Coastal Projects

Region/County: Coast Wide

Recipient: Texas A&M University at Galveston

Summary: Collect baseline data to assess the distribution of bottom types & anthropogenic impacts of the seabed.

Region/County: Cameron

Recipient: Texas Parks and Wildlife Department

Summary: To identify and delineate the aquatic habitats found in the South Bay Coastal Preserve.

Region/County: Nueces

Recipient: Texas Engineering Experiment Station

Summary: An interactive (GIS) database to demonstrate the inter-relationships between weather conditions, coastal processes, water quality and shoreline change. .

Region/County: Galveston

Recipient: Texas A&M University of Galveston

Summary: The installation of a near-shore directional wave gage/current profiler ,to obtain data regarding the nearshore waves and currents.

Region/County: Cameron

Recipient: Cameron County Parks System

Summary: Cameron County implemented the Code Enforcement Program by hiring Code Enforcement Officers to enforce the regulation codes.

Region/County: Cameron

Recipient: University of Texas-Pan American

Summary: Clarify the relationship between the composition and vigor of native vegetation and rates of dune migration on the barrier islands.

Region/County: Cameron

Recipient: Cameron County Parks System

Summary: To prevent visitors from littering, a compactor truck with sidelift, enables the county to empty all 500 trash barrels each day.

Region/County: Coast Wide

Recipient: Texas Tech University

Summary: A focus on scenic impacts to coastal habitats from major action or intended changes to these systems.

Region/County: Coast Wide

Recipient: Texas Parks and Wildlife Department

Summary: Outreach events creating awareness,understanding and functions of coastal ecosystems.

Region/County: Coast Wide

Recipient: Texas A&M University

Summary: Texas Automated Buoy System (TABS) to obtain near real time measurements of ocean waves and make the data available on the TABS web site

Region/County: Lower Coast

Recipient: Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas at Austin

Summary: Status and Trends of Inland Wetland and Aquatic Habitats of the Matagorda Bay Area

Region/County: Orange

Recipient: City of Orange

Summary: The City of Orange will enhance river accessiblity within its only park, by constructing a 50-foot Pier.

Region/County: Cameron

Recipient: South Padre Island Birding and Nature Center

Summary: Educational Exhibits for the South Padre Island Birding & Nature Center

Region/County: Lower Coast

Recipient: Texas Cooperative Extension

Summary: 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."

Region/County: Aransas

Recipient: Aransas County Navigation District #1

Summary: The Aransas County Navigation District will conduct a project to reduce overboard sewage discharge from recreational and commercial boats in Aransas County. ACND will install a fixed, self-service pumpout and dump station at Cove Harbor, south of Rockport, which boaters can use to remove sanitary wastes from vessels for appropriate collection and treatment.

Region/County: Willacy

Recipient: Willacy Soil & Water Conservation District

Summary: This proposed project will be applicable only to agricultural lands within the boundaries of the Coastal Zone in Willacy County. The primary task will be the development and implementation of WQMPs in the Coastal Zone. This will provide the agricultural producers an opportunity to comply with state water quality laws through a voluntary, incentive-based approach.

Region/County: Victoria

Recipient: Victoria Soil & Water Conservation District

Summary: This project would be applicable only to agricultural lands within the boundaries of the Coastal Zone Area in Victoria County. The project's primary task will be the development and implementation of Water Quality Management Plans (WQMPs) in the Coastal Zone Area. This will provide the agricultural producers who seek participation with the opportunity to comply with state water quality laws through a voluntary, incentive-based approach.

Region/County: San Patricio

Recipient: San Patricio Soil & Water Conservation District

Summary: This project would be applicable only to agricultural lands within the boundaries of the Coastal Zone Area in San Patricio and Aransas Counties. The project's primary task will be the development and implementation of Water Quality Management Plans (WQMPs) in the Coastal Zone Area. This will provide the agricultural producers who seek participation with the opportunity to comply with state water quality laws through a voluntary,

Region/County: Matagorda

Recipient: Matagorda County Soil & Water Conservation District

Summary: This project would be applicable only to agricultural lands within the boundaries of the Coastal Zone Area in Matagorda County. The project's primary task will be the development and implementation of Water Quality Management Plans (WQMPs) in the Coastal Zone Area. This will provide the agricultural producers who seek participation with the opportunity to comply with state water quality laws through a voluntary, incentive-based approach.

Region/County: Kleberg

Recipient: Kleberg-Kenedy Soil & Water Conservation District

Summary: This project will be implemented on agricultural lands within the boundaries of the Coastal Zone Area in Kleberg and Kenedy counties. The Upper Laguna Madre/Baffin Bay complex currently is on the 303(d) list because of low dissolved oxygen levels. The primary task will be the development and implementation of Water Quality Management Plans (WQMPs) in the Coastal Zone.