Region/County:
Calhoun
Recipient:
Calhoun County
Summary:
Address marsh erosion and degradation behind Magnolia beach.
Region/County:
Matagorda
Recipient:
Ducks Unlimited
Summary:
The Dressing Point Island Restoration and Shoreline Protection Project is located in East Matagorda Bay part of the Big Boggy National Wildlife Refuge, this project will result in a breakwater.
Region/County:
Coast Wide
Recipient:
General Land Office
Summary:
The Texas Legislature requires the Texas General Land Office (GLO) to report the economic and natural resource benefits derived from Coastal Erosion Planning and Response Act (CEPRA) funding every biennium
Region/County:
Upper Coast, Brazoria, Chambers, Galveston, Harris, Jefferson, Orange
Recipient:
Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station
Summary:
=This project will characterize the nearshore wave and current conditions in representative summer and winter seasons in Region 1 along the Texas Gulf of Mexico coast by gathering field measured hydrodynamic data using fixed as well as vessel-mounted instrument setups.
Region/County:
Nueces
Recipient:
Nueces River Authority
Summary:
This project leverages existing regional partnerships through multi-faceted efforts to improve water quality conditions in Baffin and Oso Bay and the feeding streams of Petronila Creek, San Fernando Creek, and Oso Creek.
Region/County:
Cameron
Recipient:
City of South Padre Island
Summary:
This project will construct one permanent, single-stall ADA-compliant bathroom at the Fantasy Circle beach access point, and construct an ADA pathway from the parking lot to the restroom facility.
Region/County:
Brazoria
Recipient:
Brazoria County
Summary:
The project will reconstruct/secure the embankment and replace the footbridge over the natural lagoon damaged by Hurricane Laura.
Region/County:
Calhoun
Recipient:
Calhoun County
Summary:
The project will add amenities to the Bill Sanders County Park.
Region/County:
Matagorda
Recipient:
Audubon Texas
Summary:
Audubon will purchase a new tractor for island management and complete bird monitoring during nesting season.
Region/County:
Cameron
Recipient:
City of South Padre Island
Summary:
The project will produce three finalized engineering plans for public beach access improvements in the City of South Padre Island.
Region/County:
Chambers
Recipient:
Texas Water Trade
Summary:
This project will collect critical water quality and nutrient data associated with a water delivery to the estuarine environments downstream of the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR).
Region/County:
Coast Wide
Recipient:
University of Texas - BEG
Summary:
The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology will work with students and teachers to gain a better understanding of dune and beach dynamics.
Region/County:
Coast Wide
Recipient:
Texas A&M AgriLife Research
Summary:
The project will develop geographic information system (GIS) and remote sensing (RS)-based methods for identifying the locations of on-site sewage facilities (OSSFs) and compare the capabilities of these methods to one another and to ground-truthed OSSF data.
Region/County:
Coast Wide
Recipient:
Texas A&M University - Engineering Experiment Station
Summary:
The project will develop a framework for generating wave information along the nearshore Texas coast.
Region/County:
Upper Coast
Recipient:
Texas A&M University - Galveston
Summary:
This project will provide recommendations to improve the design of beneficial use restoration sites to increase bird use on the Upper Texas Coast.
Region/County:
Galveston
Recipient:
Texas A&M University - AgriLife Extension Service
Summary:
AgriLife will deliver targeted outreach on nonpoint source pollution topics within four Coalition watersheds through a combination of partner groups, mail campaigns, distributing materials, and workshops.
Region/County:
Brazoria
Recipient:
Town of Quintana
Summary:
The GLO will enter into a contractual agreement with the Town of Quintana to provide 50 linear feet of Mobi-Mat to better facilitate public access to the beach.
Region/County:
Calhoun
Recipient:
City of Port Lavaca
Summary:
The main project goals for the Port Lavaca Lighthouse Beach Restoration Project are to nourish the recreational beach, protect and enhance the adjacent wetlands using living shoreline techniques and marsh creation, and modify the existing coastal structures around the beach to retain sand on the beach.
Region/County:
Matagorda
Recipient:
The Matagorda Bay Foundation
Summary:
The Boggy Cut GIWW Stabilization project objectives are to construct an approximate 4-mile living shoreline breakwater.
Region/County:
Nueces
Recipient:
Nueces County
Summary:
The purpose of the project is to construct additional nature park amenities that will significantly enhance public access to coastal habitats, provide educational outreach components, and create, enhance, and expand important coastal barrier island wildlife through the creation of 1.5-acre woodland habitat and enhancement of freshwater wetland habitat. This project will utilize the knowledge base that was acquired during past monitoring and survey efforts.