Mad Island Shoreline Protection and Ecosystem Restoration Phase III

Project Description

This project will implement Phase III of a habitat restoration and shoreline stabilization project by completing 100% engineering and construct about 10,340 feet of breakwater to provide approximately 12,300 linear feet of permanent shoreline protection adjacent to the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) in Matagorda County and protect 468 Acres of emergent marsh, 259 acres of brackish lake, 2,924 acres of freshwater emergent wetlands, and 52 acres of a Tamaulipan Scrub paleo beach of Mad Island Marsh Preserve (MIMP) an estuarine ecosystem managed by The Nature Conservancy (TNC).