Green's Lake Shore Protection and Marsh Restoration Phase I

Summary

For the first time, the GLO partnered directly with Ducks Unlimited on behalf of the West Galveston Bay Property Owners group to address erosion along a 9,200-linear-foot stretch of the northern GIWW shoreline between the mouths of Greens and Carancahua Lakes along the northwest side of West Galveston Bay. Situated directly north of this segment of the GIWW is a large native marsh tract encompassing approximately 1,540 acres (2.4 square miles), which remains one of the largest and most intact marsh tracts in the western western half of the Galveston Bay system. Consequently, shoreline protection measures are necessary to protect this marsh tract from further land loss and marsh degradation. This first phase of the project is an alternatives analysis comprised of data collection, preliminary design and permitting for the eventual construction of a breakwater along the northern GIWW shoreline, similar to other shoreline protection solutions constructed along segments of the GIWW.