Region/County:
Brazoria, Galveston, Harris
Recipient:
Texas A&M University
Summary:
The Status and Trends of Coastal Vulnerability to Natural Hazards project is a multi-phased project designed to undertake a status and trends study of coastal vulnerability to natural hazards of counties in the Texas Coastal Management Program (CMP) boundary. The target area for this study will be the Galveston, Brazoria, and Harris county areas.
Region/County:
Calhoun
Recipient:
City of Port Lavaca
Summary:
The City of Port Lavaca will construct approximately 100 linear feet of new public fishing pier to continue closing the gap between the landward end of the Port Lavaca Causeway Fishing Pier and the pier section that was isolated by a fire in 2003.
Region/County:
Cameron
Recipient:
City of South Padre Island
Summary:
This project, conducted in conjunction with Project #1453 under a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, beneficially used material dredged from the Brazos Santiago Pass to nourish over a mile of gulf shoreline beach four to five miles north of the north jetty within the corporate limits of the City of South Padre Island.
Region/County:
Cameron
Recipient:
Cameron County
Summary:
This project, conducted in conjunction with Project #1456 under a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, beneficially used material dredged from the Brazos Santiago Pass nourish the adjacent gulf shoreline beach at Isla Blanca Park.
Region/County:
Brazoria
Recipient:
Village of Surfside
Summary:
This project, along with Project #1471, is part of an emergency erosion response strategy to address the critical erosion of the gulf-facing shoreline adjacent to Beach Drive at the Village of Surfside.
Region/County:
Brazoria
Recipient:
Villiage of Surfside Beach
Summary:
This project, along with Project #1511, is part of an emergency erosion response strategy to address the critical erosion of the gulf-facing shoreline adjacent to Beach Drive at the Village of Surfside. The project entails the use of FEMA Public Assistance funds coupled with CEPRA funds to repair damages from Hurricane Ike to the revetment adjacent to Beach Drive at the Village of Surfside Beach, which was originally completed in August 2008 in CEPRA Cycle 5. The goal of the project is to repair and enhance the revetment structure beyond the pre-Ike design.
Region/County:
Nueces
Recipient:
City of Port Aransas
Summary:
This project will restore portions of a revetment damaged by Hurricane Ike back to their original post-construction state. The revetment was installed along 6,000 feet of shoreline adjacent to the Corpus Christi Ship Channel and jetties at the mouth of Piper Channel near Port Aransas during the Cycle 5 phase of a phased shoreline protection program that began in Cycle 1 and continued through Cycles 2, 3, 4 and 5. Over 2,000 acres of wetland habitat at the Port Aransas Nature Preserve are being protected by this erosion response project.
Region/County:
Coast Wide
Recipient:
General Land Office
Summary:
This project has assisted the GLO in identifying critical erosion areas while recognizing socio- and environmental economic issues and was utilized by the GLO to revise rules as necessitated by the passage of HB 2073 and HB 2074 by the 81st Texas Legislature. As required by HB2073, the updated plan will serve as a template for local governments in drafting their local erosion response plans.
Region/County:
Galveston
Recipient:
General Land Office
Summary:
This project updated a study initiated in Cycle 4 and completed in Cycle 5 which evaluated the factors contributing to the accelerated erosion rates of the gulf-facing shoreline adjacent to Beach Drive at the Village of Surfside Beach, examined feasible structural and/or non-structural engineered solutions to stabilize that segment of shoreline for the next 25 years and identified the preferred alternative to reduce erosion and minimize sand loss.
Region/County:
Nueces
Recipient:
City of Corpus Christi
Summary:
The City of Corpus Christi will acquire 49.53+/- acres, known as the Gaines tract, of uplands, floodplain, wetlands and sand flats as part of the development of the new 162 +/-acre Oso Bay Wetland Preserve.
Region/County:
Brazoria
Recipient:
Brazoria County Parks Department
Summary:
Brazoria County will construct a previously destroyed footbridge and walking trail and add interpretive signs. The footbridge will allow visitors to cross over a natural saltwater lagoon (native fish and vegetation habitat) to a bird observation platform and walking trail, on which the interpretive signage will be installed. The walking trail winds through native beach grasses and other plant species to a public restroom facility, picnic palapas, and additional shoreline access and parking.
Region/County:
Upper Coast
Recipient:
Galveston Bay Foundation
Summary:
The Galveston Bay Foundation will decrease the incidences of illegal discharge of boater sewage waste in the Galveston Bay Estuary, particularly Clear Lake, through targeted outreach and education to boaters.
Region/County:
Galveston
Recipient:
Texas A&M University at Galveston
Summary:
In collaboration with the U.S. Geological Survey, Texas A&M University at Galveston will map the inner shelf of Galveston Island from approximately 8 feet of water to 30 feet of water using swath bathymetry (comparable to multibeam), side scan sonar, and CHIRP seismic, coupled with the collection of surface sediment grab samples. The side-scan sonar and swath bathymetry will be used to develop bathymetry (seabed topography) maps and identify sediment types.
Region/County:
Aransas
Recipient:
Aransas County Navigation District
Summary:
This project will help control and prevent stormwater contaminants from influencing the wetlands and bay waters, and also improve economic development through improved tenant operations involving runoff control.
Region/County:
Brazoria
Recipient:
Brazoria County Parks Department
Summary:
The Brazoria County Parks Department will construct parking and pedestrian beach access through a 5.9-acre parcel of property, donated by a private individual, to access the beach.
Region/County:
Galveston
Recipient:
Galveston Bay Foundation
Summary:
The Galveston Bay Foundation will implement the second year of a minimum three-year chemical treatment regime for highly invasive Brazilian peppertrees on Galveston Island. As the plant is predominantly contained to Galveston Island at the present time, this project represents an opportunity to implement a control program with the potential to head off a much larger problem.
Region/County:
Brazoria
Recipient:
Brazoria County Parks Department
Summary:
Brazoria County Parks Department will partner with the Brazoria County Marine Extension, Texas Master Naturalists Cradle of Texas Chapter, the Save Our Beach Association (SOBA), and the Brazoria County Road and Bridge Department (Precincts) to plant 100,000 bitter panicum (Panicum Anarum) and marsh-hay cord-grass (Spartina Patens) plants along a 14-mile section of dunes.
Region/County:
Galveston
Recipient:
The University of Texas at Austin
Summary:
The University of Texas, Bureau of Economic Geology (BEG), will determine the most recent long-term rates of shoreline change along the Gulf of Mexico shoreline of Texas by comparing previously determined past shoreline positions with positions interpreted from the most recent suitable aerial photographs available at the time the study.
Region/County:
Galveston
Recipient:
Nature Conservancy of Texas
Summary:
The project will complete a shoreline protection project that was partially completed in CEPRA Cycle 1. Phase 2 will construct 2,400 linear feet of breakwaters to help preserve the Texas City Prairie Preserve through the installation of partially-emergent segmented rock breakwaters parallel to and extending offshore from the existing shoreline. The project will beneficially affect a total of 400 acres of coastal habitat and is partially funded through a National Coastal Wetlands Protection grant through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Region/County:
Brazoria
Recipient:
Brazoria County
Summary:
This project is to evaluate the feasibility of dredging and using sediment from the flood tidal delta of San Luis Pass for future erosion response and habitat restoration projects. The project involves working towards obtaining a USACE permit for removal of sand from the delta, preparation of an environmental assessment, and development of strategies to dredge sand for nearby beach nourishment and habitat restoration projects.