egery flats restoration project
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Egery Flats
Corpus Christi
Aransas RiverCopano Bay
Egery Flats Restoration
• 600 acre hydrologic/marsh restoration• Culvert replacement• Porewater salinity and vegetation monitoring• Marsh planting
Analysis of aerial imagery estimates 100 acres of marsh lost since 1950’s
FM-136 built in 1945
1949
2017
Conditions during 2013
Feasibility Study2013 TPWD received State Wildlife Grant (USFWS funding)
2013
Feasibility Study - 2013
3 Box Culverts (6’ x 3’) will replace 2 existing 30” pipe culverts at each site
Final design
Ongoing Projects• Post-Construction
Monitoring• Marsh Planting (8 acres)
