County/Region:
Matagorda
Project Partner/Recipient:
Matagorda County Navigation District
Summary:
The Matagorda County Navigation District developed a comprehensive, long-range plan for making improvements to County property and adjacent areas.
County/Region:
Coastwide
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
Summary:
Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi quantified long-term water quality trends and explored the mechanistic relationships between documented water quality trends and relevant drivers (i.e., land use coverage, climate and hydrologic patterns).
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Internal GLO Study
Summary:
This study conducted Region 1 and 4 Longshore Transport Modeling to identify the sand transport pathways, sand transport rates and define the littoral cells and associated sediment budget for sand and other sediments along the Texas Gulf facing beaches.
County/Region:
Coastwide
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas General Land Office
Summary:
This study analyzed existing Texas Gulf of Mexico hydrodynamic information and develop a sand transport mode.
County/Region:
Cameron
Project Partner/Recipient:
Cameron County
Summary:
Cameron County will expand the River and Estuary Observation Network-Rio Grande Valley's Real-Time-Hydrologic-System infrastructure at 6 stations to continuously monitor oceanographic and estuarine data in the Lower Laguna Madre
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Project Partner/Recipient:
Summary:
County/Region:
Cameron
Project Partner/Recipient:
Lower Rio Grande Valley Development Council
Summary:
County/Region:
Cameron
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas A&M University - Kingsville
Summary:
Texas A&M University - Kingsville designed and constructed a bioretention system to remove pollutants from stormwater runoff and improve water quality at the selected colonia.
County/Region:
Cameron
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Summary:
County/Region:
Cameron
Project Partner/Recipient:
University of Texas at Austin
Summary:
The University of Texas at Austin will develop a binational binational watershed restoration and protection plan framework document to improve water quality in the Lower Rio Grande/Rio Bravo.
County/Region:
Matagorda
Project Partner/Recipient:
The Nature Conservancy
Summary:
This project addressed the permitting and final design for shoreline protection at Mad Island Marsh Preserve.
County/Region:
Matagorda
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas R.I.C.E
Summary:
Texas RICE installed water control structures on the many ditches that feed from the farm and grazing fields on the Mad Island Preserve into the marsh.
County/Region:
Matagorda
Project Partner/Recipient:
Sonia Najera
Summary:
This project will implement Phase III of a habitat restoration and shoreline stabilization project by completing 100% engineering and constructing 10,340 feet of breakwater to provide adjacent to the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) in Matagorda County.
County/Region:
Matagorda
Project Partner/Recipient:
Nature Conservancy of Texas
Summary:
This project provided an offshore rock breakwater parallel to the existing shoreline for a distance of approximately 2.5 miles.
County/Region:
Matagorda
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD)
Summary:
This project emplaced 2,974 linear feet of breakwater riprap along the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW).
County/Region:
Matagorda
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas R.I.C.E
Summary:
Texas RICE constructed an approximately 35-acre wetland and restored 30 acres of abandoned farmland into native prairie on the Mad Island Wildlife Management Area, which provides significant value to wildlife and water quality.
County/Region:
Matagorda
Project Partner/Recipient:
Kevin Hartke
Summary:
This project was the final construction phase to complete protection along the entirety of GIWW shoreline within Mad Island WMA.
County/Region:
Calhoun
Project Partner/Recipient:
Calhoun County
Summary:
Calhoun County constructed two pavilions for public use in the Miller Point area with the goal of encouraging ecotourism and outdoor education.
County/Region:
Calhoun
Project Partner/Recipient:
Kathy Smartt
Summary:
This project conducted an ecosystem restoration feasibility study with the USACE under Section 206 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 to examine the potential for restoration of a large complex of salt marshes in the Magnolia-Indianola area.
County/Region:
Calhoun
Project Partner/Recipient:
Calhoun County
Summary:
This project included gathering all the necessary bid package components to initiate work at Magnolia Beach.