County/Region:
Aransas
Project Partner/Recipient:
Copano Bay Soil and Water Conservation District
Summary:
Copano Bay Soil & Water Conservation District provided agricultural producers an opportunity to comply with state water quality laws through a voluntary, incentive-based approach.
County/Region:
San Patricio
Project Partner/Recipient:
San Patricio Soil and Water Conservation District
Summary:
San Patricio Soil & Water Conservation District provided agricultural producers an opportunity to comply with state water quality laws through a voluntary, incentive-based approach.
County/Region:
San Patricio
Project Partner/Recipient:
San Patricio Soil and Water Conservation District
Summary:
San Patricio Soil and Water Conservation District provided technical and financial assistance to let producers demonstrate various best management practices that address erosion and sediment control, nutrient management and irrigation water management.
County/Region:
Victoria
Project Partner/Recipient:
Victoria Soil & Water Conservation District
Summary:
Victoria Soil & Water Conservation District provided technical and financial assistance to let producers demonstrate various best management practices that address erosion and sediment control, nutrient management and irrigation water management.
County/Region:
Willacy
Project Partner/Recipient:
Willacy Soil & Water Conservation District
Summary:
Willacy Soil & Water Conservation District provided technical and financial assistance to let producers demonstrate various best management practices that address erosion and sediment control, nutrient management and irrigation water management.
County/Region:
Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient:
Galveston County
Summary:
Galveston County removed up to three dozen abandoned shrimp boats from the "Bone Yard" area of Dickinson Bayou, roughly 1.5 miles from the mouth of Dickinson Bay, in a sparsely populated area of Texas City.
County/Region:
Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD)
Summary:
The project created two marsh cells adjacent to highly eroding shorelines in Dickinson Bayou.
County/Region:
Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas Parks & Wildlife Department
Summary:
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department constructed approximately 3,000 feet of earthen berms, 2,010 feet of rock armored earthen berms, and 100 feet of living shoreline. CMP funds only paid for a portion of final construction costs.
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Project Partner/Recipient:
General Land Office
Summary:
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Project Partner/Recipient:
Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas at Austin
Summary:
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Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas Water Development Board
Summary:
County/Region:
Coastwide
Project Partner/Recipient:
General Land Office
Summary:
County/Region:
Coastwide
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas Water Development Board
Summary:
County/Region:
Nueces
Project Partner/Recipient:
The Center for Progressive Studies and Culture, Inc.
Summary:
The Center for Progressive Studies and Culture, Inc. performed a pilot field project in the Oso Bay/Oso Creek system of south Texas. Five sites will be sampled quarterly, with two additional collections after rainfall events.
County/Region:
Matagorda
Project Partner/Recipient:
Matagorda Bay Foundation
Summary:
Matagorda Bay Foundation purchased 1,000 acres of Dog Island.
County/Region:
Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient:
Galveston Bay Foundation
Summary:
The Galveston Bay Foundation aquired 102 acres of wetlands around Dollar Bay. Upon acquisition, the wetlands on the property were restored with funds from NWF, CEPRA, and others.
County/Region:
Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient:
Galveston Bay Foundation
Summary:
This project is comprised of completing final engineering and design and construction of up to 3,500 feet of nearshore breakwaters along eroding Dollar Bay shoreline.
County/Region:
Chambers
Project Partner/Recipient:
Chambers County
Summary:
Chambers County constructed a non-motorized watercraft launching and docking facility, an all-weather surface road to the launch area, and a parking area and lighting.
County/Region:
Chambers
Project Partner/Recipient:
Chambers County
Summary:
Chambers County constructed restrooms in Double Bayou Park, which is located south of Anahuac in Chambers County.
County/Region:
Lower Coast
Project Partner/Recipient:
University of Texas at Austin
Summary:
The University of Texas at Austin produced an attractive, clearly written, technically correct, well-illustrated guide on the natural history of Mustang Island, Texas.