EGERY FLATS RESTORATION PROJECT

Adrien HilmyProject Manager

ahilmy@cbbep.org

Resource Partners:

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)

Contact: Adrien Hilmy

(361) 336-0316ahilmy@cbbep.org

Thank you!Funding provided by:

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