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Galveston Seawall Emergency Beach Nourishment

Galveston
Coastal Erosion Planning and Response Act (CEPRA)
Galveston Park Board of Trustees
Galveston Seawall Emergency Beach Nourishment

Galveston Seawall Renourishment with Beneficial Use of Dredge Material

Galveston
Coastal Erosion Planning and Response Act (CEPRA) City of Galveston Park Board of Trustees United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
City of Galveston Park Board
To address erosion on the Galveston Seawall

Geohazards Mapping of North Padre and Mustang Islands

Nueces
Coastal Management Program (CMP)
Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries Program
The Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries Program (CBBEP), in partnership with the Harte Research Institute, developed a strategy to create a geohazards map of North Padre and Mustang Islands. The map considers the spatial and temporal patterns of geological processes, geomorphology, and geoenvironments (e.g. wetlands and dunes) that combine to create potentially hazardous conditions. The map will also incorporate model projections demonstrating how the island will change over the next 60 years.

Geohazards Mapping of South Padre Island

Cameron
Coastal Management Program (CMP)
Texas A&M University Corpus Corpus Christi
The Harte Research Institute will develop a geohazards map of South Padre Island. The map will delineate critical environments and features (e.g. wetlands, dunes, and washover channels) that protect against and/or are vulnerable to certain geological processes or geohazards, such as hurricanes and sea level rise.

Geological Framework Study for Folletts IslandGrant Project

Brazoria
Coastal Management Program (CMP) Texas A&M University at Galveston
A Study to predict future beach erosion & morphological changes under various storm & hurricane conditions.

Geological Framework Study of Follett's Island-Brazoria County

Brazoria
Coastal Management Program (CMP) Texas A&M University at Galveston
Texas A&M University at Galveston
Develop a process-based numerical model to predict beach erosion & morphological changes under storm & hurricane conditions.

Geological Framework Study of Follett's Island-Brazoria County – Phase II – Data Processing and Modeling

Brazoria
Coastal Management Program (CMP) Texas A&M University at Galveston
Texas A&M Galveston
Geological Framework Study of Follett's Island-Brazoria County – Phase II – Data Processing and Modeling

Gilchrist west beach nourishment

Galveston
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Galveston County Coastal Erosion Planning and Response Act (CEPRA)
Galveston County
This nourishment project will repair some of that damage through FEMA funding.

GIS Analysis and Modeling of Texas Rookery Island Erosion Risk along the GIWW

Coast Wide
Coastal Management Program (CMP) Audubon Texas
National Audubon Society (dba Audubon Texas)
Audubon Texas will assemble GIS data and build a spatial, habitat-based model to predict the risk of islands along the GIWW becoming unusable for nesting due to poor habitat or erosion damage.

GIS Intern to Inventory Mitigation Sites and Living Shoreline Projects

Coast Wide
Coastal Management Program (CMP)
Texas A&M Corpus Christi
A GIS inventory of mitigation sites and living shoreline projects on state-owned submerged lands in Texas

GIWW Rollover Bay Reach Beach Nourishment w/Beneficial Use of Dredge Material (state FY2020 event)

Galveston
Coastal Erosion Planning and Response Act (CEPRA) Galveston County U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Galveston County
Beach nourishment project beneficially utilizing dredged material from the state FY2020-2021 Corps maintenance dredging of the Gulf Intra-Coastal Waterway (GIWW).

GIWW Rollover Bay Reach Beneficial Use of Dredge Material

Galveston
Coastal Erosion Planning and Response Act (CEPRA) United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Galveston County
Galveston County
Beach nourishment project to beneficially utilize dredge material.

GIWW-Rollover Bay Reach Beach Nourishment with Beneficial Use of Dredged Material State FY2017

Galveston
Coastal Erosion Planning and Response Act (CEPRA) United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Galveston County
Galveston County
Beach nourishment project beneficially utilizing dredged material from the state FY 2017 Corps maintenance dredging

GIWW-Rollover Bay Reach Beneficial Use of Dredged Material FY2015 & FY2016 events

Galveston
Coastal Erosion Planning and Response Act (CEPRA) United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Galveston County
Galveston County
Beach nourishment project to beneficially utilize dredged material from the fall 2014 Corps maintenance of the Gulf Intra-Coastal Waterway (GIWW) Rollover Bay Reach.

GLO Coastal Program Rules Revisions

Coast Wide
Coastal Management Program (CMP) Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA)
Harte Research Institute
Review and revise Title 31, Part 16, Chapters 501,503,504,505 & 506 of the Texas Administrative Code.

Goose Island Marsh Restoration in Aransas Bay

Aransas
Coastal Management Program (CMP) Texas Parks & Wildlife Department
Texas Parks & Wildlife Department
Texas Parks & Wildlife Department will restore wetland habitats that are integral parts of the Texas gulf coast and the Aransas Bay estuarine ecosystems.

Goose Island Shoreline Stabilization and Marsh Restoration - Phase 2

Aransas
Coastal Impact Assistance Program (CIAP)
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
The objective of this project is to mitigate the loss of valuable intertidal estuarine marsh habitat due to erosion by completing the 24-acre created marsh site through the beneficial use of dredged material (BUDM). BUDM will raise the elevation of the bay bottom inside the created marsh site to a level that supports smooth cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora) marsh. The smooth cordgrass restores and enhances nursery habitat for fishery species and feeding habitat for avian species.

Gordy Marsh Shoreline Protection

Chambers
Coastal Erosion Planning and Response Act (CEPRA) Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA) Galveston Bay Foundation
Galveston Bay Foundation
The Gordy Marsh shoreline is eroding at a rapid rate.

Grant Project

Coast Wide
Coastal Impact Assistance Program (CIAP)
Texas General Land Office
The Texas General Land Office (GLO) is developing a web site that provides access to a centralized coastal sediment database (TexSed). The database will include available Texas coastal sediment data the GLO has access to. The goal of TexSed is to facilitate the search for information about sediments for beach nourishment, dune restoration, shoreline protection, habitat restoration (marshes, wetlands, and sea grasses) and barrier island enhancement projects, etc.

Green Infrastructure For Texas: Educating Coastal Stakeholders on the Role of Green Infrastructure

Harris
Coastal Management Program (CMP) Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
AgriLife will produce a web-hosted video to showcase green infrastructure projects and explain how green infrastructure improves water quality, reduces flood risks, and provides habitat.