Project Description
Allen Engineering Services conducted a review of successful living shoreline programs, identifying challenges and opportunities for application in Texas.
Coast
Bay Shoreline Protection - Living Shorelines (Outreach) Ph I
A Specialized Teaching Vessel
Project Description
Texas A&M University designed, built, sited, and placed into service a fully functional and safe teaching vessel.
Basics
Classification
Contacts
Timeline
Biological Study of San Antonio Bay Phase II - Subrecipient
Beneficial Dredge Use Master Plan - Phase 2 GLO Regions 3 and 4
Project Description
Ducks Unlimited, Inc. will directly build upon the Phase I effort and advance two priority sites—Causeway Bird Island (rookery island construction) and PA9-S (marsh creation)—from 60% to 90% project designs.
Timeline
Baseline Mapping for Mangrove Monitoring in the Coastal Bend, Texas Gulf Coast
Project Description
The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology mapped the current population growth of mangroves in the Texas coastal bend to better understand the ecosystem services of this species.
Basics
Classification
Contacts
Timeline
Project Assets
Bay Education Center (CMP/GOMESA)
Project Description
The City of Rockport constructed an ADA compliant observation deck facing the shoreline of Aransas Bay for the Bay Education Center.
Timeline
Project Assets
Captain Clean Crab Anti-litter Campaign
Project Description
Valley Proud Environmental Council continued the "Captain Clean Crab" media campaign to inform local residents of the litter laws that are in existence pertaining to the beaches and the penalties for littering.
Basics
Classification
Contacts
Timeline
A Comprehensive Development Plan to Revitalize the Beachfront, Enhance Public Access, and Encourage Ecotourism for Sargent Beach
Project Description
Matagorda County developed a long-term, comprehensive development plan for Sargent Beach to improve the public's access to the Gulf shoreline and to provide cost-effective development of the area.
Basics
Classification
Contacts
Matagorda County
George Deshotels
Timeline
Analysis of Erosion and Subsidence in Texas Coastal Wetlands
Project Description
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi quantified erosion rates at multiple sites along the Texas coast.
Basics
Classification
Contacts
Timeline
Project Assets
Bayshore Park Picnic and Interpretive Trail
Project Description
Galveston County constructed a multi-purpose trail at Bayshore Spillway Park, as well as placed picnic structures, benches, trash receptacles, and educational/interpretive kiosks along the trail. The concrete trail is 1,986 feet in length.
Basics
Classification
Contacts
Galveston County
Dennis J. Harris