Coastal Projects

University of Texas will characterize nutrient loading rates into the Lower Laguna Madre for subwatersheds by monitoring stream flow and water quality (particularly total nitrogen and phosphorus).  This information will be used to evaluate Te

This project will identify the plant, water column, and landscape indicators that provide the most critical information on water quality criteria that is relevant to successful maintenance and growth of seagrasses.

The Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries Program (CBBEP) will conduct a study to determine the critical physical and chemical environmental factors necessary for the restoration of seagrass beds in the lower Texas coast.

The City of South Padre Island will improve Moonlight Circle (Access Point #13) with the installation of an ADA-compliant dune walkover in place of the aging Mobil-mat currently installed.

The project will complete a shoreline protection project that was partially completed in CEPRA Cycle 1.

Follow-up phased shoreline protection and marsh restoration project to the Moses Lake Shoreline Protection Phase 2 project. The project scope involves data collection, permitting and final engineering design.

The Coastal Bend Bays Foundation (CBBF) provided a series of outreach lectures targeted at community leaders in civic and business organizations.  Adults outreach topics focused on the reduction of bay debris, the protection and management of shor

Mustang Beach is located on the western shore of the Gulf of Mexico in Nueces County, Texas.

Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program will 1) repair existing and install new bollards and cable to protect the entire ~1,200 acre Mollie Beattie and Kate's Hole preserves by limiting access to certain areas within the preserves; 2) make impro

Water and habitat are degraded in and around marinas from boat sewage and introduction of dockside wastes from non-point sources.  It has been demonstrated that the combination of poor circulation and discharge from boaters and boat maintenance op

The Houston Parks Board purchased 27 acres along Sims Bayou. The acquisition allows for the restoration and enhancement of natural features that will restore the site to a complex of habitats typical of the historic Sims Bayou.

Joint CEPRA-CIAP funded sand source study to develop a potential sediment inventory and volume determination of the Bolivar Roads Houston-Galveston Ship Channel north jetty area adjacent to Bolivar Peninsula and amend an existing USACE permit to incorp

Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program will implement a second phase of marsh restoration.

Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program will initiate dredge-and-fill operations (in accordance with its USACE permit) that will create another 15+ acres of marsh complex (with a high percentage of planting area) within the 80-acre containment cell.

The Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program (CBBEP) will implement volunteer marsh plantings at the Nueces Bay Marsh Project site.

The Nueces Bay Portland Causeway Marsh is located on the northern portion of Indian Point Peninsula, north of Highway 181.

Marsh restoration will consist of raising the bay bottom to a target elevation of +0.8 ft and +1.5 ft NAVD in order to support low-marsh communities; leaving open-water channels at current depths to allow for adequate water circulation; and appropriate

The Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries Program (CBBEP) will initiate public access improvements to Nueces Bay adjacent to the Nueces Bay Marsh Restoration Project site.  The CBBEP owns a 33 acre parcel of land along the southbound side of Highway 181

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) and the Center for Coastal Studies performed sediment collection and analysis for zinc in Nueces Bay and the Inner Harbor.   A compilation of a geodatabase of all existing water,

The Center for Coastal Studies will perform sediment collection and analysis of zinc in Nueces Bay and the Inner Harbor. This information will be used by TCEQ to develop a total maximum daily load for zinc.