Mad Island Wildlife Management Area Shoreline Protection Phase 2

Summary

Mad Island project will build approximately 3,010 linear feet of rock breakwater would be constructed to protect approximately 197 acres of existing marsh and upland habitat that may be potentially lost under the current erosion rate without the project and potentially restore approximately 3.8 acres of intertidal wetlands

Basics

Matagorda
N/A
Texas Parks & Wildlife Department
$880,100

Classification

  • CEPRA
Habitat Restoration/Protection Shoreline Protection Wetlands/Marsh/Habitat Restoration

Timeline

completed
2017

Funding Sources

Source 1

1612
Coastal Erosion Planning and Response Act (CEPRA)
Primary
State
$440,050
09
2016

Source 2

Texas Parks & Wildlife Department
Primary
Federal
$47,883

Contacts

Responsibility
General Land Office
Contact
Coastal Resources 800.998.4456 512.475.0773