Deepwater Horizon settlement funds could be used to restore almost 2,000 acres of marsh wetlands on the Texas Gulf coast under a new plan.
State and federal agencies want to spend $40 million from Deepwater Horizon restoration funds on seven rehabilitation projects to rebuild wetland habitats on the Texas coast. The projects call for using dredged material from waterways and canals and other sources, ultimately restoring up to 1,927 acres of marsh along the coast. Work would take place over the next five to 10 years, according to the proposal.
Feds approve plan to expand two Texas coastal wildlife refuges Marsh land provides habitat for birds, fish, plants and other wildlife; the restoration work is intended to increase those habitats. Its funded by money from an $8 billion settlement with oil company BP, reached after its well leaked more than 134 million gallons of oil into the Gulf after the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon mobile drilling unit.
Feds may take Texas bird off endangered list; advocates vow to fight In Aransas County, the proposal calls for placing dredged material in or adjacent to Goose Island State Park on the Lamar Peninsula, between the St. Charles and Aransas Bays. Schicke Point, in Calhoun County, is a peninsula between two bays east of Victoria. The project would restore marshland behind a breakwater that was built in 2017, according to the plan.
Cold-stunned sea turtles are washing up on Coastal Bend shores The agencies are also taking comments on extending the existing Sea Turtle Early Restoration Project, which has been underway since 2016. The project aims to address threats to Kemp's ridley, green and loggerhead sea turtles on their nesting beaches and marine habitat.
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