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All NPS projects in alphabetical order by title
Title Description
Arroyo Colorado Watershed: Continuing Coordination Support the Arroyo Colorado Watershed Partnership and its implementation efforts through 2014.
Arroyo Colorado: Coordinating a Watershed Protection Plan Support of a watershed coordinator for the Arroyo Colorado WPP
Arroyo Colorado: Implementing Low Impact Development (LID) Practices A project to fund LID projects in various cities in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, implementing part of the Arroyo Colorado Watershed Protection Plan (WPP)
Arroyo Colorado: Implementing Low Impact Development (LID) Practices, Phase II A project to fund additional LID projects in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, implementing part of the Arroyo Colorado Watershed Protection Plan (WPP)
Arroyo Colorado: Improving the McAllen Stormwater Facilities A project to install and monitor improvements at three regional stormwater detention facilities (RSDFs) in the City of McAllen
Brady Creek: Developing a Watershed Protection Plan A project to develop a WPP for Brady Creek.
Caddo Lake: Developing a Watershed Protection Plan A project to develop a WPP for Caddo Lake.
City of Austin: Lawn and Garden Chemical Education A multimedia advertising campaign to educate the public on the proper use of lawn and garden chemicals.
Clear Creek Tidal: Implementing TMDLs through Low Impact Development in League City Low Impact Development (LID) features installed in League City to support the TMDL Implementation Plan for Clear Creek Tidal.
Coastal Zone Act Reauthorization Amendments: On-Site Sewage Facilities A project to support implementation of the CZARA by identifying and helping correct malfunctioning OSSFs in the coastal counties of Texas
Composted Manure Incentive Project A project in the North Bosque and Leon River watersheds that gives incentives for using manure from dairy farms as roadside compost.
Composting System to Control Water Hyacinth A project to test and demonstrate large-scale composting for the control of invasive water hyacinth.
Cypress Creek: Developing a Watershed Protection Plan A project to develop a WPP for Cypress Creek, a tributary of the Blanco River.
Dickinson Bayou: Implementing a Watershed Protection Plan Implementation and demonstration of best management practices under the Dickinson Bayou WPP.
Effectiveness of Compost and Mulch Practices for Erosion Control in a Reclaimed Rock Quarry A project to compare the effectiveness of various practices to control erosion and improve water quality through the establishment of vegetative cover.
Guadalupe-Blanco River: Continuous Water Quality Monitoring Installation and operation of additional stations to continuously monitor water quality and establishment of real-time monitoring displays at public locations i...
Halls Bayou-Westfield Estates: Implementing a Watershed Protection Plan Implementation of low-flow water devices, a pet-waste program, and outreach for managing on-site wastewater facilities in Westfield Estates.
Hickory Creek Watershed: Implementing a Watershed Protection Plan Initiation of best management practices implementing the Hickory Creek WPP.
Lake Granbury: Implementing a Watershed Protection Plan A project to support a Watershed Coordinator and public outreach programs in the Lake Granbury area
Lake Houston: Wetland Demonstration and Education Exhibits A project to build a large-scale constructed wetland and to install water quality exhibits at the WaterWorks Science and Education Center.
North Bosque River: Continuous Water Quality Monitoring Operations of continuous water quality monitoring stations on the North Bosque River near Clifton.
North Bosque: Evaluating Effectiveness of TMDL Implementation A project to conduct routine and storm event monitoring on the North Bosque River and to correlate the results with changes in land management practices.
Plum Creek: Implementing a Watershed Protection Plan in Lockhart A project to implement portions of the Plum Creek WPP in Lockhart.
Plum Creek: Implementing the Watershed Protection Plan at the Headwaters in Kyle Implementation of portions of the Plum Creek WPP by mapping and improving the storm water system in the city of Kyle.
Quarry BMP Guidance Document Development of Guidance for best management practices to reduce nonpoint source pollution from quarries and surface mining operations
San Marcos River: Characterizing the Spring Lake Watershed A project to identify and quantify primary sources of nutrients and turbidity in Spring Lake.
Statewide: Low Impact Development Workshops A project to provide intensive workshops and consultations with people about low impact development policies and practices
Training: Texas Watershed Plans A project to provide training for people involved in developing watershed protection plans.
Tule Creek West: Sediment-Trap Pond and Habitat Enhancement Implementation of several stormwater BMPs along West Tule Creek in Aransas County.
Tule Creek: Channel Stabilization A project to restore vegetation to the streambanks in the upper west channel of Tule Creek. When this new vegetation is established, the streambanks should suff...
Upper Cibolo Creek: Developing A Watershed Protection Plan A project to develop a watershed protection plan (WPP) for Upper Cibolo Creek.
Upper Guadalupe River: A Plan to Reduce Bacteria A project to reduce bacteria levels in a small area of the Upper Guadalupe River within the city of Kerrville in Kerr County. The primary means of achieving the...
Upper San Antonio River: Incorporating LID Practices at the Mission Drive-In Redevelopment A project to incorporate several low-impact development (LID) features into a multipurpose redevelopment project by the City of San Antonio
Upper San Antonio River: Update to the WPP A project to update the 2007 Watershed Protection Plan for the Upper San Antonio River.
Upper Trinity River-Dallas: Implementing TMDLs through Low Impact Development A project to address urban stormwater and legacy pollutants in Dallas by implementing and demonstrating LID practices
Whiteoak Bayou: Implementing Low-Impact Development LID features in a two-block area of the Cottage Grove subdivision, which is being redeveloped from single family residences to town houses.
Document Actions
2011 Annual Report Available

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