8:00 AM

Announcements

Jerry Mohn

8:10 AM

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Watermaster Program, View Presentation PDF

Katherine Bricken

8:30 AM

Spatial Variability of Relative Sea Level Rise in the coastal bend and Impact on Nuisance Flooding, View Presentation PDF

Philippe Tissot

8:50 AM

Nuisance Tidal Flooding and Sea Level Anomalies on the Texas Coast, View Presentation PDF

James Naismith

9:10 AM

Sea Level Changes on the Texas Coast, View Presentation PDF

Skip Davis

9:30 AM

Hydrodynamic Modeling of Packery System and Extension, View Presentation PDF

Larry Dell

9:50 AM

15 min. break

10:05 AM

Completion of Texas Largest-Ever Beach Nourishment, View Presentation PDF

Gerald Songy

10:25 AM

Results from the Texas Coastal Sediment Sources: A General Evaluation Study, View Presentation PDF

Juan Moya/Kelsey Calvez

10:45 AM

From Mud to Marsh – Restoring Lost Marsh Habitat In the Soft Soils of Dickenson Bayou, View Presentation PDF

Philip Blackmar

11:05 AM

Case Study: Follets Island, Brazoria County, TX Restoration of Dune and Habitat System

Destroyed by Hurricane Ike, View Presentation PDF

Kristina McElhinney

11:25 AM

Offshore Sand Resources along the Texas Coast – Lessons Learned from a Statewide Sand Resource Assessment and Constructed Beach Nourishment Projects, View Presentation PDF

Lindino Benedet

11:45 AM

Lunch (Provided by Texas Chapter and Sponsors)

1:00 PM

The Texas Coastal Resiliency Master Plan – A Look Back and the Path Forward, View Presentation PDF

Chris Levitz

1:40 PM

Economic Impacts of Beach Nourishment in Texas, View Presentation PDF

Michael Walther

2:00 PM

Beach Nourishment in Galveston Texas- A Long Term Plan for Success, View Presentation PDF

Reuben Trevino

2:20 PM

Planning for the Beneficial Use of Dredged Material: A Success Story in Mississippi and an Opportunity in Texas, View Presentation PDF

Dan Opdyke/Elaine Darby

2:40 PM

Aransas County Coastal Resiliency Initiative, View Presentation PDF

Aaron Horine

3:00 PM

15 min. break

3:15 PM

Involving Texas Students in Coastal Science, View Presentation PDF

Tiffany Caudle

3:35 PM

Living Shoreline Demonstration Project – Recent Experience on Design and Construction, View Presentation PDF

Josh Carter

3:55 PM

The Virginia Point Wetland Protection Project (Galveston Bay, Texas), View Presentation PDF

Taylor Nordstrom

4:15 PM

Adaptive Management for Successful Marsh Restoration in Galveston West Bay, View Presentation PDF

Christian LaPann- Johannessen

4:35 PM

Restoring and protecting bird habitat on Shamrock Island, View Presentation PDF

Luis Maristany

4:55 PM

Don’t Forget the Bay Shores, View Presentation PDF

Rhonda Cummins

5:15 PM

Closing remarks

5:20 PM

Poster Presentations

Various presenters

6:00 PM

Close Symposium