This project will involve securing an advisory team of local, state, and federal partners, conducting necessary site assessments/surveys, and hiring an engineering firm to produce a 30-50% design for a living shoreline in West Bay
This project restored an engineered dune project destroyed by Hurricane Ike.
Galveston I.S.D. implemented a beach monitoring program involving secondary school students who monitored selected beaches over a one-year period. They measured weather conditions, sea state, rate of longshore drift, and dune vegetation.
Galveston County Beach and Parks Department purchased a Beach Tech-type beach-cleaning machine to remove nonbiodegradable materials from the Bolivar Peninsula beaches.
Galveston County established a monitoring program for a beach nourishment project and removed hazardous and derelict structures from the beach.
Galveston County Beach and Parks Department reshaped the park's bluff shoreline to a maintainable slope, adding soil where needed, and protecting the shore's edge with limestone rip-rap.
The County of Kleberg constructed an erosion response structure at Kaufer-Hubert Memorial Park in Loyola Beach.
The County of Galveston Beach & Parks Dept. cleaned two trails and constructed overlook decks adjacent to the wetlands area at Fort Travis Seashore Park.
The County of Galveston Beach and Parks Department constructed a 1,250 linear-feet of nature trail, three picnic shelters with tables, and the installation of four interpretive signs and benches along Dickinson Bayou in Paul Hopkins Park.
