2016 TEEA Winner Civic/Community: Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Beach and Marsh Restoration
In a small town where relationships truly matter, a community embarked on a collaborative quest to restore a once flourishing ecosystem. A diverse coalition of citizens, landowners, federal and state agencies, non-profit groups, engineering firms and educational institutions led by researchers with Texas A&M AgriLife Research were assembled in 2013 with the goal of restoring a large area of salt marsh wetlands that was degrading and eroding.