Nueces County is expanding Packery Channel Nature Park with a $3.4 million project that extends the existing boardwalk to the coast — and it won’t cost local taxpayers a dime. The project is entirely grant-funded.
The expansion will bring 1,069 native plants and trees to the area surrounding the boardwalk, along with five shade pavilions and six information kiosks featuring guides to birds that can be spotted along the trail. Similar kiosks are already in place along the existing boardwalk.
Packery Channel Nature Park boardwalk expanding with $3.4M grant funding
Project Manager Cody Stoll said the plantings will also include temporary above-ground irrigation for one year to help the new vegetation take root.
“So the idea is we’re gonna bring in 1,069 native plants and trees and temporary irrigation for 1 year above ground so we don’t have to dig it back up and that’s just to help the root structures get developed and solidified before we remove it and yeah it’s gonna help beautify the area strengthen the ground,” Stoll said.
Packery Channel is a noted stop on the Great Texas Coastal Birding Trail, and the expansion is designed to give more visitors access to that experience…