Region/County:
Galveston
Recipient:
The Galveston Park Board of Trustees
Summary:
The Galveston Park Board of Trustees will enhance and protect the East End Lagoon Nature Preserve through the removal of marine debris and construction of site improvements.
Region/County:
Upper Coast
Recipient:
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Summary:
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department will use concrete, limestone, and shell to create habitat for juvenile and adult fish at the Big Man Nearshore Reef Site.
Region/County:
Aransas
Recipient:
City of Rockport
Summary:
The City of Rockport will purchase approximately 5.43 acres of woodlands to expand the protected habitat of the Great Texas Birding Trail.
Region/County:
Willacy
Recipient:
Texas Floating Classroom, Inc.
Summary:
Texas Floating Classroom will conduct approximately 80 marine education field trips for elementary, middle, and high school students in Willacy County.
Region/County:
Coast Wide
Recipient:
Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin
Summary:
Middle and high school students, teachers, and scientists will work together to gain a better understanding of dune and beach dynamics.
Region/County:
Nueces
Recipient:
Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries Program
Summary:
The Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries Program will work with project partners to advocate for cooperative control amongst willing landowners and managers to prevent the spread and movement of the Brazilian peppertree.
Region/County:
Nueces
Recipient:
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
Summary:
Texas A&M University Corpus Christi will continue the oyster shell recycling program. The program was developed to reclaim shucked oysters from Coastal Bend restaurants, seafood wholesalers and seafood festivals for use in reef restoration.
Region/County:
Jefferson
Recipient:
Lamar University
Summary:
Lamar University (Lamar) will implement a two-phase monitoring and research effort to better understand altered hydrological conditions and marsh health within the Salt Bayou Watershed.
Region/County:
Brazoria
Recipient:
Texas A&M AgriLife Research
Summary:
Texas A&M AgriLife Research will assess the hydrological barriers contributing to hypersalinity and marsh loss, identify habitat changes, integrate stakeholder goals with scientific findings, and design an action plan for hydrologic restoration.
Region/County:
Galveston
Recipient:
Texas General Land Office
Summary:
Planning and implementation options to restore approximately 250 acres of intertidal marsh complex in Swan Lake.
Region/County:
Kleberg
Recipient:
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
Summary:
Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi will conduct monthly water quality monitoring efforts in Baffin Bay to document the influence of hydrological and climatic variability on water quality in the system.
Region/County:
Refugio
Recipient:
Texas A&M AgrilLIfe Research
Summary:
Facilitate implementation of plan and monitor water quality.
Region/County:
Aransas
Recipient:
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
Summary:
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (TAMU-CC) will conduct a study within the Mission-Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve, an area that experienced one of the largest increases in black mangroves, to assess impact.
Region/County:
Nueces
Recipient:
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
Summary:
Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi (TAMU-CC) will analyze the impact of coastal development in the Corpus Christi-Kingsville metropolitan area on water and habitat quality in the Upper Laguna Madre between 1982-2016.
Region/County:
Galveston
Recipient:
Galveston Bay Foundation
Summary:
The Galveston Bay Foundation (GBF) will continue the Galveston Bay Oyster Shell Recycling Program, a program that reclaims spent oyster shell from local seafood restaurants and properly cures the shell in preparation for reuse in local oyster reef restoration projects.
Region/County:
Coast Wide
Recipient:
Audubon Texas
Summary:
Audubon Texas seeks to improve the suitability of rookery islands through habitat enhancement and protection activities.
Region/County:
Galveston
Recipient:
Texas A&M University - Galveston
Summary:
In an effort to further articulate the effectiveness of a coastal storm surge protection system, this study will identify adverse economic impacts from coastal storms based on future conditions with and without a coastal spine protection system in place.
Region/County:
Matagorda
Recipient:
Texas A&M AgriLIfe Research, Texas Water Resources Institute
Summary:
Texas Watershed Resource Institute will coordinate with stakeholder groups to update and identify water quality project needs and work with state and federal agencies to acquire technical and financial resources to implement WPP management measures.
Region/County:
Coast Wide
Recipient:
University of Texas at Austin
Summary:
The University of Texas will work to establish up to 75 additional seagrass monitoring stations in San Antonio Bay and Galveston Bay.
Region/County:
Galveston
Recipient:
Galveston Bay Foundation
Summary:
Galveston Bay Foundation will refine the BWEC based on lessons learned, improve the Interactive Pump-Out map, expand messaging to boaters throughout Texas, continue efforts to designate Galveston Bay as a federal No Discharge Zone (NDZ), and track program improvements.