Under Phase II, the City of Corpus Christi will increase public access and environmental enhancements by performing the following activities on the southern portion of the refuge: 1.) Replace a highly degraded 3,300 linear foot asphalt nature trail wit
The City of Corpus Christi will use funds to complete Phase 1 of the City’s long-term goal to create a green recreational connection from the Flour Bluff area to the Oso Bay Wetlands Preserve.
The Nueces County Coastal Parks Department will develop a comprehensive public awareness and educational outreach program focused on promoting sound responsible environmental stewardship targeting the problem of littering and illegal dumping focused on
Texas Engineering Experiment Station will investigate the impact of coastal dunes and wetlands on mitigating hurricane impacts.
Project to
conduct a study of the Nueces-Corpus Christi Estuary to collect
essential information on the sources of sediment to this system and to
characterize sedimentation rates in the Nueces Delta and major bays.
Quantifying erosion and pollution from rainfall runoff on urbanized beaches - Galveston Island study
Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station researchers will study how coastal rainwater runoff affects beach erosion and solid transport processes in Galveston with the goal of collecting data to create sediment transport laws.
Plastic debris in rivers, streams, and coastal bays adversely impacts tourism, the economy, and the health of aquatic organisms.
Project to purchase a side-scan sonar system to conduct mapping of submerged oyster reefs in Galveston Bay.
Brazoria County Parks Department will repair Quintana Beach County Park boardwalk and walkover and add an observation deck with interpretive signage. The park is one of the few access points that remain post- Hurricane Ike.
A beach nourishment project on a Gulf shore to repair the damage from Hurricane Harvey to approximately 1,850 feet of Gulf shoreline at Quintana-Bryan Beach.
The WaterSmart Program of the Texas AgriLife Extension Service, part of the Texas A&M University System, will conduct a concerted educational and outreach initiative that includes the installation of a minimum of three demonstration rain gardens in
Audubon Texas focused on public education and outreach to underserved communities by providing educational resources to youth and teachers along the coast, supplemented with hands-on training and facilitation of experiences in the natural wor
The project will document seagrass distribution and biomass patterns in the Lower Laguna Madre (LLM) and assess recovery of seagrass following the 2010 historic freshet due to Hurricane Alex. The project will employ the transect method for record
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi will build on previous study efforts of bayhead deltas degradation and erosional loss, focusing on recent changes in four bayhead delta systems.
The Park Board of Trustees of the City of Galveston will develop roadways within Stewart Beach Park, install perimeter ditch work, make beach access improvements, create emergency and service vehicle access areas, plant native vegetation in the new dit
The objective of this study is a post-storm analysis of the impact of the tidal storm surge on the marsh communities in southern Jefferson County.
The City of Corpus Christi will acquire 24.43 acres of wetland and upland property adjacent to and contiguous with the existing Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s Redhead Pond Wildlife Management Area (WMA).
Friends of Redhead Pond and Environmental Stewardship Association (Friends) will remove invasive plant species to improve the diversity of native plants and wild bird populations at Redhead Pond.
Continue researching ways to reduce the toxic effects of dispersed oil on economically relevant marine invertebrates of the Gulf of Mexico. This research effort will continue and expand upon the previous efforts by conducting research on young ad