Mad Island Shoreline Protection and Ecosystem Restoration

Summary

The Nature Conservancy will construct approximately 2.5 miles of permanent offshore, rock breakwater structure along the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) in Matagorda County along the shoreline of the Mad Island Wildlife Management Area, an estuarine wetland ecosystem managed by the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department. Project completion will result in permanent protection of critically important terrestrial and marine wildlife habitats by mitigating the effects of wave energy on unprotected shorelines and mitigating threats of saltwater intrusion into brackish and freshwater coastal marshes.