This project will create signs that will better direct the public to the beach and beach amenities and to enhance safety, mobility and quality of life for South Padre Island (SPI) visitors and residents, the City of SPI will complete a wayfinding sign
Lamar University will improve the Southeast Texas Flood Control District (SETxFCD) low-cost sensor network by replacing 34 systems with more reliable commercial units equipped with rain gauges.
This project addressed a highly utilized recreational beach within the City of South Padre Island that experiences erosion rates of up to 5.8 feet per year.
Seafood and Aquatic Life Group (SALG) will study contaminants of public health concern from the Galveston Bay complex by collecting additional fish and crab samples with emphasis on collecting the target species: spotted seatrout, red drum, black drum,
Three high-use public bayfront parks are targeted for Phase 1 of the project.
This project will be a joint project between the General Land Office (GLO) and the Bureau of Economic Geology and will use historical and recent aerial photographs supported by field surveys to determine spatial and temporal changes in salt-, brackish-
This project will determine the status and trends of wetlands on Padre Island National Seashore (PINS) along the southern Texas coast and the Chenier Plain along the upper Texas coast.
Texas A&M University's Hazard Reduction and Recovery Center (HARC) proposes to proceed with the fifth and final phase of a strategy to evaluate a myriad of issues related to assessing the vulnerability of coastal areas to natural hazards, including
Texas A&M University's Hazard Reduction and Recovery Center (HARC) will proceed with the third phase of a five phase strategy to evaluate numerous issues related to the vulnerability of coastal areas to natural hazards, including: local, state, and
Texas A&M University's Hazard Reduction and Recovery Center will implement the second phase of a five phase strategy to evaluate a myriad of issues related to assessing the vulnerability of coastal areas to natural hazards, including: local, state,
Changing land use patterns, population growth, relative sea-level rise, limited regulation of construction practices, and reduced institutional history on storm response may be exponentially increasing the vulnerability of the Texas coast to natural ha
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) bo
This project will analyze airborne topographic LIDAR in combination with new and historical optical imagery and ground surveys to understand the status and trends of the beach/dune system and to monitor the susceptibility of the coast to storm damage.
The BEG determined the spatial and temporal changes in inland marshes, mangroves, tidal flats, forested and riparian wetlands, and water bodies in the Beaumont-Port Arthur area.
The University of Texas’ Bureau of Economic Geology (BEG) proposes to determine spatial and temporal changes in inland marshes, mangroves, tidal flats, forested and riparian wetlands, and water bodies in a portion of the Brownsville-Harlingen area.
Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries Program will contract with the Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas at Austin, to determine spatial and temporal changes in inland marshes, mangroves, tidal flats, forested and riparian wetlands, and water bod
This project will continue the coast-wide study of wetlands in inland environments of the Texas coast.
This study will focus on mainland wetlands in Matagorda, Calhoun, Jackson, and Victoria counties, and will analyze wetland status and trends and probable causes for trends from the 1950s to 2004.
This project produced detailed status and trends information on wetlands on coastal barrier islands of the upper Texas coast and on seagrasses in Texas upper coast bays and estuaries.
The project determined the status and trends of wetlands on South Padre Island and Brazos Island including South Bay.