County/Region:
Nueces
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
Summary:
Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi performed sediment collection and analysis of zinc in Nueces Bay and the Inner Harbor to develop a total maximum daily load for zinc.
County/Region:
Nueces
Project Partner/Recipient:
Nueces County
Summary:
Nueces County produced a digital topographic map of the area that included base data depicting existing park improvements and boundaries such as the location of critical dune structures and public access points.
County/Region:
Nueces
Project Partner/Recipient:
Nueces County
Summary:
Nueces County began the development of a Nueces County Erosion Response Plan to be attached as an Amendment to the existing Nueces County Beach Management Plan.
County/Region:
Nueces
Project Partner/Recipient:
Nueces County
Summary:
Nueces County continued meeting the needs identified in the approved Nueces County Coastal Parks Plan.
County/Region:
San Patricio
Project Partner/Recipient:
Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program
Summary:
Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries Program installed a freshwater inflow management structure upstream from the discharge pipeline and implemented earth-moving activities to maximize the retention of freshwater inflows in the Nueces Delta.
County/Region:
Nueces
Project Partner/Recipient:
Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program (CBBEP)
Summary:
This used a competitive bidding process to identify a construction contractor to initiate and complete breakwater construction for 3,600 linear feet of rock rubble breakwater along the Nueces Delta Shoreline.
County/Region:
Nueces
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
Summary:
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi measured primary and secondary production and assessed food web relationships using multiple stable isotopes analyses to evaluate the functionality of the Nueces Delta.
County/Region:
Nueces, San Patricio
Project Partner/Recipient:
Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program (CBBEP)
Summary:
This project provided an alternatives analysis to construct shoreline protection structures along the eastern portion of the Nueces River Delta.
County/Region:
Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient:
Scenic Galveston, Inc.
Summary:
This project conducted project design, including site analysis, site survey, alternatives analysis, soils analysis and other engineering efforts toward a shovel-ready project for future funding at O'Quinn I-45 Estuary.
County/Region:
San Patricio
Project Partner/Recipient:
City of Ingleside
Summary:
The City of Ingleside aquired approximately 20 acres of privately owned oak motte and wetlands habitat situated immediately to the east of Live Oak Park and constructed a public restroom facility.
County/Region:
Cameron
Project Partner/Recipient:
City of South Padre Island
Summary:
The City of South Padre Island constructed an ADA-compliant dune walkover, 28-space parking lot, and sidewalk and install drinking water and rinse stations.
County/Region:
Cameron
Project Partner/Recipient:
City of South Padre Island
Summary:
This project searched for more sand via a literature review of the geological and geomorphology of the area within ten miles of the City of South Padre Island.
County/Region:
Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas A&M University of Galveston (TAMUG)
Summary:
This project included geophysical and geotechnical investigations of two potential submerged sand sources off the shore of Galveston Island that had been identified in the USACE feasibility study.
County/Region:
Aransas
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
Summary:
Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi designed, manufactured, shipped, installed, and started-up two (2) Mobile Bilge Pumpout Stations at Rockport-Fulton and Port Aransas Harbors.
County/Region:
Cameron
Project Partner/Recipient:
Callan Marine LTD
Summary:
Project will remove the Old Queen Isabella causeway, then transport and place the salvageable materials to create a submerged, engineered reef.
County/Region:
Matagorda
Project Partner/Recipient:
Matagorda Bay Foundation
Summary:
This project, Phase 1, initiated development of a restoration plan for Oliver Point and Oliver Reef and build a nearshore breakwater to protect 6,500 linear feet of shoreline and 5,200 linear feet of reef that will crown at or near Mean High Water.
County/Region:
Calhoun
Project Partner/Recipient:
Calhoun County
Summary:
Calhoun County will construct additional park amenities at Olivia Haterius Park.
County/Region:
Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas General Land Office
Summary:
This project created approximately 15 acres of terraced marsh mounds were created and vegetated along the southeast shore of the bay in the fall of 2001, using material dredged from the bay.
County/Region:
Orange
Project Partner/Recipient:
Orange County
Summary:
Orange County Drainage District produced a property ownership and easement map of an area of the coastal zone of Orange County in digital format that will be available to the public via the Internet.
County/Region:
Orange
Project Partner/Recipient:
City of Orange
Summary:
The City of Orange placed a canoe launch near the boat ramp in the waterfront park. A ramp was attached to the canoe launch in compliance with the Americans with Disability Act (ADA).