County/Region:
Upper Coast
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas A&M University at Galveston
Summary:
Texas A&M University at Galveston monitored the long-term response of aquatic plant and animal communities to the closure of Rollover Pass.
County/Region:
Upper Coast
Project Partner/Recipient:
Lee College
Summary:
Lee College collected data at living shoreline sites throughout Galveston Bay to assess resiliency Post-Harvey and the functional aspects of these small-scale restoration projects.
County/Region:
Aransas
Project Partner/Recipient:
Aransas County
Summary:
Aransas County constructed a "living lab," a native habitat study area with trails and educational amenities and a streambed with riffle ponds along the west bank of Tule Ditch/Tule Creek.
County/Region:
Lower Coast
Project Partner/Recipient:
Gulf of Mexico Foundation, Inc.
Summary:
The Gulf of Mexico Foundation, Inc. continued the Science and Spanish Club Network, which has emerged as an effective tool in shaping a distinct, community-based youth leadership in stewardship of the Gulf of Mexico agenda.
County/Region:
Coastwide
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas State University
Summary:
Texas State University led a dynamic team of scientists, educators, engineers and communication professionals, collectively known as the Texas Coastal Collaborative, in a two-year coastwide effort to engage key stakeholders in targeted communities.
County/Region:
Coastwide
Project Partner/Recipient:
General Land Office
Summary:
The Adopt-A-Beach program developed a new outreach campaign to help increase public awareness of the threat caused by marine debris on the Texas coast, and to spur volunteer participation in the program's coastwide cleanup efforts.
County/Region:
Upper Coast
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas Cooperative Extension
Summary:
The Texas Cooperative Extension expanded the "Urban Wetland Education and Restoration" project's community outreach by hosting a Lessons Learned in Wetland Restoration workshop and monitoring water quality improvement at wetland restoration projects.
County/Region:
Upper Coast
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
Summary:
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi conducted a risk assessment and prediction of the vulnerability of OSSFs’ functionality to climate and anthropogenic changes and their importance as NPS pollution from the Bolivar Peninsula to Matagorda Beach.
County/Region:
Upper Coast
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas Parks & Wildlife Department
Summary:
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department maintained and improved water quality.
County/Region:
Harris
Project Partner/Recipient:
GeoTechnology Research Institute
Summary:
GeoTechnology Research Institute facilitated the conservation of wetland habitats in the Houston-Galveston region.
County/Region:
Brazoria
Project Partner/Recipient:
Town of Quintana
Summary:
This project renourished two recreational beaches and provided protection from storm damage to homes and nearby infrastructure.
County/Region:
Cameron
Project Partner/Recipient:
City of South Padre Island
Summary:
The City of South Padre Island developed an unimproved beach access point into a beach park to come into compliance with the beach maintenance program.
County/Region:
Cameron
Project Partner/Recipient:
City of South Padre Island
Summary:
This project conducted a desktop study of potential sand sources located offshore of South Padre Island, Texas.
County/Region:
Lower Coast
Project Partner/Recipient:
The Center for Progressive Studies and Culture, Inc.
Summary:
The Center for Progressive Studies and Culture, Inc. sampled water quality at 30 EPA EMAP stations each quarter, and sampled sediment once at both the Phase II (existing 30 EMAP stations) and Phase III sampling locations.
County/Region:
Nueces
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
Summary:
Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi will identify the sources of fecal indicator bacteria and nutrients to Corpus Christi Bay and the Laguna Madre.
County/Region:
Cameron
Project Partner/Recipient:
University of Texas at Austin
Summary:
The University of Texas at Austin examined the long-term health of seagrasses in the Lower Laguna Madre, following protocols that evaluate seagrass condition based on landscape-scale dynamics and including annual rapid assessment and sampling.
County/Region:
Coastwide
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas Transportation Institute
Summary:
The Texas Transportation Institute held training courses for local governments on how to implement best management practices during road construction and maintenance projects.
County/Region:
Coastwide
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas A&M University at Galveston
Summary:
Texas A&M University at Galveston developed and conducted workshops across the Texas coast to train personnel required by the US Fish and Wildlife Service to monitor sea turtle nesting activity concurrent to on-beach projects during the nesting season.
County/Region:
Nueces
Project Partner/Recipient:
University of Texas at Austin
Summary:
The University of Texas at Austin provided classroom instruction to approximately 700 students. Students learned the impacts of marine debris on the local environment.
County/Region:
Brazoria
Project Partner/Recipient:
Treasure Island Municipal Utility District
Summary:
Treasure Island Municipal Utility District extended the dune restoration work already begun by building an additional 1000 feet of dunes using hay bales and other material along a significant portion of the community's shoreline.