Laguna Vista Rookery Island Habitat Protection
Implementing Organization
State of Texas; US Department of the Interior
Overview
DWH Project Funding
$2,100,000
Known Leveraged Funding
$0
Funding Organization
Natural Resource Damage Assessment Trustees (NRDA)
Funding Program
Natural Resource Damage Assessment NRDA
Details
Project Category
Environmental
Project Actions
Species Restoration
Targeted Resources
Birds/Bird Habitat
Project Description
The project will construct approximately 2,250 linear feet of shoreline protection, flotation channels, nearshore fill, revetment, and site fill in the lower Laguna Madre, Cameron County, Texas. This project will protect and restore habitat to the 11-acre Laguna Vista Rookery Island, enhance portions of the island by adding sediment, and protect the island from erosion. Restoration of shoreline areas to pre-erosion conditions will use in-situ material along the island shoreline shoreward of the nearshore breakwaters and will occur primarily above the mean high water (MHW). Plantings of native vegetation will also occur.
Contact
Kelly Brooks(512) 463-2198
kelly.brooks@glo.texas.gov
Project Website
None
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