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Coastal Projects

Sylvan Beach, Shoreline Protection

Harris
Coastal Erosion Planning and Response Act (CEPRA) City of La Porte
City of LaPorte
This project consisted of an alternatives analysis for a stretch of shoreline located along the historic Sylvan Beach area, within the City of La Porte in Harris County. The alternatives analysis evaluated methods of slowing the shoreline retreat of an area approximately 2,000 feet in length through the use of engineered shoreline protection structures as well as enhancing public access to the shoreline. The incorporation of a recreational beach to replace the historic beach lost to erosion was also considered.

Sylvan Rodriguez Park Habitat Restoration Project - Phase II

Harris
Coastal Management Program (CMP) City of Houston Parks and Recreation Department
City of Houston Parks and Recreation Department
The City of Houston Parks and Recreation Department (HPARD) will continue working to restore Sylvan Rodriguez Park back to a native prairie ecosystem.

Sylvian Rodriguez Park Habitat Restoration Project

Harris
Coastal Management Program (CMP) City of Houston Parks and Recreation Department
The Houston Parks and Recreation Department
The Houston Parks and Recreation Department (HPARD) will restore 72 acres of coastal prairie habitat in Sylvan Rodriguez Park.

Tabbs Bay

Harris
Coastal Management Program (CMP) City of Baytown
City of Baytown
The project entails the removal of additional submerged and partially submerged pilings

Tabbs Bay Enhancement Project

Harris
Coastal Management Program (CMP) Baytown
City of Baytown
The City of Baytown will remove and dispose of approximately 450 submerged and partially submerged pilings from derelict drilling rigs, defunct derrick platforms, and damaged service docks/piers from Tabbs Bay

Tabbs Bay Project

Harris
Coastal Management Program (CMP) City of Baytown
City of Baytown
The City of Baytown will improve shoreline access, benefit and enhance public utilization, and aid ecotourism development. Specifically, the project entails the removal of chemically treated, submerged and partially submerged pilings from derelict drilling rigs, defunct derrick platforms, and damaged service docks and piers from Tabbs Bay.

Tapley Tributary Restoration

Harris
Coastal Management Program (CMP) Buffalo Bayou Partnership
Buffalo Bayou Partnership
The Buffalo Bayou Partnership will complete habitat, water quality and flood capacity improvements to the Tapley Tributary and the adjacent segment of Buffalo Bayou’s riparian buffer.

Tarball Classification and Hydrous Pyrolysis Treatment

Coast Wide
Oil Spill Prevention & Response Act (OSPRA) Research and Development
Texas A&M University
The goal of this project is to develop a robust analytical and data pipeline for tarball classification and determine whether tarball samples collected at different times and locations may be similar to each other.

Tarball Classification and Similarity Index

Coast Wide
Oil Spill Prevention & Response Act (OSPRA) Research and Development
Texas A&M - College Station
The objective of the project is to develop and maintain a tarball classification and similarity index data base.

Taylor Bayou Wetlands Acquisition

Harris
Coastal Management Program (CMP) City of Shoreacres
City of Shoreacres
The City of Shoreacres will buy and develop a passive-use park of four acres with frontage on two branches of Taylor Bayou.

Teachers on the Mission-Aransas Estuary

Lower Coast
Coastal Management Program (CMP) The University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas at Austin
Help teachers educate students about the values of coastal natural resource areas.

Tern Island Rookery Shoreline Protection Phase 2

Nueces
Coastal Erosion Planning and Response Act (CEPRA) Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program (CBBEP) Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA)
Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program
Protection of Tern Island from ongoing erosion and future sea level rise will help conserve and enhance an important rookery.

Tern Rookery Island Protection and Restoration, Phase I: Feasibility Study & Alternatives Analysis

Nueces
Coastal Management Program (CMP) Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program
Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program
Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program will complete a feasibility and alternatives analysis for a Tern Island restoration / erosion control structure,

Texas Citizen Planner, Local Coastal Planning in the wake of Hurricane Harvey

Coast Wide
Coastal Management Program (CMP) Texas AgriLife Extension Service
Texas AgriLife Extension Service
The Texas AgriLife Extension Service (AgriLife) will develop a coastal planning program for stakeholders along the Texas coast.

Texas Citizen Planner: Local Community Planning for Resiliency and Mitigation

Coast Wide
Coastal Management Program (CMP) Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will fund the Texas Citizen Planner position and provide an education program for locally elected officials to learn how to do planning and mitigation for coastal hazards.

Texas CMP 10th Anniversary Program Review, Phase 1

Coast Wide
Coastal Management Program (CMP)
Hernandez & Company
Conduct a background assessment leading to the design of an effective process for conducting the 10th Anniversary Program Review

Texas Coast-wide Erosion Response Plan Update 2018

Coast Wide
Coastal Erosion Planning and Response Act (CEPRA)
Diamond Coastal and Environmental Services
This evaluation will include, but is not limited to, a review of the accomplishments from projects funded under the Coastal Erosion Planning and Response Act (CEPRA).

Texas Coastal Erosion Data Network

Galveston
Coastal Management Program (CMP) Texas A&M University at Galveston Galveston Bay Estuary Program
Texas A&M University at Galveston
Established new and historical data reports regarding coastal erosion in both gulf and bay-side.

Texas Coastal Erosion Data Network and Data Repository

Galveston
Coastal Management Program (CMP) Texas A&M University at Galveston
Texas A&M University at Galveston
Establish a template for accepting metadata sets & a searchable data base.

Texas Coastal Erosion Data Network and Data Repository

Galveston
Coastal Management Program (CMP) Texas A&M University at Galveston
Texas A&M University at Galveston
Project to maintain and continue to operate the Texas Coastal Erosion Data Network. The project will focus on incorporating a variety of data sets related to oyster reefs in the State of Texas.