County/Region:
Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient:
Galveston Independent School District
Summary:
Galveston Independent School District provided scientific data at key locations along the Texas coast. These data were integrated into the ongoing coastal research program and were made available to other researchers and coastal managers.
County/Region:
Lower Coast
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
Summary:
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi used lidar measurements of island topography within the Upper Laguna Madre to characterize rookery vulnerability. The analysis targeted the chain of islands near the JFK causeway and along the Intracoastal Waterway.
County/Region:
Nueces
Project Partner/Recipient:
Nueces County
Summary:
Nueces County constructed a 1,367 foot nature trail, installed another 500 linear foot nature trail, and created an ADA crossover connecting the existing walking trail to the newly proposed nature trail.
County/Region:
Nueces
Project Partner/Recipient:
Nueces County
Summary:
Nueces County constructed a 1,800 linear foot nature trail to connect the existing trail to an underutilized area of the Hilltop Nature Park, and constructed a small footbridge to cross over a low-lying area.
County/Region:
Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient:
Galveston Park Board
Summary:
The Historic Seawall Hurricane Harvey FEMA Repair project consisted of mitigating damage from Hurricane Harvey to the gulf facing beach shoreline known as Historic Seawall located within the City of Galveston.
County/Region:
Cameron
Project Partner/Recipient:
General Land Office
Summary:
County/Region:
Coastwide
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas Water Development Board
Summary:
The Texas Water Development Board produced digital historic aerial images for Aransas, Calhoun and Refugio Counties. Coverage will include the 1950's through the 1990's decades.
County/Region:
Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas A&M University - AgriLife Extension Service
Summary:
Texas A&M University AgriLife Extension Service will install at least three green infrastructure installations and interpretive signs in Hitchcock City parks consistent with Clean Coast Texas.
County/Region:
Harris
Project Partner/Recipient:
Houston Botanic Garden
Summary:
The Houston Botanic Garden partnered with Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service to create three to five stormwater treatment wetlands and educate visitors on the importance of coastal wetlands.
County/Region:
Chambers
Project Partner/Recipient:
Chambers County
Summary:
Chambers County converted the existing levee into a walking/hiking trail primarily to be used for bird watching.
County/Region:
Cameron
Project Partner/Recipient:
City of Brownsville
Summary:
County/Region:
Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient:
Sheryl Rozier
Summary:
The Babe’s Beach area was created through a BUDM project in 2015 and then heavily damaged by Hurricane Harvey in 2017. This project renourished Babe's Beach.
County/Region:
Nueces
Project Partner/Recipient:
City of Corpus Christi
Summary:
This two phase project produced the project design and conducted construction that will stabilize the three parks in Corpus Christi Bay.
County/Region:
Brazoria
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
Summary:
Texas A&M AgriLife Research will evaluate the vulnerability of on-site sewage facilities to factors that link bacteria and nitrogen inputs to nearshore waters using groundwater-seawater interaction analyses and source tracking.
County/Region:
Calhoun
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas A&M AgriLife Research
Summary:
Texas A&M AgriLife Research will begin hydrologic monitoring and data collection as well as GIS landcover analysis for the Welder Flats region.
County/Region:
Kleberg
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
Summary:
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi identified the microbiological and water quality drivers of a persistent brown tide in Baffin Bay.
County/Region:
Jefferson
Project Partner/Recipient:
Lamar University
Summary:
Lamar University analyzed existing field surveys of on-site sewage facilities (OSSFs) and water quality data.
County/Region:
Upper Coast
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas A&M University at Galveston
Summary:
Texas A&M University a Galveston assessed which wetland restoration methods provide habitat that closely resembles natural habitat and contains the most complete set of ecological values on near-term and long-term time scales.
County/Region:
Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas A&M University at Galveston
Summary:
County/Region:
Cameron
Project Partner/Recipient:
University of Texas - Pan American
Summary:
The University of Texas studied the relationship between the composition and vigor of native vegetation and rates of dune migration on the barrier islands and mapped the risk of dune migration in various areas on Padre Island.