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Coastal Projects

Pre-Nourishment Beach Benthic Invertebrate Monitoring – South Padre Island

County/Region: Coastwide
Project Partner/Recipient: Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
Summary: Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi will use funding to conduct beach benthic macrofaunal monitoring to assess time for the benthic invertebrate community to recover following a beach nourishment event at the City of South Padre Island.

Prediction of Texas wetland erosion through remote sensing, field surveys, and numerical modeling

County/Region: Upper Coast
Project Partner/Recipient: Texas A&M University
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Preliminary Evaluation of the Impacts of Dredging Activities on the Fate of Dioxin in the Houston Ship Channel

County/Region: Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient: Texas A&M University at Galveston
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Preserve and Enhance the Resilience of Bayside Wetlands on Mustang Island

County/Region: Nueces
Project Partner/Recipient: Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries Program
Summary: The Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program (CBBEP) will develop a Resilience Master Plan for Mustang Island that presents recommended strategies and projects with the overall goal of preserving existing and enhancing degraded wetland habitat.

Preserving & Enhancing Beaches By Amending Federal Beach & Dune Permits

County/Region: Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient: City of Galveston Park Board of Trustees
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Primer on Urban Growth

County/Region: Upper Coast
Project Partner/Recipient: Texas Cooperative Extension
Summary: Texas Cooperative Extension finalized an introductory booklet on urban growth issues.

Prioritization of Critical Marsh Conservation and Restoration Areas based on Future Sea Level Rise Scenarios

County/Region: Lower Coast
Project Partner/Recipient: The Nature Conservancy
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Protecting Colonial Waterbirds: An Environmental and Economic Resource for the Texas Coast (98-269)

County/Region: Coastwide
Project Partner/Recipient: National Audubon Society, Inc. (d.b.a. Audubon Texas)
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Protecting North Padre Island - GLO

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Project Partner/Recipient: GLO
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Protecting North Padre Island -Subrecipient

County/Region: Kleberg
Project Partner/Recipient: The Nature Conservancy
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Protection and Restoration of Benny's Shack Islands, Phase II

County/Region: Willacy
Project Partner/Recipient: Kiersten Stanzel
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Protection of the GIWW Shoreline at the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge

County/Region: Aransas, Calhoun
Project Partner/Recipient: Kiersten Stanzel
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Public Access Enhancements for the Encinal Peninsula (Flour Bluff)

County/Region: Nueces
Project Partner/Recipient: City of Corpus Christi
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Public Access Improvements Project, Bayside Public Park (98-032)

County/Region: Refugio
Project Partner/Recipient: City of Bayside
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Public Beach Improvements for Bolivar Peninsula, Galveston County, Texas (98-268)

County/Region: Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient: Galveston County
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Public Park and Beach Project (98-033)

County/Region: Calhoun
Project Partner/Recipient: Port O'Connor Chamber of Commerce
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Public Service Announcements for the Arroyo Colorado Watershed

County/Region: Lower Coast
Project Partner/Recipient: Texas AgriLife Research
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Quantification of Sediment Sources of the Nueces-Corpus Christi Estuary System

County/Region: Lower Coast
Project Partner/Recipient: Texas A&M University at Galveston
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Quantifying erosion and pollution from rainfall runoff on urbanized beaches - Galveston Island study

County/Region: Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient: Texas A&M University
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