Region/County:
Galveston
Recipient:
Texas Parks & Wildlife Department
Summary:
Restore previously productive oyster habitat on Hanna's Reef and Middle Reef in East Galveston Bay.
Region/County:
Coast Wide
Recipient:
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
Summary:
Installation of two new data collection stations that will be included in the Texas Coastal Ocean Observation Network (TCOON)
Region/County:
Cameron
Recipient:
Cameron County
Summary:
Technical analysis and related policy analysis of the costs associated with alternative Gulf of Mexico shoreline management approaches on Padre Island
Region/County:
Matagorda
Recipient:
Matagroda County
Summary:
Construction of a permanent handicap accessible public restroom at the primary beach access point of Sargen Beach park.
Region/County:
Galveston
Recipient:
City of Jamica Beach
Summary:
Develop an erosion response plan for Jamaica Beach.
Region/County:
Matagorda
Recipient:
Matagorda County
Summary:
Review current beach access sites to determine which sites are still feasible
Region/County:
Aransas
Recipient:
Aransas County
Summary:
The purpose of this project is to remove the anthropogenic barrier and restore the historical hydraulic connection between Cedar Bayou and Vinson Slough, and their connection to the Gulf of Mexico, resulting in substantial benefits to the coastal and estuarine ecosystem and marine fisheries habitat.
Region/County:
Coast Wide
Recipient:
University of Texas at Austin
Summary:
Advance state efforts to satisfy requirements under Section 6217 of the federal Coastal Zone Act Reauthorization Amendments (CZARA).
Region/County:
Coast Wide
Recipient:
Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin
Summary:
The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology will engage students and teachers who live along the coast in the study of the natural beach environment.
Region/County:
Coast Wide
Recipient:
Texas General Land Office
Summary:
his project updated the Texas Public Access Inventory and enhance the Texas General Land Office’s (GLO) Texas Beach and Bay Access Guide (BBAG).
Region/County:
Coast Wide
Recipient:
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
Summary:
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (TAMU-CC) will quantify long-term water quality trends along the central-south Texas coast and determine potential drivers of water quality change.
Region/County:
Cameron
Recipient:
Texas Water Resource Institute
Summary:
Texas Water Resource Institute will install infrastructure needed to divert treated effluent into three 10-acre settling/evaporation ponds.
Region/County:
Lower Coast, Cameron
Recipient:
Texas A&M University - Kingsville
Summary:
Texas A&M University-Kingsville (TAMU-K) is leading a partnered effort to establish an estuary program in the Lower Rio Grande Valley.
Region/County:
Coast Wide
Recipient:
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
Summary:
The USACE in partnership with the GLO will investigate the feasibility of projects for flood reduction, hurricane and storm damage mitigation and ecosystem restoration along the entire Texas coast. The end product will be a list of projects for the USACE to accomplish and a list projects that can be done on the state and local level.
Region/County:
Coast Wide
Recipient:
Texas General Land Office
Summary:
The GLO will develop a comprehensive, long-term planning framework to ensure a resilient ecologic and economic management of the Texas coast.
Region/County:
Coast Wide
Recipient:
General Land Office
Summary:
The Texas Coastal Resiliency Study identifies the critical infrastructure assets, such as water treatment facilities, roads and bridges, within the 22 county coastal study area that are most vulnerable to future storm impacts similar to those experienced during Hurricanes Dolly and Ike.
Region/County:
Brazoria, Chambers, Galveston, Harris, Jefferson, Orange
Recipient:
Gulf Coast Community Protection and Recovery
Summary:
In 2013, the GLO entered into an agreement with the Gulf Coast Community Protection and Recovery District (GCCPRD) to conduct a three phase Storm Surge Suppression Study. The study is a technical, scientific based effort to investigate opportunities to alleviate the vulnerability of the upper Texas coast to storm surge and flooding.
Region/County:
Refugio
Recipient:
Coatsal Bend Bays and Estuaried Program
Summary:
Acquire land that provides additional habitat for wintering whooping cranes and other important wildlife species in the Coastal Bend area.
Region/County:
Galveston
Recipient:
Trust for Public Land
Summary:
The Trust for Public Land (TPL) proposes to use FY 2007 to purchase approximately 67 acres of coastal habitat at McAllis Point, located in Galveston County
Region/County:
Calhoun
Recipient:
Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin
Summary:
The University of Texas, Bureau of Economic Geology will create a geoenvironmental atlas for Powderhorn Ranch in Calhoun County