Aransas County Navigation District's (ACND) has undertaken the cleanup of the surface space of Cove Harbor South and returning the underutilized section to optimum port usage. By removing the failing bulkhead and installing approximatel
The GLO partnered with Brazoria County to address the restoration of approximately five miles of dune system along the seaward side of an approximately nine-mile stretch of County Road 257 (CR257) on Follet’s Island, between Treasure Island and the Vil
Due to the effects of Hurricane Ike, severe erosion has washed out, or otherwise severely damaged, numerous sections of County Road 257, which runs along Follets Island from Treasure Island to the Village of Surfside Beach. Preliminary engineerin
Due ot the effects of Hurricane Ike, severe erosion has washed out, or otherwise severely damaged, numerous section of County Road 257, which runs along Follets Island from Treasure Island to the Village of Surfside Beach.
Project to develop a circulation and sediment transport model that will assess a planned creek restoration design and be of general use in all the beneficial use marshes under development.
This update to the Texas Coastwide Erosion Response Plan (2009) provides a summary of the latest shoreline change research results published by the Bureau of Economic Geology at the University of Texas at Austin and a review of the Texas General Land O
The Gulf of Mexico Foundation will continue its public education and outreach initiative through the continued implementation of the Science/Spanish Club Network, a multicultural approach to coastal environmental education that fosters youth leadership
The GLO will contract with vendors to obtain up-to-date aerial photography of the Texas coastal shoreline to help identify critical eroding areas by comparing previous aerial photography to current aerial photography, monitoring CEPRA project performan
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department will plant at least 28 acres of marsh at Dagger Island in Nueces County to protect the eroding shoreline.
The Geological, Geophysical, and Remote Sensing investigation of the Daisetta sinkhole collapse. The purpose of the study was to examine evidence for local reductions in strength of the gravity field caused by possible shallow subsurface mass defi
Dana Cove Marsh Restoration Project will dredge the local Pirate's Cove channel and potentially expand into a borrow area to provide marsh acreage behind the newly emplaced breakwater from GISP PH III at Dana Cove.
Texas A&M University at Corpus Christi (TAMU-CC) will assess the sediment plumes generated by cultivated oyster mariculture and evaluate the effect of the sediment on seagrasses.
The GLO is contracting with Harte Research Institute (HRI) for Phase 2 of an existing project to continue previous efforts to develop and manage data for coastal protection and resiliency planning.
Data collection, mapping and modeling will provide data for coastal resource management and resiliency planning.
The project is a continuation of two successful similarly-constructed restoration efforts in West Bay along the north shoreline of West Galveston Island by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
Dellanera Park Beach Nourishment is located immediately west of the end of the Galveston Seawall and continues west for apporximately 2,300 feet. This stretch of shoreline experiences an approximate 8 foot a year erosion rate .
The Recipient agrees to remove the sunken vessel in Sabine Pass in Jefferson County and abandoned vessels in Region I (Orange, Jefferson, and Chambers counties), accord ing to identified priority.
Remove and dispose of debris from Texas bays, estuaries, bayous, rivers, navigable waterways, and the Gulf of Mexico. Derelict vessels and abandoned structures are located in every coastal county.
The City of Port Isabel will create a waterfront park along the Laguna Madre Bay that will promote public access and ecotourism.
The Texas Automated Buoy System (TABS) and the associated modeling effort have been providing operational oil spill response support to the Texas General Land Office (TGLO) for over a decade.