Nueces Bay Marsh Restoration (Phase 2)
Nueces
Coastal Management Program (CMP)
Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program
Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program
Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program will initiate dredge-and-fill operations (in accordance with its USACE permit) that will create another 15+ acres of marsh complex (with a high percentage of planting area) within the 80-acre containment cell.
Nueces Bay Marsh Volunteer Plantings
Nueces
Coastal Management Program (CMP)
Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program
Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program (CBBEP)
The Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program (CBBEP) will implement volunteer marsh plantings at the Nueces Bay Marsh Project site. The CBBEP will "re-plant" areas that were not successful during past events and plant smooth cordgrass along the fringe of the terraces to further enhance the marsh site
Nueces Bay Portland Causeway Marsh Restoration
Nueces
Coastal Erosion Planning and Response Act (CEPRA)
Coastal Impact Assistance Program (CIAP)
Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program
Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program
The project will construct and reinforce a breakwater to prevent further erosion of restored marsh on the northern portion of Indian Point Peninsula.
Nueces Bay Portland Causeway Marsh Restoration
San Patricio
Coastal Impact Assistance Program (CIAP)
Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program
The restoration of marsh complex along the Nueces Bay Causeway.
Nueces Bay Public Access Improvements
Nueces
Coastal Management Program (CMP)
Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program
Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program
The Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries Program (CBBEP) will initiate public access improvements to Nueces Bay adjacent to the Nueces Bay Marsh Restoration Project site.
Nueces Bay Rookery Island Restoration
Nueces
Coastal Erosion Planning and Response Act (CEPRA)
Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program
Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA)
Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program, Inc.
This project protects important rookery island habitat in western Nueces Bay from wave induced erosion.
Nueces Bay/Inner Harbor Zinc Monitoring
Nueces
Coastal Management Program (CMP)
Center for Coastal Studies
Perform sediment collection and analysis for zinc in Nueces Bay and the Inner Harbor.
Nueces Bay/Inner Harbor Zinc Monitoring - Phase II
Nueces
Coastal Management Program (CMP)
Texas A&M University at Corpus Christi - Center for Coastal Studies
The Center for Coastal Studies will perform sediment collection and analysis of zinc in Nueces Bay and the Inner Harbor. This information will be used by TCEQ to develop a total maximum daily load for zinc.
Nueces County Erosion Response Plan
Nueces
Coastal Management Program (CMP)
Nueces County
Nueces County
The following tasks will be performed in the formulation of the ERP: 1. Map Dunes and Existing Set-Back Line (SBL); 2. Identification of Opportunities for Mitigation; 3. Erosion Response Plan Development; 4. Public Outreach,
Nueces Delta Freshwater Inflow Management
San Patricio
Coastal Management Program (CMP)
Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries Program
Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program
Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program will design and install a freshwater inflow management structure upstream from the discharge pipeline and implement earth-moving activities as needed to maximize the retention of freshwater inflows in the Nueces Delta.
Nueces Delta Shoreline Protection and Restoration, Phase II
Nueces
Coastal Erosion Planning and Response Act (CEPRA)
Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA)
Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program (CBBEP)
Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program (CBBEP)
This project is the final phase for the breakwater construction project.
Nueces Delta Wetland Functionality Study
Nueces
Coastal Management Program (CMP)
Texas A&M University Corpus Christi
Texas A&M University Corpus Christi
Texas A&M University Corpus Christi will assess the structure of the benthic community, phytoplankton, zooplankton, and fishes using trophic linkage assessment by multiple stable isotopes.
Nueces River Delta Stabilization & Habitat Protection
Nueces
Coastal Erosion Planning and Response Act (CEPRA)
Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program (CBBEP)
Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program (CBBEP)
Provide an alternative analysis to construct shoreline protection.
Oak Motte Habitat Acquisition and Public Access Enhancement
San Patricio
Coastal Management Program (CMP)
City of Ingleside
City of Ingleside
Project to acquire approximately 20 acres of privately owned oak motte and wetlands habitat situated immediately to the east of Live Oak Park and to construct a public restroom facility at the entry between Live Oak Park and the new acreage.
Ocean Circle Beach Access Improvements
Cameron
Coastal Management Program (CMP)
City of South Padre Island
City of South Padre
The City of South Padre Island will improve Ocean Circle (Access Point #2), a completely undeveloped access point located on the southern end of Gulf Boulevard.
Oily Bilgewater Pumpout units - Rockport/Fulton & Port Aransas Harbors
Aransas
Coastal Management Program (CMP)
Texas A&M University Corpus Christi - Pollution Prevention Partnership
Texas A&M University Corpus Christi - Pollution Prevention Partnership
The design, manufacture, shipping, installation, and start-up of two Mobile Bilge Pumpout Stations.
Old Queen Isabella Causeway Demolition and Engineered Reef Design
Cameron
Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA)
AECOM
The remaining western portion of the original Causeway will be demolished and salvageable material will be uses to build an artificial reef.
Oliver Point Shoreline Protection and Reef Restoration
Matagorda
Coastal Erosion Planning and Response Act (CEPRA)
Matagorda Bay Foundation
Matagorda Bay Foundation
Development of a restoration plan for Oliver Point Habitat Complex.
Olivia Haterius Park Infrastructure
Calhoun
Coastal Management Program (CMP)
Calhoun County
Calhoun County
Calhoun County will construct additional park amenities at Olivia Haterius Park.
On-site-sewage-facility identification using remote sensing and GIS
Coast Wide
Coastal Management Program (CMP)
Texas A&M AgriLife Research
Texas A&M AgriLife Research
The project will develop geographic information system (GIS) and remote sensing (RS)-based methods for identifying the locations of on-site sewage facilities (OSSFs) and compare the capabilities of these methods to one another and to ground-truthed OSSF data.