Region/County:
Cameron
Recipient:
Valley Proud Environmental Council
Summary:
Project to educate the public that it is unhealthy and unlawful to litter on Texas beaches.
Region/County:
Upper Coast
Recipient:
Texas A&M University at Galveston
Summary:
Project to measure (cross-shore) beach profiles every two miles from Freeport, Texas to the geotextile tubes east of Rollover Pass on Bolivar Peninsula.
Region/County:
Harris
Recipient:
Texas Cooperative Extension
Summary:
Texas Cooperative Extension (TCE), in conjunction with its various partners, will establish the Dickinson Bayou Restoration Working Group and develop/publish a comprehensive wetland restoration plan for Dickinson Bayou. This project will be a community-based restoration plan for the bayou system to which the community is intimately linked.
Region/County:
Galveston
Recipient:
Department of State Health Services
Summary:
The Texas Department of State Health Services' (DSHS) Seafood and Aquatic Life Group (SALG) will study contaminants of public health concern from the Galveston Bay complex by collecting additional fish and crab samples with emphasis on collecting the target species: spotted seatrout, red drum, black drum, and southern flounder.
Region/County:
Galveston
Recipient:
Department of State Health Services
Summary:
TAMUCC will conduct bacteria source tracking for the Cedar Lakes area at four to six DSHS stations for two sampling events (one dry weather, one after rainfall), using antibiotic resistance analysis of E. coli isolates. TAMUCC will collect fecal samples from snow geese to generate approximately 100-150 E. coli isolates to supplement the existing bacteria source-tracking library for Copano Bay.
Region/County:
Lower Coast
Recipient:
The University of Texas at Austin-Bureau of Economic Geology
Summary:
This project will determine the status and trends of wetlands on Padre Island National Seashore (PINS) along the southern Texas coast and the Chenier Plain along the upper Texas coast. Work will include interpreting and mapping wetlands and aquatic habitats depicted on historical and recent aerial photographs, using and revising existing historical data where acceptable.
Region/County:
Upper Coast
Recipient:
Texas Water Development Board
Summary:
The fifth year of a cooperative research study that seeks to document the effects of the Lake Livingston dam on downstream sedimentation processes, in particular the delivery of sediment to the lower Trinity River and the Trinity Bay estuary and, ultimately, Galveston Bay. This project will resolve issues raised by results obtained during the first four years of the project with respect to the effects of various human and natural controls on sediment transport and storage in the lower Trinity River.
Region/County:
Lower Coast
Recipient:
Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries Program
Summary:
The Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries Program (CBBEP) will conduct a study to determine the critical physical and chemical environmental factors necessary for the restoration of seagrass beds in the lower Texas coast. The proposed project will identify the plant, water column, and landscape indicators that provide the most critical information on water quality criteria that is relevant to successful maintenance and growth of seagrasses.
Region/County:
Matagorda
Recipient:
University of Texas Marine Science Institute
Summary:
This project will address the secondary and cumulative impacts (i.e., point and nonpoint sources of pollution) to the bay, both of which are in support of the goals of the §309 Enhancement Grant. The objectives of this project are: 1) identify the causes of low dissolved oxygen values in the Tres Palacios harbor area, 2) identify possible solutions to the causes of the low dissolved oxygen, and 3) conduct some education and outreach activities to inform the users of the harbor of the water quality problems and solutions.
Region/County:
Brazoria
Recipient:
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
Summary:
Texas A&M University Corpus Christi (TAMUCC), in conjunction with the Department of State Health Services (DSHS), will collect current water quality data that provides adequate, up-to-date information to reassess the Cedar Lakes area for oyster use.
Region/County:
Harris
Recipient:
City of Shoreacres
Summary:
The City of Shoreacres will expand an existing park by acquiring an additional parcel along Taylor Bayou.
Region/County:
Harris
Recipient:
Port of Houston Authority
Summary:
The Port of Houston Authority will identify pollution sources through targeted wet weather sampling and evaluate phytoremedial source and treatment control best management practices.
Region/County:
Aransas
Recipient:
Aransas County Navigation District #1
Summary:
Aransas County Navigation District #1 will repair the concrete bulkhead panel joints along the Rockport Harbor seawall overlooking Aransas Bay, replace the gravel around the tables with asphalt pavement, and install informational signage.
Region/County:
Calhoun
Recipient:
City of Port Lavaca
Summary:
City of Port Lavaca will complete additional repairs to sections of decking and handrails of the Port Lavaca Causeway Fishing Pier.
Region/County:
Galveston
Recipient:
City of Jamaica Beach
Summary:
City of Jamaica Beach will continue construction of the Pathways 2000 community walkways along Jolly Roger Road for a length of one mile, completing the Pathways project.
Region/County:
Aransas
Recipient:
Town of Fulton
Summary:
Town of Fulton will refurbish its 1,000 linear foot wooden public Fulton Fishing Pier by replacing severely deteriorated galvanized metal brackets, bracing, and light standards along both sides of approximately 600 linear feet and by repairing the bracing and roof of the T-head pavilion.
Region/County:
Chambers
Recipient:
Chambers County
Summary:
Chambers County will provide direct access to Double Bayou through the construction of a non-motorized watercraft launching and docking facility as well as an all-weather surface road to the launch area, along with a parking area and lighting.
Region/County:
Calhoun
Recipient:
City of Port Lavaca Port Commission
Summary:
City of Port Lavaca Port Commission will continue its efforts to revitalize the bayfront peninsula area by targeting improvements to be constructed along the west end of the east wall of the bayfront peninsula.
Region/County:
Coast Wide
Recipient:
Texas A&M University at Galveston
Summary:
Texas A&M University at Galveston will develop an automated wave prediction system for the coastal/nearshore areas of Texas.
Region/County:
Upper Coast
Recipient:
Texas Cooperative Extension
Summary:
Texas Cooperative Extension will use this grant to continue the Wetland Restoration Team’s basic training, to develop a monitoring protocol and schedule for locally created wetlands, and to host a "Lessons Learned Workshop" on wetland restoration.