County/Region:
Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient:
Nature Conservancy of Texas
Summary:
This project completed approximately 1,600 feet of rock breakwater to protect existing marsh and about 15 acres of created marsh in spring 2002.
County/Region:
Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient:
Galveston Bay Foundation
Summary:
This project constructed the third-phase extension of the existing living shoreline protection project along of the Moses Lake north shoreline.
County/Region:
Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient:
Nature Conservancy of Texas
Summary:
This project completde 4,000 ft of shoreline protection to mitigate shoreline and coastal habitat loss adjacent to a wildlife preserve.
County/Region:
Lower Coast
Project Partner/Recipient:
Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program
Summary:
Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries Program provided a series of outreach lectures targeted at community leaders in civic and business organizations.
County/Region:
Harris
Project Partner/Recipient:
Galveston Bay Foundation
Summary:
Galveston Bay Foundation conducted homeowner workshops related to nonpoint source pollution in the Galveston area.
County/Region:
Nueces
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas A&M University Corpus Christi (TAMUCC)
Summary:
This project studied Mustang and North Padre Island beach maintenance impacts and provided recommendations for Best Management Practices in Nueces County, TX.
County/Region:
Nueces
Project Partner/Recipient:
University of Texas Bureau of Economic Geology (UTBEG)
Summary:
The Bureau of Economic Geology at the University of Texas at Austin created geoenvironmental atlases for Mustang Island and Galveston Island State Parks.
County/Region:
Nueces
Project Partner/Recipient:
Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program
Summary:
Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries Program repaired existing and installed new bollards to protect the entire 1,200 acre Mollie Beattie and Kate's Hole preserves, improved existing driveways and parking areas, removed debris, and installed signage.
County/Region:
Cameron
Project Partner/Recipient:
Cameron County
Summary:
This project conducted beach nourishment activities within a 600-foot construction width along 12-miles of shoreline in North Cameron County.
County/Region:
Matagorda
Project Partner/Recipient:
The Nature Conservancy
Summary:
The Nature Conservancy installed a nature trail bordering Mad Island Slough.
County/Region:
Calhoun
Project Partner/Recipient:
City of Port Lavaca
Summary:
The City of Port Lavaca developed engineering plans and specifications to informally bid the construction of a wooden boardwalk below the existing retaining wall to allow access to the pump-out station at the Nautical Landings Marina.
County/Region:
Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas A&M University of Galveston (TAMUG)
Summary:
Recognizing the need for additional information from field measurements, this data collection and research project gathered new field data to further understanding of nearshore wave and current conditions in Region 1 of the Texas Coast.
County/Region:
Calhoun
Project Partner/Recipient:
Calhoun County
Summary:
Calhoun County will add amenities to the Bill Sanders County Park.
County/Region:
Brazoria
Project Partner/Recipient:
Village of Surfside Beach
Summary:
The Village of Surfside constructed three portable beach cabanas to provide improved shoreline services to beach visitors.
County/Region:
Harris
Project Partner/Recipient:
Houston Parks Board
Summary:
County/Region:
Aransas
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD)
Summary:
This project is Phase 1 of an effort to protect approximately 2.5 miles of shoreline and 280 acres of estuarine marsh habitat at Newcomb Point and Newcomb Bend, collectively referred to as Newcomb Marsh, in Copano Bay.
County/Region:
Nueces
Project Partner/Recipient:
Nueces County
Summary:
Nueces County built a new gulf access road way to enhance tourist usage of gulf beaches.
County/Region:
Lower Coast
Project Partner/Recipient:
University of Texas at Austin
Summary:
The University of Texas compiled a nutrient database and related parameters, analysed space-time distribution of nutrients in the Coastal Bend bays, and acquired and compiled sonde measurements of salinity, temperature and dissolved oxygen.
County/Region:
Kenedy
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
Summary:
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi developed a conceptual model of nutrient inputs to the bay and the groundwater and surface water inputs to the Laguna Salada.
County/Region:
Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient:
Galveston County
Summary:
This sand source study looked at developing a potential sediment inventory and volume determination of the Bolivar Roads Houston-Galveston Ship Channel north jetty area and amend an existing USACE permit to incorporate potential borrow site(s).