The Harte Research Institute (HRI) at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi will continue their oyster shell recycling program, the Shell Bank.
This project will focus on shoreline protection and stabilization needed to address the significant degradation of shorelines and coastal wetlands on the bay side of Mustang Island in Nueces County, at two locations, The Nature Conservancy’s
This University of Texas at Austin Bureau of Economic Geology project will provide data, maps and analyses that are needed to plan the future of the shoreline. State-of-the-art LIDAR technology and analysis methods will be used.
The University of Texas - Bureau of Economic Geology will build on work conducted in previous CEPRA cycles to determine shoreline change rates and develop digital elevation models using aerial photography and LiDAR surveys to assess Hurricane Ike-induc
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi will develop smart and self-sustaining early-warning systems for coastal flooding with state-of-the-art low-power Tiny Machine Learning (TinyML) and energy harvesting solutions.
Trinity Bay Conservation District will construct and develop a surface-flow-constructed wetland to properly treat the wastewater within the Smith Point community.
The City of South Padre Island will construct a permanent restroom and install an Americans with Disability Act compliant ramp for the ingress and egress of the walkover.
Beach nourishment project beneficially using dredged material (BUDM) from the Brownsville Ship Channel.
Ongoing nourishment of a segment of beach within the City of South Padre Island corporate limits through beneficial use of dredge material associated with U.S.
Although the need for emergency dredging of the Brazos-Santiago jetty channel in April of 2014 by the Corps precluded a beneficial use event in FY2014, a “regular” maintenance dredging event is anticipated around October-November 2014, on which the GLO
The Town of South Padre Island will construct 1,538 linear feet of a new 6-foot-wide bayside nature trail boardwalk that will connect to an existing boardwalk that extends from the South Padre Island Visitors and Convention Center.
South Padre Island Birding and Nature Center installed twenty-three interpretive signs along the boardwalk that extends from the South Padre Island Birding and Nature Center to the South Padre Island Convention and Tourism Center.
This is a two-phase demonstration project whose objective is to test an experimental methodology for the stabilization of the gulf facing shoreline adjacent to a one-mile portion of the pedestrian beach within the city limits of the City of South
In support of the South Padre Island CEMS Shoreline Stabilization Demonstration Project #1459, GLO is using an independent Professional Services Provider (PSP) to develop performance expectations and establish baseline criteria for general and site-spe
The City of South Padre Island is the southernmost section of Texas' barrier island system. As barrier islands transition with their longshore current, sediment placement can be cyclical.
The South Padre Island dune restoration project addressed the need to provide safer public access from coastal hazards presented along the gulf Coast.
South Padre Island will stage and host volunteer planting events planting approximately 180,000 indigenous plants. Native plant species including panicum amarum and uniola paniculata will be planted and potentially, sea oats.
The City of South Padre Island will continue dune restoration projects along the entire length of City beach. The City experiences variable erosion rates, averaging 10 feet per year in some areas.
Cameron County and its coastal communities will work with the Texas General Land Office to develop a local Erosion Response Plan to be attached as an Amendment to the existing County Beach Access and Dune Protection Plan.
Three potential submerged sand resources were investigated to determine the volumes and quality of materials that can be used to nourish South Padre Island beaches. Geophysical and geotechnical investigations were conducted and a report prepared.