Region/County:
Upper Coast
Recipient:
Texas A&M University - Galveston (TAMU-G)
Summary:
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi (TAMU-CC) will work to understand the near term (1-2 yr) ecosystem responses within East Bay to the closure of Rollover Pass
Region/County:
Upper Coast
Recipient:
Lee College
Summary:
Lee College will collect data at living shoreline sites throughout Galveston Bay to assess resiliency Post-Harvey and the functional aspects of these small-scale restoration projects.
Region/County:
Coast Wide
Recipient:
Bureau of Economic Geology - The University of Texas at Austin
Summary:
The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology (UT-BEG) will engage students and teachers who live along the coast in the study of the natural beach environment.
Shell Bank: coastal resiliency through shell recycling, community engagement and habitat restoration
Region/County:
Nueces
Recipient:
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
Summary:
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi (TAMU-CC) will continue their Oyster Shell Recycling Program.
Region/County:
Cameron
Recipient:
Cameron County
Summary:
Cameron County will use CMP funds to continue the enhancement of Beach Access #3.
Region/County:
Kenedy
Recipient:
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
Summary:
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi (TAMU-CC) will develop a conceptual model of nutrient inputs to the bay and the groundwater and surface water inputs to the Laguna Salada.
Region/County:
Nueces
Recipient:
City of Port Aransas
Summary:
The City of Port Aransas (the City) will work to reduce nonpoint source pollution into local waters, reduce flooding from improper drainage and high tides, and inform their citizens of the value of their coastal resources and their role in ensuring sound management.
Region/County:
Kleberg
Recipient:
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
Summary:
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi (TAMU-CC) will identify the microbiological and water quality drivers of a persistent brown tide in Baffin Bay.
Region/County:
Nueces
Recipient:
City of Corpus Christi
Summary:
Restore North Beach back to its pre-disaster design, function, and capacity by renourishing the southern segment with @ 8,300 CY of beach quality sand along 3,200 linear feet of engineered beach.
Region/County:
Brazoria
Recipient:
Treasure Island Municipal Utility District
Summary:
This project is the construction of a shoreline protection structure (stone revetment).
Region/County:
Galveston
Recipient:
Park Board of Trustees of the City of Galveston
Summary:
Maintenance beach beach renourishment of Babe's Beach along the Galveston Seawall west of 61st Street.
Region/County:
Coast Wide
Recipient:
Unversity of Texas at Austin - Bureau of Economic Geology
Summary:
Researchers at the Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin (Bureau) will update shoreline change rates and determine beach and dune volume and elevation relationships.
Region/County:
Upper Coast
Recipient:
Houston Advanced Research Center/GeoTechnology Research Institute
Summary:
Houston Advanced Research Center/GeoTechnology Research Institute (HARC/GTRI) will complete the development and formally launch the Galveston Bay Watershed Marine Debris Action Plan
Region/County:
Harris
Recipient:
Galveston Bay Foundation
Summary:
Galveston Bay Foundation (GBF) will expand and enhance the GBF Oyster Shell Recycling Program.
Region/County:
Galveston
Recipient:
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
Summary:
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service (AgriLife) will use CMP funds to hire and sustain a Watershed Coordinator position.
Region/County:
Aransas
Recipient:
Aransas County
Summary:
Aransas County will use CMP funds to permit and create the preliminary design for the first phase of the three-phase Fulton Beach Road Living Shoreline Project.
Region/County:
Kleberg
Recipient:
Nueces River Authority (NRA)
Summary:
Nueces River Authority (NRA) will address stakeholder concerns regarding quantifying nonpoint source pollution loads.
Region/County:
Orange
Recipient:
University of Texas at Arlington
Summary:
University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) will establish a modeling system for assessing the severity of stormwater runoff and its impacts on water quality in the Neches watershed.
Region/County:
Coast Wide
Recipient:
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
Summary:
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi (TAMU-CC) will quantify erosion rates at multiple sites along the Texas coast.
Region/County:
Kleberg
Recipient:
Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program (CBBEP)
Summary:
Project will entail preliminary engineering, alternatives analysis, and 70% construction design for a minimum of 900 linear feet in shoreline protection.