County/Region:
Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient:
City of Texas City
Summary:
The City of Texas City purchased a software package to record violations, identify illegal connections and improper discharges and their locations and times and dates of discovery or observance.
County/Region:
Upper Coast
Project Partner/Recipient:
Galveston Bay Foundation
Summary:
Glveston Bay Foundation evaluated the water quality and storage characteristics of freshwater wetlands within the Galveston Bay watershed.
County/Region:
Upper Coast
Project Partner/Recipient:
Galveston Bay Foundation
Summary:
The Galveston Bay Foundation Phase conducted a year of field assessment to fine-tune the wetland model.This project was focused on securing data that demonstrates the ecological and economic value of freshwater wetlands in the Galveston Bay watershed.
County/Region:
Brazoria
Project Partner/Recipient:
Magnolia High School
Summary:
Magnolia High School provided students practical experience in environmental science and chemistry as it relates to water quality management and produced a high school level curriculum for Environmental Science.
County/Region:
Upper Coast
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas Cooperative Extension
Summary:
The Texas Cooperative Extension installed five demonstration landscapes to be located in public, high visibility areas to serve as representations of sustainable landscapes that can be installed on residential and commercial sites.
County/Region:
Harris
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas A&M University
Summary:
Texas A&M University installed three eco-friendly, WaterSmart demonstration landscapes in highly visible locations. Outreach was provided through a groundbreaking mentorship program.
County/Region:
Lower Coast
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas Engineering Experiment Station
Summary:
Texas Engineering Experiment Station installed a real-time, wave monitoring system off Corpus Christi, Texas.
County/Region:
Coastwide
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas A&M University at Galveston
Summary:
Texas A&M University at Galveston developed an automated wave prediction system for the coastal/nearshore areas of Texas. This system delivers local wave height and wave steepness forecasts that accounts for nearshore bathymetric/geometric effects.
County/Region:
Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD)
Summary:
This project continued work at West Bay Bird Island which was restored by dredging a relief channel and using dredged materials to rebuild lost habitat.
County/Region:
Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas General Land Office
Summary:
This project completed design and permitting to restore and protect the island, which is a nesting habitat for a diverse population of colonial waterbirds.
County/Region:
Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient:
Galveston Bay Foundation
Summary:
This project will involve securing an advisory team of local, state, and federal partners, conducting necessary site assessments/surveys, and hiring an engineering firm to produce a 30-50% design for a living shoreline in West Bay
County/Region:
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Summary:
County/Region:
Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD)
Summary:
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.
County/Region:
Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient:
City of Galveston
Summary:
This beach nourishment project addressed storm damage to existing engineered beaches.
County/Region:
Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas General Land Office
Summary:
This project included design and permitting to conduct a 12,000 foot beach nourishment adjacent to the Pirate's Beach, Pirate’s Beach West, and Palm Beach subdivisions.
County/Region:
Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient:
City of Galveston
Summary:
This project nourished about 28,000 feet in of Gulf shoreline adjacent to the Sea Isle, Terramar, Kahala Beach Estates, Caribbean Village, Bay Harbor-Gulf, Miramar Beach, Half Moon Beach, and San Luis Estates subdivisions.
County/Region:
Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas General Land Office
Summary:
This project included design and permitting to nourish 7,500 feet of shoreline seaward of the Sands of Kahala, Hershey Beach, Spanish Grant, Sunny Beach, and Bermuda Beach subdivisions and the West Beach Grand and Riviera I & II condominiums.
County/Region:
Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas General Land Office
Summary:
This project developed sediment budgets for West Galveston Island in cooperation with the City of Galveston and homeowner associations, as a preliminary task for small-scale beach nourishment projects.
County/Region:
Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient:
Galveston Park Board
Summary:
This project updated engineering and design specifications to implement and complete a beach nourishment/dune restoration project from the west terminus of the Galveston seawall to the west extent of 8-Mile Road, West Galveston Island.