Region/County:
Upper Coast
Recipient:
Railroad Commission of Texas
Summary:
To provide scientific research on sinkhole geology as it relates to salt domes in Texas.
Region/County:
Jefferson
Recipient:
Ducks Unlimited
Summary:
Provide permanent protection to 900 acres of critically important coastal freshwater wetlands
Region/County:
Galveston
Recipient:
Galveston Bay Foundation
Summary:
Remove debris from navigable waters & habitat areas of Galveston Bay, its sub-bays, and tributaries.
Region/County:
Coast Wide
Recipient:
Railroad Commission of Texas
Summary:
The use of Infrared cameras to help locate gas leaks in oil and gas field equipment.
Region/County:
Chambers
Recipient:
Galveston Bay Foundation
Summary:
Shoreline protection and marsh restoration project and rock breakwater along East Bay.
Region/County:
Coast Wide
Recipient:
Houston Advanced Research Center
Summary:
Research, demonstration, and commercial application of technologies that reduce the environmental impacts of unconventional natural gas and other petroleum exploration.
Region/County:
Cameron
Recipient:
South Padre Island Birding and Nature Center
Summary:
Installed an irrigation system and landscape at the Birding and Nature Center.
Region/County:
Cameron
Recipient:
General Land Office
Summary:
The Bahia Grande is a 10,000 acre degraded wetland complex, located on the Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge.
Region/County:
Nueces
Recipient:
Nueces County
Summary:
Construct a Best Management Practices 3-acre detention wetland.
Region/County:
Harris
Recipient:
City of Baytown
Summary:
The project entails the removal of additional submerged and partially submerged pilings
Region/County:
Cameron
Recipient:
City of South Padre Island
Summary:
SPI will stage and host volunteer planting events planting approximately 180,000 indigenous plants.
Region/County:
Nueces
Recipient:
City of Corpus Christi
Summary:
Under Phase II, the City of Corpus Christi will increase public access and environmental enhancements,
Region/County:
Nueces
Recipient:
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
Summary:
Multi-scale approaches using advanced environmental observation and analytical technologies will be employed to develop indices for environmental stresses and to establish links between these indices and key environmental changes affecting the system. Project success will be measured through development of decision support products that will be transferred to resource managers, and through efforts to educate the public on the importance of pollution management and land use best practices in the Oso Bay watershed
Region/County:
Upper Coast
Recipient:
Galveston Bay Foundation
Summary:
Galveston Bay Foundation (GBF) will develop an outreach strategy designed to target communities and private landowners where threats to the natural shoreline are greatest, and conversion to a hardened shoreline is likely or immanent.
Region/County:
Galveston
Recipient:
Galveston Bay Foundation
Summary:
Boat sewage and dock-side wastes degrade water quality. It has been demonstrated that the combination of poor circulation, discharge from boaters, and boat maintenance operations create serious localized water quality problems.
Region/County:
Calhoun
Recipient:
City of Port Lavaca
Summary:
Nautical Landings Marina Sewage Pump-Out Improvements
Region/County:
Cameron
Recipient:
Cameron County
Summary:
Cameron County Beach Access #4
Region/County:
Cameron
Recipient:
Cameron County
Summary:
Cameron County Erosion Response Plan
Region/County:
Cameron
Recipient:
University of Texas - Pan American, Biology Department
Summary:
Reassessment of Seagrass Distribution and Biomass in the Lower Laguna Madre, Texas
Region/County:
Harris
Recipient:
Galveston Bay Foundation
Summary:
Bay Day highlights hands-on, interactive exhibits, activities and demonstrations that emphasize the multiple uses of the Galveston Bay system.