What's New:
Ten years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) has played a key role in helping recover the natural resources that were harmed by the spill.
04/22/2020
Deepwater Horizon Natural Damage Assessment Trustee Council issues 10-year statement
The Natural Damage Assessment Trustee council has issued a statement commemorating the 10-year anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon Spill.
04/20/2020
Texas Amended State Expenditure Plan (SEP) Available for Public Comment
TCEQ Executive Director Toby Baker is seeking public comment on proposed amendment #1 to the 2019 approved Texas State Expenditure Plan (SEP), for Bucket 3.
04/14/2020
RESTORE Contract Awarded: Oversight and Monitoring Services
The TCEQ has awarded two contracts based on Request for Proposals (RFP) to provide Oversight and Monitoring Services for Restore Act Grant Projects.
01/30/2020
Toby Baker’s Presentation at the State of the Bay Symposium
View the presentation by Toby Baker at the State of the Bay Symposium held in Galveston on January 22-23, 2020.
01/30/2020
Texas Trustee Implementation Group Annual Public Meeting
The Texas Trustee Implementation Group will hold its 2019 annual public meeting on December 4, 2019 via an online video presentation.
11/26/2019
2019 NFWF GEBF Project Awards Announcement
The NFWF Board of Directors approved the award of more than $27.6 million for 8 new projects in Texas including the acquisition of significant coastal habitats and restoration of costal habitats and species across the Texas coast.
11/12/2019
Update to Process for Bucket 2 FPL3 Funding Phase
The RESTORE Council announced process for Bucket 2, FPL 3 funding opportunities.
11/01/2019
Toby Baker’s RESTORE Council Presentation
Watch the presentation Toby Baker gave at the September 9 and September 10 public meetings.
11/01/2019
Applications Closed
The Texas Trustee agencies (GLO, TPWD, and TCEQ) and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) are no longer accepting applications for the 2019 funding cycle of the Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund.
Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund (NFWF)
Learn about restoration funded by the criminal case settlements from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Where the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation is working with state and federal agencies to administer spill restoration.
Government Trustees Restoring the Gulf (NRDA)
Learn about the state and federal Natural Resource Trustees and the efforts underway to restore the resources harmed by the
Deepwater Horizon oil spill through the Oil Pollution Act's natural resource damage process.
Civil Penalties Funding Gulf Restoration (RESTORE Act)
Learn about the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council, set up when Congress passed the federal RESTORE Act in 2012, to administer civil penalty funding for spill restoration and economic recovery and the Texas RESTORE Advisory Board (TxRAB).