County/Region:
Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient:
Galveston County
Summary:
This project would construct recreational amenities upon Rollover Pass closure.
County/Region:
Jefferson
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas General Land Office
Summary:
This project conducted an alternatives analysis to evaluate approaches to restore approximately 650 acres of forested wetlands that were subjected to subsidence and heavy timbering.
County/Region:
Refugio, San Patricio
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas General Land Office
Summary:
The project, completed in the summer of 2001, involved soft stabilization measures such as vegetative planting.
County/Region:
Refugio
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas General Land Office
Summary:
This project consisted of vegetative shoreline stabilization.
County/Region:
Jefferson
Project Partner/Recipient:
Lamar University
Summary:
Lamar University conducted additional Phase 1 monitoring activities and established methods and data standards that will be used in future Salt Bayou Watershed Restoration Plan phases.
County/Region:
Calhoun
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas General Land Office
Summary:
This project conducted an alternatives analysis and construction to protect the landward habitats of Matagorda Island from erosion and additional saltwater intrusion.
County/Region:
Lower Coast
Project Partner/Recipient:
Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program
Summary:
The Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program supported the development of a San Antonio Bay Watershed Protection Plan, specifically for two subject areas - habitat conservation/restoration and public access to coastal resources.
County/Region:
Cameron
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas A&M University
Summary:
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service's Water Resources Institute completed the final phase of the San Benito Wetlands Project.
County/Region:
Cameron
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas A&M University
Summary:
Texas A&M University extended the pipeline to the highest cell to utilize the remaining ten cells in the treatment of wastewater, remove invasive plant species, and establish native wetland vegetation to attract resident and migratory birds.
County/Region:
Cameron
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas A&M University
Summary:
Texas A&M University added infrastructure to the existing pipe system to pump effluent to three additional 10 acre settling/evaporation ponds, removed invasive plant species, and planted native wetland vegetation.
County/Region:
Brazoria, Matagorda
Project Partner/Recipient:
Ducks Unlimited, Inc.
Summary:
The GLO, in partnership with Ducks Unlimited, constructed rock breakwaters along the GIWW adjacent to the Sargent Unit and Cedar Lakes areas of the San Bernard NWR.
County/Region:
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas Parks & Wildlife Department
Summary:
County/Region:
Harris
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas Parks & Wildlife Department
Summary:
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department constructed 900 feet of all-weather trail through coastal tallgrass prairie and 600 feet of boardwalk trail, which will take visitors across the marsh to the bottomland forest on the far shore.
County/Region:
Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient:
City of Galveston
Summary:
The City of Galveston created a small park at the location of the Old Fort San Jacinto and the end of the seawall, named San Jacinto Park.
County/Region:
Harris
Project Partner/Recipient:
City of Baytown
Summary:
The City of Baytown developed a 5.0-acre peninsula park within the 400-acre Baytown Nature Park. The project was part of the overall master plan for the park and is a significant step in stabilizing the shoreline at the west end of the peninsula.
County/Region:
Brazoria
Project Partner/Recipient:
Brazoria County
Summary:
Brazoria County constructed a boardwalk, a 10'x10' observation deck, and dune walkover to provide compliant and safe access from the San Luis Pass County Park visitor center to the beach. T
County/Region:
Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient:
General Land Office
Summary:
County/Region:
Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient:
Brazoria County
Summary:
This project conducted an environmental assessment and obtained a USACE permit for the use sediment from the San Luis Pass flood delta.
County/Region:
Brazoria, Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient:
Brazoria County
Summary:
This project conducted an environmental assessment and obtained a USACE permit for the use sediment from the San Luis Pass flood delta.
County/Region:
Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas General Land Office
Summary:
This project entailed the development of a plan to evaluate the sandy materials in the San Luis Pass flood delta for possible use in beach nourishment projects.