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Coastal Projects

CEPRA Economic Studies Report

Coast Wide
Coastal Erosion Planning and Response Act (CEPRA)
General Land Office
The Texas Legislature requires the Texas General Land Office (GLO) to report the economic and natural resource benefits derived from Coastal Erosion Planning and Response Act (CEPRA) funding every biennium.

Chambers County Beach Clean-up Project

Chambers
Coastal Management Program (CMP) Chambers County
Chambers County
Implementing a maintenance program to clean the beach.

Chambers County Greenprint

Chambers
Coastal Management Program (CMP)
Texas Coastal Partners, Inc.
The enhanced Cycle 14 project will bolster implementation of the Chambers County Greenprint by: continuing the stakeholder process to guide implementation, identifying funding sources and helping pursuit of them, and coordinating more outreach to landowners. The additional activities will follow on those of the original Cycle 14 grant and would be conducted over a twelve- to fifteen-month period from roughly January 2011 through March 2012 and will include the tasks described below.

Changes in Freshwater Inflows and How They Affect Texas Bays

Upper Coast
Coastal Management Program (CMP) Texas A&M University at Galveston
Texas A&M University at Galveston
Texas A&M University at Galveston will monitor changes in primary productivity, phytoplankton community structure, and water quality in response to freshwater inflows and bay circulation in Galveston Bay.

Characterization of Sea Turtle Nesting Activity Along the Upper Texas Coast

Galveston
Coastal Management Program (CMP) Texas A&M University at Galveston
Texas A&M University at Galveston
Texas A&M University at Galveston will characterize sea turtle nesting activity and essential nesting habitat along the upper Texas coast, specifically Galveston Island.

Charlie's Pasture Land Acquisition

Nueces
Coastal Management Program (CMP) City of Port Aransas
City of Port Aransas
The City of Port Aransas is involved in protecting important wildlife habitat in the area.

Charlie's Pasture Land Acquisition

Nueces
Coastal Management Program (CMP) City of Port Aransas
City of Port Aransas
Protecting the shoreline, uplands and tidal flats prompted the City to acquire acres of land .

Charlie's Pasture Land Acquisition

Nueces
Coastal Management Program (CMP) City of Port Aransas
City of Port Aransas
Project to acquire sensitive land at the northwest end of Mustang Island for future critical area enhancement.

CHARM (Community Health and Resource Management) Workshops

Lower Coast
Coastal Management Program (CMP) Texas Cooperative Extension
Texas Cooperative Extension
Education and outreach on the alternatives available to the community as it tries to manage growth. It will highlight those alternatives that direct development to already-developed areas as a way of protecting undisturbed open spaces and natural resources and ones that will make the community more pedestrian friendly and "walkable."

Chester Island Bird Habitat Management and Protection

Matagorda
Coastal Management Program (CMP) Audubon Texas
Audubon Texas
Audubon will purchase a new tractor for island management and complete bird monitoring during nesting season.

Chester's Island Shoreline Protection

Matagorda
Coastal Erosion Planning and Response Act (CEPRA) Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA) Natural Resource Damage Assessment
General Land Office
This project will create a final design and conduct for optimal beach nourishment to allow shoreline stabilization and habitat restoration at Chester Island.

Children's Beach Shoreline Restoration Project Phase 1

Cameron
Coastal Erosion Planning and Response Act (CEPRA) Cameron County Brownsville Navigation District
Cameron County
The desired outcome of this project is to conduct engineering services for a future construction project to stabilize the Children's Beach shoreline.

City of Clute Comprehensive Recreation, Conservation, and Economic Development Plan

Brazoria
Coastal Management Program (CMP) City of Clute
City of Clute
The City of Clute will develop a comprehensive plan to protect and enhance the natural areas within and immediately surrounding the city from the outgrowth of commercial, industrial, and residential development.

City of Corpus Christi Erosion Response Plan

Nueces
Coastal Management Program (CMP) City of Corpus Christi/Nueces County
City of Corpus Christi
Development of a City of Corpus Christi ERP to be attached as an Amendment to the existing city Beach Access and Dune Protection Plan. The following tasks will be performed in the formulation of the ERP: 1. Development of the Set-Back Line (SBL); 2. Identification of Opportunities for Mitigation; 3. Erosion Response Plan Development; 4. Public Outreach. Some of these tasks are specific requirements of the GLO guidelines for development of ERPs, and other tasks will be required to create a comprehensive, yet focused, erosion response plan

City of Galveston Public Access Enhancement

Galveston
Coastal Management Program (CMP)
City of Galveston
Create and publish, for public distribution (printed and web-based), maps of revised access points.

City of Jamaica Beach Erosion Reponse Plan

Galveston
Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA)
City of Jamica Beach
Develop an erosion response plan for Jamaica Beach.

City of Pasadena Coastal Project Public Education and Outreach

Harris
Coastal Management Program (CMP) City of Pasadena
City of Pasadena
Focus on best management practices to prevent run-off water pollution in the waterways

City of Port Aransas Erosion Response Plan

Nueces
Coastal Management Program (CMP) City of Port Aransas
City of Port Aransas
Establish guidelines for the development of local Erosion Response Plans (ERPs).

City of South Padre Island ADA Beach Access Amenity Engineering

Cameron
Coastal Management Program (CMP) City of South Padre Island
City of South Padre Island
The project will produce three finalized engineering plans for public beach access improvements in the City of South Padre Island.

City of South Padre Island Beach Nourishment with Beneficial Use of Dredged Material

Cameron
Coastal Erosion Planning and Response Act (CEPRA)
City of South Padre Island
This project, conducted in conjunction with Project #1453 under a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, beneficially used material dredged from the Brazos Santiago Pass to nourish over a mile of gulf shoreline beach four to five miles north of the north jetty within the corporate limits of the City of South Padre Island.