Region/County:
Coast Wide
Recipient:
Texas State University
Summary:
Texas General Land Office's Living Shorelines Program supports ecologically and economically sound coastal management practices by promoting the use of living shorelines as an alternative to traditional shoreline stabilization techniques for landowners and citizens as well as contractors and local officials who live and work along the Texas Coast
Region/County:
Harris
Recipient:
University of Houston - Clear Lake
Summary:
The Environmental Institute of Houston (EIH) at the University of Houston at Clear Lake will determine the most effective restoration method for Texas’ coastal grassland habitat.
Region/County:
Upper Coast
Recipient:
Texas A&M University - Galveston Campus (TAMUG)
Summary:
Texas A&M University at Galveston (TAMU-G) will monitor the long-term response of aquatic plant and animal communities to the closure of Rollover Pass.
Region/County:
Coast Wide
Recipient:
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
Summary:
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will develop a manual that details the how to construct a stormwater wetland.
Region/County:
Nueces
Recipient:
Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program
Summary:
The Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries Program (CBBEP) will remove invasive Brazilian peppertree.
Region/County:
Jackson
Recipient:
Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Texas Water Resources Institute
Summary:
The Texas Water Resources Institute at Texas A&M AgriLife Research will produce a centralized portal of modeled surface-water nutrient loads entering Lavaca Bay.
Region/County:
Cameron
Recipient:
The City of South Padre Island
Summary:
The City of South Padre Island will add amenities to the Sea Island Circle Public Beach Access, including public restrooms, changing rooms, and a rinse station.
Region/County:
Calhoun
Recipient:
San Antonio Bay Partnership
Summary:
The San Antonio Bay Partnership will restore a segment of Bill Day’s Reef, near Port O’Connor, to create a viable nesting site for American Oystercatchers.
Region/County:
Cameron
Recipient:
Texas A&M University Kingsville
Summary:
Texas A&M University at Kingsville will establish plant repositories of native vegetation harvested from local dunes and assess dune integrity and vegetation development in Cameron County.
Region/County:
Nueces
Recipient:
Friends of Redhead Pond and Environmental Stewardship Association
Summary:
Environmental Stewardship Association (Friends) will remove invasive plant species to improve the diversity of native plants and wild bird populations at Redhead Pond.
Region/County:
Galveston
Recipient:
City of Galveston
Summary:
The City of Galveston (the City) will construct a pedestrian path leading from the parking area to the beach and resurface the gravel parking area at Pocket Park #3
Region/County:
Matagorda
Recipient:
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
Summary:
Texas A&M University at Corpus Christi will create a map of favorable habitats for oyster farming in terms of substrate and surface-groundwater discharge in Matagorda Bay.
Region/County:
Harris
Recipient:
Galveston Bay Foundation
Summary:
Galveston Bay Foundation (GBF) will continue their oyster shell recycling program by collecting shells from participating restaurants and sun-curing them before being returned to the Galveston Bay.
Region/County:
Willacy
Recipient:
Willacy County
Summary:
Willacy county hopes to provide safe public access and attract more people to the park by making improvements to amenities.
Region/County:
Calhoun
Recipient:
Calhoun County
Summary:
Calhoun County will expand the boundary of the County's King Fisher Beach Park.
Region/County:
Upper Coast
Recipient:
Texas A&M University at Galveston
Summary:
Texas A&M University at Galveston will assess the value of the beneficial-uses restoration sites in the Salt Bayou ecosystem for migratory and resident waterfowl and shorebirds, using invertebrate assemblages as a proxy for habitat quality.
Region/County:
Aransas
Recipient:
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
Summary:
Texas A&M University at Corpus Christi (TAMU-CC) will assess the sediment plumes generated by cultivated oyster mariculture and evaluate the effect of the sediment on seagrasses.
Region/County:
Upper Coast
Recipient:
Texas Parks and Wildlife
Summary:
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department will deploy substantial amounts of artificial reef habitat at the Sabine Reef.
Region/County:
Calhoun
Recipient:
The National Audubon Society
Summary:
The National Audubon Society will develop 90% designs and apply for the necessary permits for a new bird rookery island at the mouth of Carancahua Bay.
Region/County:
Galveston
Recipient:
American Bird Conservancy
Summary:
The American Bird Conservancy will promote the survival of declining coastal breeding birds through protecting coastal natural resource areas and collecting and analyzing demographic data for targeted bird species.