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Texas Sea Grant updated the Texas Public Access Inventory and enhanced the Texas General Land Office's Beach and Bay Access Guide by making it an editable online document and database.
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Updating and Enhancing the Texas Public Access Inventory – Phase Two
Upper Oso Watershed Water Quality Improvement and Habitat Education Project
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Nueces County constructed a Best Management Practices 3-acre detention wetland, located at Lyondell Basell Park, to establish habitat along the perimeter of the wetland and create an educational partnership with the local school district.
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West Bay Watershed Wetland and Habitat Protection - Subrecipient
Treasure Island Erosion Response (98-040)
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Treasure Island Municipal Utility District extended the dune restoration work already begun by building an additional 1000 feet of dunes using hay bales and other material along a significant portion of the community's shoreline.
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Zinc in Nueces Bay-Phase I
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The Texas Department of Health purchased a boat and then collected and analyzed oyster, crab and fish tissue from Nueces Bay for zinc and other possible contaminants.
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Trace Metals Study in the Laguna Madre - Phase III
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The Center for Progressive Studies and Culture, Inc. sampled water quality at 30 EPA EMAP stations each quarter, and sampled sediment once at both the Phase II (existing 30 EMAP stations) and Phase III sampling locations.
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Using Widgeon Grass to Restore Seagrass in the Armand Bayou Watershed
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The University of Houston-Clear Lake increased the number and area of seagrass meadows in the Galveston Bay system in accordance with the Galveston Bay Plan and the Texas Seagrass Conservation Plan.
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Training Program for Certifying Nesting Sea Turtle Monitors
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Texas A&M University at Galveston developed and conducted workshops across the Texas coast to train personnel required by the US Fish and Wildlife Service to monitor sea turtle nesting activity concurrent to on-beach projects during the nesting season.
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Understanding Ecosystem Responses to the Closure of Rollover Pass on Bolivar Peninsula
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Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi worked to understand the near term (1-2 yr) ecosystem responses within East Bay to the closure of Rollover Pass.
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Tracking Long-Term Trends in Seagrass Cover and Condition in Texas Coastal Waters
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The University of Texas at Austin examined the long-term health of seagrasses in the Lower Laguna Madre, following protocols that evaluate seagrass condition based on landscape-scale dynamics and including annual rapid assessment and sampling.