Project Description
This project restored approximately 75 acres of intertidal marsh complex within Carancahua Cove at GISP through construction of 81 marsh mounds and 5,415 linear feet of rock breakwater. The marsh mounds consist of sandy dredged material placed to create broad, gently-sloping mounds. The breakwater provide protection from wave action for new and existing marsh features. This project was mainly funded via NFWF restoration funds. Five years of post-construction monitoring is on-going. CEPRA Cycle 10 Project Number 1637 GISP Phase III is compounding on this project by extending breakwaters into adjacent coves.
Basics
Galveston
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD)
7
Classification
CEPRA
- Marsh/Wetland Restoration or Protection
Contacts
Timeline
Completed
2017
Budget/Costs
$7796806.80
$0.00
$50778.00
$0.00
$7746028.80