County/Region:
Coastwide
Project Partner/Recipient:
General Land Office
Summary:
County/Region:
Coastwide
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
Summary:
County/Region:
Coastwide
Project Partner/Recipient:
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
Summary:
This project developed a comprehensive plan for the coastal area of Texas that identified and evaluated the feasibility hurricane and storm risk management and ecosystem restoration for the coastal areas of the State of Texas.
County/Region:
Project Partner/Recipient:
University of Texas Bureau of Economic Geology (UTBEG)
Summary:
UT-BEG will create a breaching susceptibility index for TCRMP Region 1 by analyzing historical washover, lidar elevation data, dune volumetrics, dune continuity, dune vegetation.
County/Region:
Project Partner/Recipient:
University of Texas Bureau of Economic Geology (UTBEG)
Summary:
UT-BEG will create a breaching susceptibility index for TCRMP Region 2, 3, & 4 by analyzing historical washover, lidar elevation data, dune volumetrics, dune continuity, dune vegetation.
County/Region:
Coastwide
Project Partner/Recipient:
National Audubon Society, d.b.a. Audubon Texas
Summary:
County/Region:
Coastwide
Project Partner/Recipient:
University of Texas at Austin
Summary:
The University of Texas expanded the Texas Seagrass Monitoring Plan and established 75 additional monitoring stations in San Antonio Bay and Galveston Bay, allowing the assessment of nearly 100% of all known seagrass beds along the Texas coast.
County/Region:
Upper Coast
Project Partner/Recipient:
Galveston Bay Foundation
Summary:
Galveston Bay Foundation continued the expansion of the Oyster Shell Recycling Program.
County/Region:
Nueces
Project Partner/Recipient:
Nueces County
Summary:
Nueces County constructed a dune walkover in Padre Balli Park and a bird observation facility within Packery Channel Park.
County/Region:
Upper Coast
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas Parks & Wildlife Department
Summary:
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department created an artificial reef habitat at the Big Man's Nearshore Reef Site (Big Man’s), a 160-acre, fully permitted site.
County/Region:
Upper Coast
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas Parks & Wildlife Department
Summary:
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department deployed substantial amounts of artificial reef habitat at the Sabine Reef.
County/Region:
Lower Coast
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas Parks & Wildlife Department
Summary:
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) created an artificial reef habitat at the Rio Grande Valley Reef Site, which is the largest site within the TPWD Artificial Reef Program, spanning 1,650 acres.
County/Region:
Project Partner/Recipient:
General Land Office
Summary:
County/Region:
Coastwide
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas Parks & Wildlife Department
Summary:
County/Region:
Cameron
Project Partner/Recipient:
Cameron County
Summary:
Cameron County constructed cabanas with electricity and plumbing to provide visitors inexpensive lodging for periods up to two weeks.
County/Region:
Kleberg
Project Partner/Recipient:
Kleberg County
Summary:
The County of Kleberg constructed an erosion response structure at Kaufer-Hubert Memorial Park in Loyola Beach.
County/Region:
Cameron
Project Partner/Recipient:
South Padre Island Birding and Nature Center
Summary:
County/Region:
Nueces
Project Partner/Recipient:
City of Corpus Christi
Summary:
The City of Corpus Christi constructed an observation overlook, modification of walkways to become ADA compliant and native landscaping at Falcon Park.
County/Region:
Cameron
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Summary:
County/Region:
Nueces
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
Summary:
Texas A&M University- Corpus Christi investigated whether Padre Island is likely to become breached based on geological and stratigraphic features within the island.
