Region/County:
Galveston
Recipient:
General Land Office
Summary:
The study area will be focused on up to approximately one mile of Gulf shoreline of Galveston Island in the vicinity of the Riviera and West Beach Grand Condominiums.
Region/County:
Cameron
Recipient:
AECOM
Summary:
The remaining western portion of the original Causeway will be demolished and salvageable material will be uses to build an artificial reef.
Region/County:
Lower Coast
Recipient:
Ducks Unlimited
Summary:
The goal of this project is to provide up to 90% project design, including geotechnical analysis, magnetometer surveys, and revisions to engineering and permit packages on up to five high priority Beneficial Use project sites.
Region/County:
Brazoria
Recipient:
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
Summary:
Texas A&M University- Corpus Christi will evaluate the vulnerability of on-site sewage facilities (OSSFs, i.e., septic systems) to tidal fluctuations, hydrologic conditions, and other factors that link bacteria and nitrogen inputs to nearshore waters using groundwater-seawater interaction analyses and source tracking.
Region/County:
Nueces
Recipient:
Nueces River Authority
Summary:
The Nueces River Authority will install equipment to replace obsolete, non-functioning equipment of the wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) in the northwest quadrant of Nueces County.
Region/County:
Nueces
Recipient:
Nueces County
Summary:
Nueces County will replace the Bob Hall Pier parking lot, which was permanently damaged by Hurricane Hanna in July 2020.
Region/County:
Galveston
Recipient:
Galveston Bay Foundation
Summary:
Galveston Bay Foundation (GBF) will continue to expand the Oyster Shell Recycling Program and partner with University of Houston to analyze two reef restoration techniques.
Region/County:
Cameron
Recipient:
City of South Padre Island
Summary:
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.
Region/County:
Nueces
Recipient:
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
Summary:
University of Texas at San Antonio 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.
Region/County:
Calhoun
Recipient:
Calhoun County
Summary:
Calhoun County will construct additional park amenities at Olivia Haterius Park.
Region/County:
Nueces
Recipient:
Texas A&M University - Kingsville
Summary:
Texas A&M University - Kingsville will monitor sediment and nutrients loads into the Nueces/Corpus Christi Bay and address identified pollutant data gaps.
Region/County:
Coast Wide
Recipient:
University of Houston
Summary:
The University of Houston will measure the impacts of major storms on coastal erosion in the Texas Gulf Coast.
Region/County:
Galveston
Recipient:
Texas A&M University AgriLife Extension Service
Summary:
Texas A&M University AgriLife Extension Service will install at least three green infrastructure installations and interpretive signs in Hitchcock City parks consistent with Clean Coast Texas.
Region/County:
Willacy
Recipient:
Willacy County
Summary:
Willacy County will construct 1,600 linear feet of walking trail around the park, install interpretive signage along the trail, and place trash receptacles around the Fred Stone park.
Region/County:
Brazoria
Recipient:
Texas A&M University - Engineering Experiment Station
Summary:
The project will help inform future interventions to protect the Cedar Lakes ecosystem and relevant coastal infrastructure.
Region/County:
Cameron
Recipient:
City of South Padre Island
Summary:
The City of South Padre Island will restore dunes on public beaches by installing sand fencing along a one-mile corridor and planting native dune vegetation.
Region/County:
Harris
Recipient:
Bayou Preservation Association, Inc.
Summary:
Bayou Preservation Association (BPA) will complete the final phase of the Clear Creek Riparian Restoration project at Challenger Seven Memorial Park.
Region/County:
Cameron
Recipient:
City of South Padre Island
Summary:
Ongoing nourishment of a segment of beach within the City of South Padre Island corporate limits through beneficial use of dredge material.
Region/County:
Coast Wide
Recipient:
General Land Office
Summary:
The intent of the project is to establish representative values for sediment grain size, percent fines, sorting index, and other parameters to help establish guidelines for selecting borrow sources for beach nourishment projects.
Region/County:
Aransas, Calhoun, Kleberg, Matagorda, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio, Victoria
Recipient:
General Land Office
Summary:
The Texas General Land Office (GLO) intends to analyze existing Texas Gulf of Mexico hydrodynamic information and develop a sand transport mode.