoreline protection program that began in Cycle 1 and continued through Cycles 2, 3, 4 and 5. Over 2,000 acres of wetland habitat at the Port Aransas Nature Preserve are being protected by this erosion response project.

Coast-Wide Erosion Response Plan Updates 2010-2011

Coast Wide
Coastal Erosion Planning and Response Act (CEPRA) Coastal Management Program (CMP)
General Land Office
This project has assisted the GLO in identifying critical erosion areas while recognizing socio- and environmental economic issues and was utilized by the GLO to revise rules as necessitated by the passage of HB 2073 and HB 2074 by the 81st Texas Legislature. As required by HB2073, the updated plan will serve as a template for local governments in drafting their local erosion response plans.

Surfside Feasibility Study Phase 2

Galveston
Coastal Erosion Planning and Response Act (CEPRA)
General Land Office
This project updated a study initiated in Cycle 4 and completed in Cycle 5 which evaluated the factors contributing to the accelerated erosion rates of the gulf-facing shoreline adjacent to Beach Drive at the Village of Surfside Beach, examined feasible structural and/or non-structural engineered solutions to stabilize that segment of shoreline for the next 25 years and identified the preferred alternative to reduce erosion and minimize sand loss.

Oso Bay Wetland Preserve - Property Acquisition

Nueces
Coastal Management Program (CMP) Third Party
City of Corpus Christi
The City of Corpus Christi will acquire 49.53+/- acres, known as the Gaines tract, of uplands, floodplain, wetlands and sand flats as part of the development of the new 162 +/-acre Oso Bay Wetland Preserve.

Surfside Jetty Park Waterfront Revitalization

Brazoria
Coastal Management Program (CMP) Brazoria County
Brazoria County Parks Department
Brazoria County will construct a previously destroyed footbridge and walking trail and add interpretive signs. The footbridge will allow visitors to cross over a natural saltwater lagoon (native fish and vegetation habitat) to a bird observation platform and walking trail, on which the interpretive signage will be installed. The walking trail winds through native beach grasses and other plant species to a public restroom facility, picnic palapas, and additional shoreline access and parking.

Boater Waste Education Campaign

Upper Coast
Coastal Management Program (CMP) Galveston Bay Foundation
Galveston Bay Foundation
The Galveston Bay Foundation will decrease the incidences of illegal discharge of boater sewage waste in the Galveston Bay Estuary, particularly Clear Lake, through targeted outreach and education to boaters.

Seabed Mapping of the Lower Shoreface and Inner Shelf of Galveston Island-Post Ike

Galveston
Coastal Management Program (CMP) Texas A&M University at Galveston
Texas A&M University at Galveston
In collaboration with the U.S. Geological Survey, Texas A&M University at Galveston will map the inner shelf of Galveston Island from approximately 8 feet of water to 30 feet of water using swath bathymetry (comparable to multibeam), side scan sonar, and CHIRP seismic, coupled with the collection of surface sediment grab samples. The side-scan sonar and swath bathymetry will be used to develop bathymetry (seabed topography) maps and identify sediment types.

Cove Harbor Drainage and Stormwater Management Plan

Aransas
Coastal Management Program (CMP) Aransas County Navigation District
Aransas County Navigation District
This project will help control and prevent stormwater contaminants from influencing the wetlands and bay waters, and also improve economic development through improved tenant operations involving runoff control.

Follets Beach Access Point

Brazoria
Coastal Management Program (CMP) Third party
Brazoria County Parks Department
The Brazoria County Parks Department will construct parking and pedestrian beach access through a 5.9-acre parcel of property, donated by a private individual, to access the beach.

Brazilian Peppertree Treatment and Control on Galveston Island

Galveston
Coastal Management Program (CMP) Galveston Bay Foundation
Galveston Bay Foundation
The Galveston Bay Foundation will implement the second year of a minimum three-year chemical treatment regime for highly invasive Brazilian peppertrees on Galveston Island. As the plant is predominantly contained to Galveston Island at the present time, this project represents an opportunity to implement a control program with the potential to head off a much larger problem.

Brazoria County Dune Restoration

Brazoria
Coastal Management Program (CMP) Brazoria County
Brazoria County Parks Department
Brazoria County Parks Department will partner with the Brazoria County Marine Extension, Texas Master Naturalists Cradle of Texas Chapter, the Save Our Beach Association (SOBA), and the Brazoria County Road and Bridge Department (Precincts) to plant 100,000 bitter panicum (Panicum Anarum) and marsh-hay cord-grass (Spartina Patens) plants along a 14-mile section of dunes.

Update of Gulf Coast Critical Erosion Rates

Galveston
Coastal Management Program (CMP) Coastal Erosion Planning and Response Act (CEPRA)
The University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas, Bureau of Economic Geology (BEG), will determine the most recent long-term rates of shoreline change along the Gulf of Mexico shoreline of Texas by comparing previously determined past shoreline positions with positions interpreted from the most recent suitable aerial photographs available at the time the study.