County/Region:
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas State University
Summary:
Texas State made the final revisions needed for the living shoreline website to be published online for public view. Once the website was launched, TXSTATE supported the General Land Office in routine, ongoing maintenance of the website.
County/Region:
Aransas
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas Parks & Wildlife Department
Summary:
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department restored wetland habitats that are integral parts of the Texas Gulf coast and the Aransas Bay estuarine ecosystems. The project restored 24 acres of intertidal emergent marsh on the north side of Goose Island.
County/Region:
Aransas
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas Parks & Wildlife Department
Summary:
County/Region:
Aransas
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas General Land Office
Summary:
This project completed an alternatives analysis to protect valuable ecological habitat within Goose Island State Park by evaluating methods of stabilizing the southern shoreline.
County/Region:
Aransas
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD)
Summary:
A follow-on to work conducted under Cycle 2, this project involved the construction of offshore rock breakwaters and the creation of habitat in the protected area between the breakwaters and Goose Island.
County/Region:
Chambers
Project Partner/Recipient:
Galveston Bay Foundation
Summary:
The Gordy Marsh project built approximately 9,000 linear feet of shoreline and applied long term shoreline protection to the project site by building a nearshore breakwater to maintain the existing shoreline and protect native wetlands.
County/Region:
Harris
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas A&M University
Summary:
AgriLife produced a web-hosted video to showcase green infrastructure projects and explained how green infrastructure improves water quality, reduces flood risks, and provides habitat.
County/Region:
Calhoun
Project Partner/Recipient:
Calhoun County
Summary:
County/Region:
Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient:
West Galveston Bay Landowners Group/ Ducks Unlimited
Summary:
This project was the alternatives analysis phase of a shoreline protection project for the design and permitting of 9,200 linear feet of shoreline protection along the Gulf Intra-Coastal Waterway near West Galveston Bay.
County/Region:
Lower Coast
Project Partner/Recipient:
Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority
Summary:
Guadalupe -Blanco River Authority completed data collection, mapping and models to assist with the assessment of local flooding and natural resource management problems.
County/Region:
Lower Coast
Project Partner/Recipient:
Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority
Summary:
Guadalupe -Blanco River Authority completed data collection, mapping and models to assist with the assessment of local flooding and natural resource management problems.
County/Region:
Coastwide
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas A&M University - Sea Grant College Program
Summary:
County/Region:
Cameron
Project Partner/Recipient:
City of South Padre Island
Summary:
The City of South Padre Island developed a design for the right of way (ROW) on Gulf Blvd. and completed enhancements to maximize the parking space available while providing better safety measures for the public.
County/Region:
Cameron
Project Partner/Recipient:
City of South Padre Island
Summary:
The City of South Padre Island developed a design for the 75-foot right of way (ROW) on Gulf Boulevard and complete enhancements to maximize the parking space available while providing better safety measures for the public.
County/Region:
Upper Coast
Project Partner/Recipient:
Galveston and Trinity Bay Marine Museum
Summary:
County/Region:
Lower Coast
Project Partner/Recipient:
Friends of The Rio Grande Valley Reef
Summary:
The Friends of The Rio Grande Valley Reef will deploy approximately 9,250 tons of contaminant-tested and inspected recycled concrete to create an artificial reef.
County/Region:
Nueces
Project Partner/Recipient:
Nueces County
Summary:
County/Region:
Nueces
Project Partner/Recipient:
City of Corpus Christi
Summary:
The City of Corpus Christi began restoration activities at the City's new 162-acre Oso Bay Wetlands Preserve.
County/Region:
Matagorda
Project Partner/Recipient:
The Nature Conservancy
Summary:
County/Region:
Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas General Land Office
Summary:
This project protected a narrow strip of land that prevents barge wakes and West Galveston Bay waves from destroying the Halls Lake ecosystem. Approximately 2,648 feet of articulated concrete mat was constructed along the shoreline of the GIWW.
