Region/County:
San Patricio
Recipient:
City of Ingleside
Summary:
Project to acquire approximately 20 acres of privately owned oak motte and wetlands habitat situated immediately to the east of Live Oak Park and to construct a public restroom facility at the entry between Live Oak Park and the new acreage.
Region/County:
Matagorda
Recipient:
Lower Colorado River Authority
Summary:
Project to construct six picnic pavilions and a interpretive/directional kiosk at Matagorda County
Region/County:
Galveston
Recipient:
City of Clear Lake Shores
Summary:
Project to develop the Jarboe Bayou Park with pedestrian linkage to a pedestrian bridge and restore native prairie habitat and rehabilitate natural shoreline along Jarboe Bayou.
Region/County:
Aransas
Recipient:
Aransas County Navigation District #1
Summary:
Project to remove the failing bulkhead, install sheet pile including tie-back anchors and reinforced concrete pile cap, backfill voids, and grade the site.
Region/County:
Chambers
Recipient:
Chambers County
Summary:
Project to convert the existing levee into a walking/hiking trail to be used for bird watching. Subrecipient: Chambers County
Region/County:
Galveston
Recipient:
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality-Galveston Bay Estuary Program
Summary:
Project to enhance and restore a freshwater wetland, riparian forest, coastal flatwood, and coastal prairie areas within Clear Creek Nature Park and to develop interpretive educational materials and programs.
Region/County:
Chambers
Recipient:
Railroad Commission of Texas
Summary:
Project to perform well plugging activities to eliminate the threat of abandoned, unplugged and improperly plugged wells from polluting surface and subsurface waters.
Region/County:
Galveston
Recipient:
City of Texas City
Summary:
Project to purchase two Toshiba e335 pocket personal computers and software to detect and prevent illicit discharge within the City of Texas City.
Region/County:
Upper Coast
Recipient:
Port of Houston Authority
Summary:
Project to provide canoe trails and interpretive signage through the demonstration marsh, located adjacent to Atkinson Island, as part of a master plan for the San Jacinto State Park.
Region/County:
Upper Coast
Recipient:
Texas Cooperative Extension
Summary:
Project to install a minimum of five demonstration WaterSmart landscapes in highly, visible public areas. Educational materials on nonpoint source pollution and proper landscape techniques will also be published.
Region/County:
Lower Coast
Recipient:
Houston Advanced Research Center
Summary:
Project to collect and review existing data, information and research regarding the role and economic value of freshwater inflows in sustaining the coastal ecosystems of San Antonio Bay.
Region/County:
Upper Coast
Recipient:
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
Summary:
Project to construct five data collection platforms that withstand hurricane force winds and storm surges.
Region/County:
Upper Coast
Recipient:
The Trust for Public Land
Summary:
Project to enable a local Galveston Bay community to plan and implement strategies to conserve open space on a local level, for multiple benefits, with emphasis on Coastal Natural Resource Areas.
Region/County:
Aransas
Recipient:
Save Cedar Bayou, Inc.
Summary:
Project to conduct a hydraulic analysis to determine the best alternative for maintaining Cedar Bayou as an open pass.
Region/County:
Lower Coast
Recipient:
Texas A&M University at Galveston
Summary:
Project to conduct a study of the Nueces-Corpus Christi Estuary to collect essential information on the sources of sediment to this system and to characterize sedimentation rates in the Nueces Delta and major bays.
Region/County:
Calhoun
Recipient:
Texas Parks & Wildlife Department
Summary:
Project to purchase a side-scan sonar system to conduct mapping of submerged oyster reefs in Galveston Bay.
Region/County:
Galveston
Recipient:
Texas A&M University at Galveston
Summary:
Project to investigate the near-shore beach processes and to develop a baseline for shore changes and seabed morphodynamics for the area between 61st Street and Pirates Beach on Galveston Island.
Region/County:
Galveston
Recipient:
Galveston County
Summary:
Project to remove abandoned shrimp boats from Dickinson Bayou.
Region/County:
Upper Coast
Recipient:
Texas A&M University of Galveston
Summary:
Project to develop a circulation and sediment transport model that will assess a planned creek restoration design and be of general use in all the beneficial use marshes under development.
Region/County:
Brazoria
Recipient:
Friends of Brazoria Wildlife Refuges
Summary:
Project to purchase scientific and education equipment and supplies for the Discovery complex located on Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge. Subrecipient: Friends of Brazoria Wildlife Refuges