County/Region:
Cameron
Project Partner/Recipient:
City of South Padre Island
Summary:
This project restored approximately 2 miles of dune with 20 feet of vegetation planting at the tow of the dunes seaward all of which will occur in one-mile tracs annually.
County/Region:
Cameron
Project Partner/Recipient:
City of South Padre Island
Summary:
The City of South Padre Island continued to restore low lying areas and gaps in the dune line along the entire length of the City’s beach in an effort to form a continuous dune line that is 12 feet above sea level and 125 feet wide.
County/Region:
Cameron
Project Partner/Recipient:
City of South Padre Island
Summary:
The City of South Padre Island implemented dune restoration projects along the entire length of the City's beach at identified low lying areas and gaps in dune line by staging and hosting volunteer planting events.
County/Region:
Cameron
Project Partner/Recipient:
City of South Padre Island
Summary:
The City of South Padre Island began the development of a City of South Padre Island Erosion Response Plan to be attached as an Amendment to the existing Beach Access and Dune Protection Plan.
County/Region:
Cameron
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas General Land Office
Summary:
This project consisted of dune restoration in numerous areas of the county beach and beach nourishment for approximately 2,000 feet of South Padre’s heavily used beach, completed in April 2001.
County/Region:
Cameron
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas General Land Office
Summary:
This project nourished 2,000 feet of Gulf-facing beach along South Padre Island.
County/Region:
Willacy
Project Partner/Recipient:
General Land Office
Summary:
The Town of South Padre Island completed the first phase of a multi-phase sand source investigation that involved the review of existing data and recommendations to focus future data collection and engineering evaluation phases.
County/Region:
Cameron
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas General Land Office
Summary:
This beach nourishment project at South Padre Island utilized beach quality sand dredged from the Brazos-Santiago Pass by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in December 2000.
County/Region:
Cameron
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas General Land Office
Summary:
County/Region:
Cameron
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas General Land Office
Summary:
The project beneficially used beach-quality sand dredged from Brazos-Santiago Pass by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers during maintenance dredging of the Brownsville Ship Channel on South Padre Island.
County/Region:
Jefferson
Project Partner/Recipient:
Lamar University
Summary:
Lamar University will improve the Southeast Texas Flood Control District (SETxFCD) low-cost sensor network by replacing 34 systems with more reliable commercial grade AWARE sensors.
County/Region:
Cameron
Project Partner/Recipient:
City of South Padre Island
Summary:
This project placed BUDM material to reduce and possibly prevent loss of property and public infrastructure and preserve beach on South Padre Island.
County/Region:
Cameron
Project Partner/Recipient:
City of South Padre Island
Summary:
This was a beach nourishment project on South Padre Island.
County/Region:
Cameron
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas General Land Office
Summary:
This project developed performance expectations and established baseline criteria for general and site-specific project design, installation, and a monitoring plan to measure post-construction project performance success/failure on South Padre Island.
County/Region:
Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient:
Department of State Health Services
Summary:
Department of State Health Services studied contaminants of public health concern from the Galveston Bay complex by collecting additional fish and crab samples with emphasis on collecting certain species.
County/Region:
Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas General Land Office
Summary:
CEPRA funding was used to design and construct a shoreline protection structure at Starvation Cove on the south shoreline of West Bay near Galveston Island State Park to protect 415 acres of critical habitat.
County/Region:
Jefferson
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas General Land Office
Summary:
This project partnered with Jefferson County to evaluate erosion response alternatives and develop a preliminary engineering design to construct a short segment of shore protection along Highway 82.
County/Region:
Lower Coast
Project Partner/Recipient:
Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas at Austin
Summary:
The University of Texas used historical and recent aerial photographs to determine spatial and temporal changes in marshes, mangroves, tidal flats, and water bodies on San Jose Island, Mustang Island, and North Padre Island.
County/Region:
Lower Coast
Project Partner/Recipient:
Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas at Austin
Summary:
The University of Texas determined the status and trends of wetlands on Padre Island National Seashore along the southern Texas coast and the Chenier Plain along the upper Texas coast.
County/Region:
Coastwide
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas A&M University
Summary: