County/Region:
Upper Coast
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas A&M University - AgriLife Extension Service
Summary:
The WaterSmart Program of the Texas AgriLife Extension Service implemented an educational and outreach initiative that included the installation of a minimum of three demonstration rain gardens in high visibility areas.
County/Region:
Coastwide
Project Partner/Recipient:
National Audubon Society, d.b.a. Audubon Texas
Summary:
Audubon Texas reached coastal users and educated birders, anglers, youth, non-English speaking citizens and the general public about coastal resources, threats to coastal health, and steps individuals can take toward becoming coastal stewards.
County/Region:
Cameron
Project Partner/Recipient:
University of Texas - Pan American
Summary:
The University of Texas documented seagrass distribution and biomass patterns in the Lower Laguna Madre and assessed recovery of seagrass following the 2010 historic freshet due to Hurricane Alex.
County/Region:
Coastwide
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
Summary:
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi built on previous study efforts of bayhead deltas degradation and erosional loss, focusing on recent changes in four bayhead delta systems.
County/Region:
Lower Coast
Project Partner/Recipient:
University of Texas Bureau of Economic Geology (UTBEG)
Summary:
The University of Texas mapped the Gulf shoreline position in Nueces and Kleberg Counties using Global Positioning System (GPS) techniques and to evaluate shoreline movement since 1974.
Reconnaissance - Level Assessment of Erosion Mitigation Options, Magnolia Beach Area, Texas( 98-034)
County/Region:
Calhoun
Project Partner/Recipient:
Calhoun County
Summary:
Calhoun County completed an engineering study to determine the most cost-effective option to slow or halt erosion along the portion of Calhoun County between Magnolia Beach and the Indianola Historic Site.
County/Region:
Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient:
Park Board of Trustees of the City of Galveston
Summary:
The Park Board of Trustees of the City of Galveston improved and elevated roadways within Stewart Beach, made beach access improvements, created emergency and service vehicle access areas, and planted native vegetation.
County/Region:
Jefferson
Project Partner/Recipient:
Lamar University
Summary:
Lamar University examined the recovery from Hurricane Ike of microbial, plant, amphibian, reptilian, mammalian and avian communities, on a longitudinal gradient along the coast.
County/Region:
Nueces
Project Partner/Recipient:
City of Corpus Christi
Summary:
The City of Corpus Christi acquired 24.43 acres of wetland and upland property adjacent to and contiguous with the existing Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s Redhead Pond Wildlife Management Area.
County/Region:
Nueces
Project Partner/Recipient:
Friends of Redhead Pond and Environmental Stewardship Association
Summary:
Friends of Redhead Pond and Environmental Stewardship Association removed invasive plant species to improve the diversity of native plants and wild bird populations at Redhead Pond.
County/Region:
Orange
Project Partner/Recipient:
Lamar University
Summary:
County/Region:
Upper Coast
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas General Land Office
Summary:
The project conducted high-resolution geophysical surveys offshore in Region 4 and the Lower Texas Coast.
County/Region:
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas General Land Office
Summary:
The GLO aimed to assist in building the National Offshore Sand Inventory and MMIS to help reduce response time in disaster recovery and facilitate long-term planning to strengthen the resilience of Texas coastal communities and infrastructure.
County/Region:
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas General Land Office
Summary:
The project collected high-resolution geophysical data along the central region of the federally owned Outer Continental Shelf and offshore state-owned submerged lands in Coastal Resiliency Master Plan Regions 2 and 3.
County/Region:
Lower Coast
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas General Land Office
Summary:
This project conducted geophysical surveys offshore in Region 4 counties in state-owned submerged waters.
County/Region:
Lower Coast
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas A&M University - Kingsville
Summary:
Texas A&M University - Kingsville researched the relationship between wintering redhead duck populations and freshwater availability and their effects on temporal and spatial variation of shoalgrass biomass in the Laguna Madre of Texas.
County/Region:
Upper Coast
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas Water Development Board
Summary:
Texas Water Development Board documented 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.
County/Region:
Upper Coast
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas Water Development Board
Summary:
Texas Water Development Board estimated sediment sources and residence time for the river/delta portion of the Trinity River.
County/Region:
Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient:
Galveston County
Summary:
County/Region:
Harris
Project Partner/Recipient:
Armand Bayou Nature Center
Summary: