The Trust for Public Land conducted a demonstration project in Chambers County, allowing the opportunity to develop short and long term evaluation techniques to see whether these types of planning efforts are meritorious in terms of coastal planning.
Department of State Health Services studied contaminants of public health concern from the Galveston Bay complex by collecting additional fish and crab samples with emphasis on collecting certain species.
The University of Texas at Austin continued the Texas High School Coastal Monitoring Program, which helps students and teachers learn how to measure the topography, map the vegetation line and shoreline, and observe weather and wave conditions.
The Texas Water Development Board resolved issues raised by results obtained during the first four years of the project with respect to the effects of various human and natural controls on sediment transport and storage in the lower Trinity River.
Texas A&M University evaluated the content of the State of Texas Mitigation Plan and identified best practices and related to hazard mitigation and land use planning that could further mitigate against the potential impacts of coastal natural hazards.
The Texas Water Development Board characterized the historic discharge and sediment data at two stations on the Trinity River and determined the sediment sources that could replenish the stream sediment supply.
The City of Corpus Christi focused on developing a master plan to include land use and amenities for the hike and bike trail and proposed trailhead.
Texas A&M University at Kingsville established plant repositories of native vegetation harvested from local dunes and assess dune integrity and vegetation development in Cameron County.
Friends of Redhead Pond and Environmental Stewardship Association removed invasive plant species to improve the diversity of native plants and wild bird populations at Redhead Pond.
