County/Region:
Harris
Project Partner/Recipient:
Harris County Precinct 1
Summary:
Harris County Precinct 1 completed wetland habitat development, site survey and development plan including, schematics, elevations, construction drawings, and interpretive storyboard for development of Challenger Seven Wetlands Study Center.
County/Region:
Chambers
Project Partner/Recipient:
Chambers County
Summary:
Chambers County implemented a maintenance program to clean the beach for regular maintenance.
County/Region:
Chambers
Project Partner/Recipient:
Chambers County
Summary:
County/Region:
Chambers
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas Coastal Partners, Inc.
Summary:
Texas Coastal Partners provided the resources to bolster the implementation of the Chambers County Greenprint completed under CMP Grant Cycle 12 award.
County/Region:
Upper Coast
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas A&M University at Galveston
Summary:
Texas A&M University at Galveston sampled monthly (primary productivity, phytoplankton community structure, and water quality) with additional trips during periods of high freshwater flows and periods of slow inflow into the Galveston Bay watershed.
County/Region:
Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient:
Texas A&M University at Galveston
Summary:
Texas A&M University at Galveston characterized the extent of the turtle nesting season, annual number of nesters and nests laid, nest location, preferred nesting habitat(s), and fidelity of nesters to upper coast beaches.
County/Region:
Nueces
Project Partner/Recipient:
City of Port Aransas
Summary:
The City of Port Aransas continued purchasing the additional shoreline lots to insure the halt of erosion along the Ship Channel and the associated uplands and tidal flats.
County/Region:
Nueces
Project Partner/Recipient:
City of Port Aransas
Summary:
The City of Port Aransas continued to purchase lands in Charlie's Pasture, approximately 2,000 acres of various sensitive land located on the northwest end of Mustang Island, to protect them from the 17' per year erosion rates along the Ship Channel.
County/Region:
Nueces
Project Partner/Recipient:
City of Port Aransas
Summary:
The City of Port Aransas purchased Charlie's Pasture, an area of approximate 2,000 acres, that includes various types of sensitive habitats and is located on the northwest end of Mustang Island.
County/Region:
Calhoun
Project Partner/Recipient:
National Audubon Society
Summary:
Audubon will purchase a new tractor for island management and complete bird monitoring during nesting season.
County/Region:
Matagorda
Project Partner/Recipient:
NRDA
Summary:
This project stabilized and protected Chester’s Island bird rookery in Matagorda Bay using beneficial use sediment sourced from the Matagorda Ship Channel Deepening Project.
County/Region:
Cameron
Project Partner/Recipient:
Cameron County
Summary:
This project was Phase 1 of a multi phase project to protect Children's Beach at Isa Blanca County Park.
County/Region:
Refugio
Project Partner/Recipient:
University of Texas - Marine Science Institute
Summary:
County/Region:
Calhoun
Project Partner/Recipient:
City of Port Lavaca
Summary:
County/Region:
Brazoria
Project Partner/Recipient:
City of Clute
Summary:
The City of Clute developed a digital mapping system for its land use and infrastructure to determine the most appropriate strategy to protect its remaining and surrounding natural areas while maximizing the ecotourism opportunities that they provide.
County/Region:
Nueces
Project Partner/Recipient:
City of Corpus Christi
Summary:
The City of Corpus Christi began the development of a City of Corpus Christi Erosion Response Plan to be attached as an Amendment to the existing city Beach Access and Dune Protection Plan.
County/Region:
Galveston
Project Partner/Recipient:
City of Galveston
Summary:
The City of Galveston created and published, for public distribution (printed and web-based), maps of revised access points for the City of Galveston beaches in Galveston County, Texas.
County/Region:
Project Partner/Recipient:
City of Jamaica Beach
Summary:
County/Region:
Harris
Project Partner/Recipient:
City of Pasadena
Summary:
The City of Pasadena educated the residential and local businesses via various media sources and used a directed, planned and managed outreach program utilizing various media to reach the general public.
County/Region:
Nueces
Project Partner/Recipient:
City of Port Aransas
Summary:
Nueces County took a proactive approach and begin the development of a Nueces County Erosion Response Plan to be attached as an Amendment to the existing Nueces County Beach Management Plan.