Update the index maps and data supplement to capture new information and ensure protection of sensitive environmental features along the coast.
This project will build a breakwater using rock or marine grade concrete structures (reef balls) that provide habitat structure for aquatic organisms and potential places for encrusting organisms to settle. Local ecotypes of cordgrass,
The Port of Corpus Christi Authority constructed a stone breakwater of approximately 1000-1500 linear feet on the northeastern portion of Pelican Island to provide erosion protection.
Phase 2 would essentially stop erosion at the project location and is needed to complete the scope of rookery and estuarine habitat protection originally proposed by the Port of Corpus Christi Authority.
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi will establish a new laboratory with advanced water quality testing equipment and trained personnel. Subrecipient will purchase equipment that can measure Enterococcus levels, E. coli levels, and complete E.
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi (TAMU-CC) will study the contribution of groundwater inputs to decreased marine alkalinity in Copano Bay. TAMU-CC will quantify groundwater discharge and reduced sulfur export on a seasonal basis in selec
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi will conduct a series of attainable objectives that will improve understanding of groundwater contributions to water quality and habitat degradation in relevant embayments of the South Texas coast.
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi will conduct a study to advance the understanding of groundwater inflows and nutrient transport to bay systems in South Texas for improved environmental flow recommendations and nutrient criteria.
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (TAMU-CC) will conduct a study to advance understanding of groundwater inflows and nutrient transport to bay systems in South Texas for improved Environmental Flow recommendations and nutrient criteria.
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will estimate human health risks present in Texas coastal recreational waters impacted by various fecal pollution sources.
Texas A&M University at Galveston will assess the value of the beneficial-uses restoration sites in the Salt Bayou ecosystem for migratory and resident waterfowl and shorebirds, using invertebrate assemblages as a proxy for habitat quality.
Chambers
County will develop a plan for protecting of environmentally sensitive
areas in the county from the outgrowth of commercial, industrial, and
residential development.
This project will address a series of achievable objectives that will enhance understanding of eutrophication dynamics in Oso Bay.
Project funds will be used to develop and implement an outreach campaign to promote riparian buffer expansion in the Petronila Creek ecosystem through education and outreach activities targeting landowners.
Texas
A&M University-Corpus Christi will write
a manual to include the selected activities/investigations for use
in the Floating Classroom Program, construct activity kits, and evaluate
Coastal Bend Bays Foundation, Inc. will culminate in the Earth Day-Bay Day event, which will be expanded to include other communities within the Coastal Bend. The event will be expanded to include a year-round public outreach program.
Calhoun County will expand the boundary of the County's King Fisher Beach Park with the fee simple purchase of nearly 8 acres of grassland adjacent to the park.
Texas A&M University at Galveston will expand the DermoWatch website to include oyster Dermo disease data from three sites (low, medium, and high salinity reefs) in each of the following Central Texas bays: Lavaca, Matagorda, and San Antonio.
The Galveston Bay Foundation will construct a one mile stretch of hike and bike trail, install an irrigation system, and plant native trees, grasses, and shrubs at Exploration Green in Harris County.
The Galveston Bay Foundation (GBF) will continue developing Exploration Green, a 200-acre stormwater detention, natural conservation and recreation area in the Bay Area of Houston.