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The City of Corpus Christi acquired 3.5 acres of land on Mustang Island between Nueces County Beach Access Road #2 and the southerly boundary of the Port Aransas city limits and State Hwy. 361 and the Gulf beach.
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Acquisition of Public Beach Access on Mustang Island (98-012)
Boater Waste Education Campaign: Communicating Environmental Impact and Facilitating Enforcement
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Galveston Bay Foundation refined the Boater Waste Education Campaign based on lessons learned from stakeholder feedback and preliminary water quality and Dockwalker survey data collected in previous cycles and to continue tracking program improvements.
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Best Practices in Modeling Sediment Transport and Budget along the Texas Coast
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The University of Texas at Arlington explored the current practices of understanding sediment transport and budgets and offered recommendations for best practices to help inform the Texas General Land Office Texas Sediment Management Plan.
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Captain Clean Crab Clean Beach Media and Education Campaign
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Valley Proud Environmental Council continued the Captain Clean Crab Clean Beach Media and Education Campaign and added the Winter Texan Beach Cleanup.
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A Prototype Information System for Monitoring and Predicting Phytoplankton Productivity over Galveston Bay
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Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station monitored phytoplankton productivity through satellite remote sensing, which provided an opportunity to observe real-time variations of chlorophyll-a at a large spatial scale.
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Bucket Brigade - What is in our water?
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Artist Boat engaged beachgoers on Galveston Island in place-based learning events to promote improved perceptions and attitudes toward water and sediment quantity and quality on Texas Gulf waters and beaches.
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Bird Island Creation in Carancahua Bay
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The National Audubon Society developed 90% designs and applied for the necessary permits for a new bird rookery island at the mouth of Carancahua Bay.
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National Audubon Society, Inc. (d.b.a. Audubon Texas)
Alexis Baldera
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Beach and Dune Protection
Beach-nesting Bird Demography & Public Engagement on the Texas Gulf Coast
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The American Bird Conservancy promoted the survival of declining coastal breeding birds through protecting coastal natural resource areas and collecting and analyzing demographic data for targeted bird species.
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Engineering Design for Erosion Response Structure
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Kleberg County developed engineering options to address erosion of a high bank at the park.