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Salt Bayou (McFaddin NWR) Beach and Ridge Restoration

Implementing Organization

Texas General Land Office

Overview

DWH Project Funding

$26,500,000

Known Leveraged Funding

$26,330,000

Funding Organization

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF)

Funding Program

NFWF Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund GEBF

Details

Project Category

Environmental

Project Actions

Engineering and/or Construction

Targeted Resources

Beaches/Dunes

Project Description

Construct approximately 17-miles of dune ridge restoration and beach nourishment from High Island to Sea Rim State Park in Jefferson and Chambers County, Texas to protect the McFaddin National Wildlife Refuge from salt water intrusion and erosion from the Gulf of Mexico.

Contact

Angela Sunley
512-463-9309
angela.sunley@glo.texas.gov
Project Website
Project Partners

None

Affiliated Institutions

None

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