The Texas Water Development Board reinstituted monitoring of sediment loading to important coastal ecosystems and combined the data with information from related projects into sediment budgets for waterbodies in the Galveston Bay system.
The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology continued to strengthen the Texas coastal database and understanding short-term (seasonal, yearly, storm effects) and long-term (decade, storm -recovery) changes to the coastal environment.
Texas A&M University at Galveston continued the functioning, growth, and expansion of the Texas Coastal Erosion Data Network (TCEDN) and the Texas Oyster Reef Resource Network (TORRN).
Texas Tech University focused on using recent research findings and then developing practical means for illustrating scenic recommendations through design and land use planning recommendations.
Port of Houston Authority identified pollution sources through targeted wet weather sampling and evaluated best management practices by selecting grass and shrub species that have desirable pollutant removal capabilities.
The Texas General Land Office (GLO) initiated the necessary steps to develop a Texas Sediment Management Plan (TSMP) in cooperation with Federal and State agencies and academic institutions.
Trust for Public Land enabled a local Galveston Bay community to plan and implement strategies to conserve open space on a local level, for multiple benefits, with emphasis on Coastal Natural Resource Areas.
The University of Texas continued the Texas High School Coastal Monitoring Program, which shows students and teachers how to measure the topography, map the vegetation line and shoreline, and observe weather and wave conditions.
Lee College collected data at living shoreline sites throughout Galveston Bay to assess resiliency Post-Harvey and the functional aspects of these small-scale restoration projects.
The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology engaged students and teachers who live along the coast in the study of the natural beach environment.
