County/Region:
Lower Coast
Project Partner/Recipient:
Gulf of Mexico Foundation, Inc.
Summary:
The Gulf of Mexico Foundation established an annual Matagorda Island shoreline cleanup, created a Whooping Crane curriculum product, and established an annual Seagrass Festival in the Redfish Bay State Scientific Study Area community.
County/Region:
Upper Coast
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University of Houston-Clear Lake
Summary:
University of Houston- Clear Lake conducted research to monitor multiple habitat restoration sites within the Galveston Bay system.
County/Region:
Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient:
University of Houston-Clear Lake
Summary:
The University of Houston-Clear Lake employed students to conduct research to monitor multiple habitat restoration sites within the Galveston Bay system.
County/Region:
Cameron
Project Partner/Recipient:
City of South Padre Island
Summary:
The City of South Padre Island added amenities to the Sea Island Circle Public Beach Access, including public restrooms, changing rooms, and a rinse station.
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General Land Office
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Texas Parks & Wildlife Department
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Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas A&M University at Galveston
Summary:
Texas A&M University at Galveston mapped the inner shelf of Galveston Island from approximately 8 feet of water to 30 feet of water using swath bathymetry, side scan sonar, and CHIRP seismic, coupled with the collection of surface sediment grab samples.
County/Region:
Harris
Project Partner/Recipient:
Houston-Galveston Area Council
Summary:
Houston-Galveston Area Council used the model conservation planning process outlined in the GLO publication, Texas Coastal Wetlands: A Handbook for Local Governments.
County/Region:
Nueces
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
Summary:
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi improved water quality monitoring methodology of seagrass-dominated ecosystems by developing a data-rich imaging-based technology that is time and cost efficient for processing large numbers of samples.
County/Region:
Lower Coast
Project Partner/Recipient:
University of Texas at Austin
Summary:
The University of Texas implementated a program for monitoring Texas seagrasses in the Lower Laguna Madre, following protocols that evaluate seagrass condition based on landscape-scale dynamics.
County/Region:
Lower Coast
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas Parks & Wildlife Department
Summary:
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department investigated the impact of a wastewater discharge on seagrass by studying the potentially-impacted site and a reference site.
County/Region:
Cameron
Project Partner/Recipient:
City of South Padre Island
Summary:
The City of South Padre Island replaced the existing dune walkover with an ADA-compliant dune walkover and installed plumbing to irrigate the surrounding dunes.
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Stantec
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GLO
Summary:
Region 2-4 Geotechnical coring surveys to groundtruth the geological features identified during the geophysical reconnaissance surveys.
County/Region:
Aransas
Project Partner/Recipient:
General Land Office
Summary:
The Texas General Land Office provided general recommendations for sediment management.
County/Region:
Upper Coast
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas Water Development Board
Summary:
The Texas Water Development Board reinstituted monitoring of sediment loading to important coastal ecosystems and combined the data with information from related projects into sediment budgets for waterbodies in the Galveston Bay system.
County/Region:
Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas Water Development Board
Summary:
The Texas Water Development Board characterized the historic discharge and sediment data at two stations on the Trinity River and determined the sediment sources that could replenish the stream sediment supply.
County/Region:
Upper Coast
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas Water Development Board
Summary:
The Texas Water Development Board resolved issues raised by results obtained during the first four years of the project with respect to the effects of various human and natural controls on sediment transport and storage in the lower Trinity River.
County/Region:
Coastwide
Project Partner/Recipient:
Coast & Harbor Engineering
Summary:
Coast and Harbor Engineering conducted a desktop analysis to develop strategies for implementation into the Texas Regional Sediment Management Plan.
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General Land Office
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