Saving Our Coastal Heritage
Upper Coast
Coastal Management Program (CMP)
The Trust for Public Land
Stewardship Exchange Team
The Trust for Public Land
Project to enable a local Galveston Bay community to plan and implement strategies to conserve open space on a local level, for multiple benefits, with emphasis on Coastal Natural Resource Areas.
Saving Our Coastal Heritage - Texas Rural County Demonstration Project
Chambers
Coastal Management Program (CMP)
The Trust for Public Land
The Trust for Public Land (TPL) will implement the second phase of a three-phase strategy to create a blueprint or "greenprint" for land conservation and preservation in Chambers County, a rural county in the lower watershed of Galveston Bay. While this strategy's primarily purpose is land conservation for public access, it will include the identification of other community driven priorities to create a long-term plan for Chambers County.
Saving Our Coastal Heritage – Texas Rural County Demonstration Project
Upper Coast
Coastal Management Program (CMP)
The Trust for Public Land
The Saving Our Coastal Heritage – Texas Rural County Demonstration Project is an initiative of the Trust for Public Land (TPL) that will provide guidance for Texas coastal communities in accomplishing this conservation, on a local watershed or county level, for multiple benefits. This demonstration project will be conducted in Chambers County, which is a rural county in the lower watershed of Galveston Bay.
Scenic Resources Design Guidelines for the Texas Coastal Zone
Coast Wide
Coastal Management Program (CMP)
Texas Tech University
Texas Tech University
Texas Tech University will use recent research findings and develop practical means for illustrating scenic recommendations through design and land use guidelines for protection of the scenic resources of the Texas coastal zone that will be presented in a book, CD, and Internet webpage.
Science & Spanish Club Network: The Only Barrier Along the Texas Coast are Islands
Lower Coast
Coastal Management Program (CMP)
Gulf of Mexico Foundation
Gulf of Mexico Foundation
The Gulf of Mexico Foundation’s (GMF), Science & Spanish Club Network, (SSCN) is an ecosystem-based and multi cultural approach to coastal environmental education established in 2000. This project proposal, “Science & Spanish Club Network: The Only Barriers Along the Texas Coast are Islands” continues to build upon previously CMP funded projects. This project also builds upon the successes of past and present collaborations with a mix of working partnerships that continue to strengthen the SSCN sense of confidence in carrying out activities that lead to tasks deliverables.
Science-Based Monitoring of Created Wetlands and Restored Habitat within the Galveston Bay System
Upper Coast
Coastal Management Program (CMP)
University of Houston at Clearlake
Galveston Bay Foundation
PBS&J Environmental Toxicology Laboratory
RWR Environmental Consulting
University of Houston at Clearlake
The University of Houston-Clear Lake, in partnership with the Galveston Bay Foundation, will monitor habitat restoration sites within the Galveston Bay system to look at the impact of restoration on plants and animals.
Science-based Monitoring of Created Wetlands and Restored Habitat within the Galveston Bay System
Galveston
Coastal Management Program (CMP)
University of Houston-Clear Lake
University of Houston-Clear Lake
Conduct research to monitor multiple habitat restoration sites within the Galveston Bay system.
Sea Island Circle Beach Access Amenity Improvements
Cameron
Coastal Management Program (CMP)
The City of South Padre Island
The City of South Padre Island
The City of South Padre Island will add amenities to the Sea Island Circle Public Beach Access, including public restrooms, changing rooms, and a rinse station.
Sea Turtle Conservation Near Padre Island National Seashore
Cameron
Coastal Impact Assistance Program (CIAP)
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department will help-re-establish a nesting colony of Kemps Ridley sea turtles on the Padre Island National Seashore. Nesting patrols, using all terrain vehicles, will conduct inspections repeatedly each day from the first of April through mid-July and daily from mid-July to mid-August. Also funds will be used to educate and involve the community, support volunteers who aid with turtle observations, conduct media interviews, distribute handouts and posters, and invite the public to view hatchling releases.
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.
Seagrass and Epiphyte Hyperspectral Imaging for Efficient Integrated Measurement of Water Quality
Nueces
Coastal Management Program (CMP)
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
Develop a data-rich imaging-based technology for processing large number of samples.
Seagrass Monitoring and Assessment in Texas Coastal Waters
Lower Coast
Coastal Management Program (CMP)
The University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas at Austin
Seagrass Monitoring and Assessment in Texas Coastal Waters
Seagrass Response to Wastewater Inputs: Implementation of a Seagrass Monitoring Program in Two Texas Estuaries
Coast Wide
Coastal Management Program (CMP)
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department will investigate the impact of wastewater discharge on seagrass by study of the potentially-impacted site and a reference site. It will also be a pilot project to test recent recommendations for coastwide seagrass monitoring,
Seaside Beach Access Improvements
Cameron
Coastal Management Program (CMP)
South Padre Island
South Padre Island
A new walkover is vital to providing adequate public beach access and keeping the dune system strong and free of weak points leading to gaps and washovers.
Sediment Characterization along Texas Gulf Beaches
Coast Wide
Coastal Management Program (CMP)
General Land Office
The intent of the project is to establish representative values for sediment grain size, percent fines, sorting index, and other parameters to help establish guidelines for selecting borrow sources for beach nourishment projects.
Sediment Management Strategies For Accreting Gulf Beaches In Urban Areas City Of Port Aransas
Aransas
Coastal Management Program (CMP)
Texas General Land Office
Beach maintenance activities within the city and the potential impact of those activities on the beach and dune system
Sediment Monitoring in Galveston Bay
Upper Coast
Coastal Management Program (CMP)
Texas Water Development Board
The monitoring of sediment data will allow sediments budgets to be calculated & detemine needs of coastal wetlands.
Sediment Monitoring in Galveston Bay - Final Phase
Upper Coast
Coastal Management Program (CMP)
Texas Water Development Board
The fifth year of a cooperative research study that seeks to document the effects of the Lake Livingston dam on downstream sedimentation processes, in particular the delivery of sediment to the lower Trinity River and the Trinity Bay estuary and, ultimately, Galveston Bay. This project will resolve issues raised by results obtained during the first four years of the project with respect to the effects of various human and natural controls on sediment transport and storage in the lower Trinity River.
Settegast Coastal Heritage Preserve
Galveston
Coastal Impact Assistance Program (CIAP)
Artist Boat
To purchase acres of coastal barrier habitat & develop a Habitat Mangement Plan & Educational Program.
SH 316 Shoreline Protection (Ocean Drive Living Shoreline)
Calhoun
Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA)
Texas Department of Transportation
Coastal Erosion Planning and Response Act (CEPRA)
Texas Department of Transportation
Engineering design, permitting and construction of a project to stabilize approximately 3,700 feet of highly-eroding Matagorda Bay shoreline.