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Coastal Projects

Developing a Refined Engagement Strategy for Coastal Nonpoint Source Pollution

Coast Wide
Coastal Management Program (CMP)
Texas State University
This project includes an engagement campaign to highlight the several online resources the Clean Coast Texas program has developed to their intended audiences.

Dollar Bay Shoreline Protection and Wetland Restoration - Phase II

Galveston
Coastal Erosion Planning and Response Act (CEPRA) Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA)
Galveston Bay Foundation
The proposed project is comprised of completing final engineering and design and construction of up to 3,500-foot* of nearshore breakwaters along eroding Dollar Bay shoreline.

Development of Beach Nourishment Regional General Permits and Programmatic Biological Assessments

Coast Wide
Coastal Management Program (CMP)
Atkins North America
Atkins to conduct professional services needed to complete two biological assessments for the upper and lower Texas coast and the application package to be submitted to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for regional general permits for the GLO to conduct beach nourishment on public, critically eroding, Gulf-facing beaches.

Boggy Bayou Nature Park Shoreline Protection and Restoration-Phase 2

Calhoun
Coastal Erosion Planning and Response Act (CEPRA) Calhoun County
Calhoun County
A preliminary timeline for Phase 2 includes the development of the bid package during 2022 and 2023, followed by construction beginning in late 2023 under Phase 3.

Protection of the GIWW Shoreline at the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge

Aransas
Coastal Erosion Planning and Response Act (CEPRA) Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program (CBBEP)
Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program
The proposed restoration project directly enhances USFWS’s ongoing efforts towards the recovery of the endangered Whooping Cranes. The project supports the habitat protection and restoration goals outlined in the “International Recovery Plan for the Whooping Crane”.

Aransas National Wildlife Refuge Dagger Point Shoreline Protection-Phase II

Aransas
Coastal Erosion Planning and Response Act (CEPRA) Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA)
Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program
Shoreline protection and bluff stabilization for the eroding shoreline of the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge along San Antonio Bay, particularly along Dagger Point.

San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge Shoreline Protection

Brazoria
Coastal Erosion Planning and Response Act (CEPRA) Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA) Ducks Unlimited
Ducks Unlimited
This project will result in the construction of rock breakwaters along the GIWW shoreline. The structures will reduce wave energy and will prevent shoreline erosion.

Swan Point Resiliency and Restoration

Calhoun
Coastal Erosion Planning and Response Act (CEPRA) Calhoun County
Calhoun County
Calhoun County will partner with the GLO for the development of a holistic use of dredge material for environmental restoration in the Swan Point area.

West Bay Living Shorelines and Habitat Restoration

Galveston
Coastal Erosion Planning and Response Act (CEPRA) Galveston Bay Foundation
Galveston Bay Foundation
In an effort to expand upon more than 20 years of habitat restoration efforts in West Galveston Bay, the Galveston Bay Foundation (GBF) will implement a project to protect, enhance, and restore up 145 acres of estuarine habitat in West Galveston Bay. This phase, Phase I, will involve securing an advisory team of local, state, and federal partners, conducting necessary site assessments/surveys, and hiring an engineering firm to produce a 30-50% design. Upon completion of the engineering and design phase, GBF will secure all necessary permits prior to construction.

Region 2 and 3 and OCS Central Texas Offshore Sediment Inventory Surveys

Lower Coast
Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA) BOEM
General Land Office
The GLO Offshore Sediment Inventory Project will utilize approximately $1,000,000 in federal funds to expand data collection into portions of the Outer Continental Shelf along Texas' lower coastline.

Developing Implementation Resources of the Coastal NPS Pollution Control Program for the Texas Coastal Management Program

Coast Wide
Coastal Management Program (CMP)
Texas State University
The purpose of this project was to continue building on previous efforts of the Clean Coast Texas (CCT) program with broad outreach and direct engagement to support implementation of the Guidance for Sustainable Stormwater Drainage on the Texas Coast (Sustainable Stormwater Manual) by coastal communities.

Analysis of sediment transport Nueces & Corpus Christi Bays

Kleberg
Coastal Erosion Planning and Response Act (CEPRA) Texas A&M University - Kingsville University of Texas Marine Science Institute
Texas A&M Kingsville & University of Texas Marine Science Institute
Analyze and model the sediment transport in the Corpus Christi and Nueces Bays, and thereby provide a base model that can be used by regional stakeholders to evaluate the sediment distribution areas and rates of sediment loss due to erosion in response to different events and development scenarios.

Integrated Living Shoreline Tools and Community Outreach

Coast Wide
Coastal Management Program (CMP) Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
The aim of this project was to inform coastal landowners about the benefits, types, and permitting processes related to implementing living shoreline features along the coast of Texas.

South Padre Island Dune Restoration

Cameron
Coastal Management Program (CMP) City of South Padre Island
City of South Padre Island
The South Padre Island dune restoration project addressed the need to provide safer public access from coastal hazards presented along the gulf Coast.

Hollaway - 2021 Sediment Workshop

Coast Wide
Coastal Management Program (CMP)
General Land Office
The Coastal Protection Division of the Texas General Land Office (GLO) hosted a virtual Sediment Workshop on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021, from 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Hydrologic monitoring and modeling to aid restoration of the Welder Flats Marsh for Whooping Cranes

Calhoun
Hydrologic monitoring and modeling to aid restoration of the Welder Flats Marsh for Whooping Cranes > Funding Sources
TAMU AgriLife Extension Service
Agrlife will conduct hydrologic monitoring and data collection.

Updating the National Wetland Inventory in Coastal Texas

Coast Wide
Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA)
Ducks Unlimited,
Ducks Unlimited will produce updated wetland maps from Galveston to the Texas-Louisiana border using the most current available imagery, data, and mapping techniques, as the wetland inventory of the region is severely outdated.

Lower Laguna Madre Hydrodynamic Characterization

Cameron
Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA)
Cameron County
Cameron County, in partnership with Research Applied Technology Education Services, Inc. (RATES), will 1) expand the River and Estuary Observation Network-Rio Grande Valley’s network of Real-Time-Hydrologic-Systems (RTHS) stations.

Assessing flow and sediment dynamics of Lower Brazos and San Bernard Basins

Brazoria
Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA)
University of Texas at Arlington
The University of Texas at Arlington and TAMU-Galveston will undertake field campaigns and modeling experiments to help attain a clearer understanding of flow connectivity and sediment dynamics along the Brazos River, the San Bernard River, Caney Creek, and the surrounding area.

Packery Channel Nature Park Shoreline Enhancement

Nueces
Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA)
Nueces County
Nueces County Coastal Parks Department (the County) will improve Packery Channel Park by constructing a resilient living shoreline.