Region/County:
Nueces
Recipient:
City of Corpus Christi
Summary:
The City of Corpus Christi will acquire 24.43 acres of wetland and upland property adjacent to and contiguous with the existing Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s Redhead Pond Wildlife Management Area (WMA).
Region/County:
Cameron
Recipient:
General Land Office
Summary:
Aptim Environmental and Infrastructure, LLC will do field assessments of the Old Queen Isabella Causeway.
Region/County:
Nueces
Recipient:
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
Summary:
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi (TAMUCC) will extend their shell recycling program, where shucked oyster shell is reclaimed from various seafood industry partners, to include reef restoration.
Region/County:
Galveston
Recipient:
Park Board of Trustees of the City of Galveston
Summary:
This science-based project will bring solutions to enhance resilience intended to reduce/or eliminate lost user days, and recapture previously lost access.
Region/County:
Upper Coast
Recipient:
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
Summary:
Integration of data and models will help lead to implementation of management measures to enable better control of nonpoint source pollution to ensure resilient coastal systems.
Region/County:
Upper Coast
Recipient:
Texas A&M University
Summary:
The end product will be a reliable design and evaluation tool for coastal wetland restoration projects in Texas.
Region/County:
Upper Coast
Recipient:
The University of Texas at El Paso
Summary:
The University of Texas at El Paso will commission two High Frequency Radar (HFR) networks in Galveston Bay and Sabine Lake.
Region/County:
Coast Wide
Recipient:
General Land Office
Summary:
The GLO will modernize the Beach Watch system and expand its capabilities to allow predictive modeling which will provide real-time, modeled information for the beach patron
Region/County:
Lower Coast
Recipient:
Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program
Summary:
This project will help protect important colonial waterbird habitat along the Texas coast.
Region/County:
Matagorda
Recipient:
The Matagorda Bay Foundation
Summary:
The Matagorda Bay Foundation (MBF) will acquire 1,000 acres of mixed coastal habitat in Matagorda Bay.
Region/County:
Lower Coast
Recipient:
Ducks Unlimited
Summary:
Ducks Unlimited, Inc. will create a master plan for beneficial use (BU) of dredge material along the lower Texas coast.
Region/County:
Coast Wide
Recipient:
Harte Research Institute - Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
Summary:
The Harte Research Institute at Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi will develop ecosystem health report cards for various Texas Bays.
Region/County:
Coast Wide
Recipient:
Texas State University
Summary:
Texas State University will take a dynamic approach to hazard mitigation, resiliency, and coastal nonpoint source (NPS) pollution control.
Region/County:
Coast Wide
Recipient:
Harte Research Institute - Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
Summary:
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi will conduct a synthesis of freshwater inflows to Texas bays and estuaries and publish the results in a book.
Region/County:
Cameron
Recipient:
Texas Parks and Wildlife
Summary:
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department will use GOMESA funds to develop engineering and design plans for the removal of the of the Queen Isabella Causeway in South Padre Island, TX
Region/County:
Galveston
Recipient:
Galveston Bay Foundation
Summary:
The Galveston Bay Foundation will aquire 102 acres of wetlands at 50% appraised value around Dollar Bay.
Region/County:
Coast Wide
Recipient:
Harte Research Institute - Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
Summary:
This project will further demonstrate potential benefits of Master Plan projects by modeling before and after project impacts to the coast.
Region/County:
Kleberg
Recipient:
Texas A&M University
Summary:
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi will quantify nutrient loadings to Baffin Bay .
Region/County:
Coast Wide
Recipient:
N/A
Summary:
The Texas Legislature requires the General Land Office (GLO) to report the economic and natural resource benefits derived from Coastal Erosion Planning and Response Act (CEPRA) construction projects every biennium.
Region/County:
Cameron
Recipient:
Cameron County
Summary:
Beach nourishment project beneficially using dredged material from the Brownsville Ship Channel Brazos Island Harbor) jetty and entrance channel segments.