The Texas High School Coastal Monitoring Program engages people who live along the coast in the study of their natural environment.
High School students, teachers, and scientists worked together to gain a better understanding of dune and beach dynamics on the Texas coast. Students and teachers learned how to measure the topography, map the vegetation line and shoreline, and o
Program to
teach students and teachers how to measure topography, map the
vegetation line and shoreline, and observe weather and wave conditions.
The Texas High School Coastal Monitoring Program engages people who live along the coast in the study of their natural environment. High School students, teachers, and scientists work together to gain a better understanding of dune and beach dyna
High School students, teachers, and scientists work together to gain a better understanding of dune and beach dynamics on the Texas coast.
Program to
teach students and teachers how to measure topography, map the
vegetation line and shoreline, and observe weather and wave conditions.
The Texas High School Coastal Monitoring Program (THSCMP) engages people who live along the coast in the study of their natural environment.
This project is for planning the implementation of the Texas Integrated Ocean Observation System (TIOOS), an environmental information system utilizing data collected in coastal and offshore waters of the Texas Gulf coast.
Project to control the spread of noxious and invasive species on the Aransas Wildlife Refuge and the Peach Point Wildlife Management Area.
Texas A&M University at Galveston will continue the functioning, growth, and expansion of the Texas Coastal Erosion Data Network and change the name to the Texas Sand and Oyster Reef Resource Network.
Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin will teach students how to monitor selected beaches over a period of one year.
Conservation treatment of artifacts recovered during the excavation of the Belle, La Salle's flagship
Project to collect and review existing data, information and research regarding the role and economic value of freshwater inflows in sustaining the coastal ecosystems of San Antonio Bay.
Two key elements of the project are to estimate the economic value of water used to sustain the ecosystem, based on an analysis of the Valley's ecotourism sector, and to disseminate the information generated by the project to public officials, state an
This project used economic approaches to derive an economic value for fresh water inflows from the Rio Grande.
Aransas County will develop Upper Tule Creek West as a "living lab." The "living lab" will include trails, educational kiosks, timber observation blinds and interpretive areas with educational signage.
The Gulf of Mexico Foundation continued its public education and outreach initiative through the continued implementation of the Science & Spanish Club Network (SSCN). SSCN has emerged as an effective tool in shaping a distinct community-base
The Texas General Land Office will develop a new outreach campaign to help increase public awareness of the threat caused by marine debris on the Texas coast, and to spur volunteer participation in the program's coastwide cleanup efforts.
Texas Cooperative Extension will use this grant to continue the Wetland Restoration Team's basic training, to develop a monitoring protocol and schedule for locally created wetlands, and to host a "Lessons Learned Workshop" on wetland restoration.
This project will study three impaired tidal streams in order to determine the appropriate water quality standards. The results of this study will provide information that will enable the state to move forward to reduce pollution of wetlands and