Comments closed July 24
Support breakwater restoration protecting Mustang Island coastline
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · Cohn Preserve, TX
- What
- Six offshore breakwaters would shield a fragile Gulf Coast estuary from wave damage and restore critical coastal habitat.
- Where
- Cohn Preserve, TX
- How much
- The Cohn Preserve and estuarine habitat near Mustang Island State Park face ongoing shoreline erosion and wave damage.
- Decided
- Comments closed July 24, 2026. No decision document is on file yet.Date from Army Corps public notice (Regulatory Request System) ↗, read July 19, 2026.
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- WhatOur plain-English read of the Army Corps public notice ↗. Check it against the agency’s own words under Case.
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- How muchThe first sentence of our What’s at risk read of the notice; the whole read is under Case.
- DecidedJuly 24, 2026, from Army Corps public notice (Regulatory Request System), its comment end date ↗. Read July 19, 2026. The decision document is the one on file in PLAN’s record.
- Read from PLAN’s record November 9, 2026.
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Protective action worth supporting
Six offshore breakwaters would shield a fragile Gulf Coast estuary from wave damage and restore critical coastal habitat.
What’s at risk
If we stay silent
Our plain-English read of the official notice ↗. Check it against the agency’s own words below.
In the agency’s own words
The applicant proposes to construct six offshore breakwaters by placing approximately 12,900 cubic yards of graded riprap over 2.31 acres; of estuarine open water by shallow water draft barges. The breakwaters will be placed within the -3 feet to -5 feet contours with 50-foot to 100-foot gaps allowing transmitted wave energy into the breach area. This notice has been published by the Galveston District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers This notice has been published by the Galveston District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on our website at https://www.swg.usace.army.mil/Media/Public-Notices. Comments are d…
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4 groups predicted likely to care in Texas
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- Big Bend Conservancy
Predicted likely to care · a guess
Big Bend National Park, Texas: A nonprofit partner of Big Bend National Park.
- Friends of Balcones Canyonlands NWR
Predicted likely to care · a guess
Works Texas: They work only in Texas.
- National Parks Conservation Association
Predicted likely to care · a guess
Padre Island National Seashore, Texas: Plaintiff in the challenge to the blanket Gulf oil and gas endangered species exemption, naming Padre Island among the threatened parks.
- Southern Environmental Law Center
Predicted likely to care · a guess
Padre Island National Seashore, Texas: Filed the D.C. Circuit challenge to the Gulf-wide exemption for the plaintiff coalition.
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