{
  "projectDescription": "The Bahia Grande Wetland System Restoration project is part of the Connecting Coastal Waters (CCW) initiative NOAA will lead with partners to implement projects that restore the extent, functionality, and resiliency of Gulf Coast wetlands, and provide a science-based inventory of wetland hydrology restoration projects that make the greatest contribution to that goal. This project will complete planning and design with local partners to restore a natural hydrology to 600 acres of wetlands within the Bahia Grande ecosystem in Texas. A restoration plan, engineering design, regulatory compliance, monitoring and evaluation plan, and outreach and education plan will be completed for a project that if fully implemented will restore freshwater flows to La Laguna Larga in the upper Bahia Grande wetland system.",
  "program": "RESTORE Act",
  "name": "Bahia Grande Wetland System Restoration",
  "id": "4686",
  "state": "Texas",
  "state_abbr": "TX",
  "region": "SER - Southeast",
  "constructionStartDate": "2018-07-28 00:00:00.0",
  "nepaStatus": "Complete",
  "nepaCompliance": "Other - indicate in comments",
  "fedLeverage": "0",
  "nonFedLeverage": "0",
  "accompReportStatus": "In-Progress",
  "accompReportDate": "2026-03-31 00:00:00.0",
  "accompAcresMilesFlag": "Y",
  "accompVolFlag": "N",
  "accompDebrisFlag": "N",
  "status": "Implementation",
  "locations": [
    {
      "latitude": "26.08862",
      "longitude": "-97.3038",
      "county": "Brunswick County",
      "city": "Wilmington",
      "congDistrict": "7",
      "riverBasin": "Brunswick River-Cape Fear River",
      "huc": "30300050503"
    }
  ],
  "habitats": [
    {
      "name": "water column"
    }
  ],
  "species": [
    {
      "species": "ocellatus",
      "genus": "Sciaenops",
      "commonName": "Drum, red",
      "nmfsManagedFlag": "N"
    },
    {
      "species": "wrightii",
      "genus": "Halodule",
      "commonName": "Shoalgrass",
      "nmfsManagedFlag": "N"
    },
    {
      "species": "undulatus",
      "genus": "Micropogonias",
      "commonName": "Croaker, atlantic",
      "nmfsManagedFlag": "N"
    },
    {
      "species": "setiferus",
      "genus": "Penaeus",
      "commonName": "Shrimp, white",
      "nmfsManagedFlag": "N"
    },
    {
      "species": "filiforme",
      "genus": "Syringodium",
      "commonName": "Grass, manatee",
      "nmfsManagedFlag": "N"
    },
    {
      "species": "cephalus",
      "genus": "Mugil",
      "commonName": "Mullet, striped",
      "nmfsManagedFlag": "N"
    },
    {
      "species": "mydas",
      "genus": "Chelonia",
      "commonName": "Turtle, green sea",
      "populationName": "Range-wide",
      "listingStatus": "Threatened",
      "nmfsManagedFlag": "N"
    },
    {
      "species": "lethostigma",
      "genus": "Paralichthys",
      "commonName": "Flounder, southern",
      "nmfsManagedFlag": "N"
    },
    {
      "species": "aztecus",
      "genus": "Farfantepenaeus",
      "commonName": "Shrimp, brown",
      "nmfsManagedFlag": "N"
    },
    {
      "species": "germinans",
      "genus": "Avicennia",
      "commonName": "Mangrove, black",
      "nmfsManagedFlag": "N"
    }
  ],
  "partners": [
    {
      "name": "US Fish and Wildlife Service",
      "fedAgency": "US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)"
    },
    {
      "name": "Ducks Unlimited"
    },
    {
      "name": "University of Texas Rio Grande Valley"
    }
  ],
  "strategies": [
    {
      "name": "Hydrologic Restoration",
      "primaryFlag": "Y"
    }
  ],
  "techniques": [
    {
      "name": "Culvert modification (including replacement)"
    },
    {
      "name": "Weir construction"
    }
  ],
  "monitoring": [
    {
      "monitorResultId": "1B2BC1E1-1402-F111-8407-001DD80B194B",
      "tier1Agreement": "N",
      "tier1CompleteDt": "2027-12-31 00:00:00.0",
      "tier1CompleteFlag": "N",
      "tier1Flag": "Y",
      "tier2CompleteDt": "2027-12-31 00:00:00.0",
      "tier2CompleteFlag": "N",
      "tier2Flag": "Y"
    }
  ],
  "accomplishments": [
    {
      "description": "95% Engineering and Design plans were completed for the project.",
      "name": "Engineering and design",
      "category": "Planning and Assessment"
    }
  ],
  "funding": [
    {
      "mechanism": "Ducks Unlimited",
      "activityType": "Engineering and Design",
      "fyAwarded": "2018",
      "noaaContribution": "404,318.0",
      "noaaFundingFlag": "N",
      "sourceProgram": "RESTORE Act",
      "partner": {
        "name": "NOAA's Restoration Center",
        "fedAgency": "National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)"
      }
    },
    {
      "mechanism": "Ducks Unlimited",
      "activityType": "Engineering and Design",
      "fyAwarded": "2024",
      "noaaContribution": "30,721.95",
      "noaaFundingFlag": "N",
      "sourceProgram": "DARRP - Damage Assessment, Remediation & Restoration Program",
      "partner": {
        "name": "Ducks Unlimited"
      }
    },
    {
      "mechanism": "Ducks Unlimited",
      "activityType": "Monitoring",
      "fyAwarded": "2024",
      "noaaContribution": "54,390.16",
      "noaaFundingFlag": "N",
      "sourceProgram": "DARRP - Damage Assessment, Remediation & Restoration Program",
      "partner": {
        "name": "University of Texas Rio Grande Valley"
      }
    }
  ]
}