What's New:
ANNOUNCEMENT: Texas RESTORE and South Padre Island Open Free Public Boat Ramp
The Marisol Boat Ramp, funded in large part by Texas RESTORE, will be the first free public boat ramp opened in 30 years and provides an ADA-accessible dock, free parking, and fish cleaning station. Located on the Laguna Madre side of the island, this new $3.2 million facility will help encourage tourism during the off-peak season on South Padre Island and support the emerging boating economy in the Lower Rio Grande Valley.
08/03/2026
Texas State Expenditure Plan Amendment #3-2026: 45-Day Public Notice – ADDENDUM
The unallocated amounts from the Nature Based Tourism (NBT) and the Shoreline and Beach Restoration (SBR) Programs to the proposed Texas Land Acquisition for Coastal Conservation (TLACC) Program have been updated. The Texas State Expenditure Plan Amendment #3-2026 will be updated with the revisions once the public comment period has ended.
06/17/2026
Texas State Expenditure Plan Amendment #3-2026: 45-Day Public Notice
Steven Schar, Deputy Executive Director of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), announces the opportunity for the public to provide input on its draft Texas State Expenditure Plan Amendment #3-2026 to secure funds under the Spill Impact Component section of the federal RESTORE Act.
05/08/2026
MIP Amendment –01: 45-day Public Notice
Notice of Public Input Period on the Draft of Texas’ Multiyear Implementation Plan Amendment
10/07/2025
Texas Trustee Implementation Group Releases Third Final Restoration Plan
The Texas Trustee Implementation Group (TX TIG) has released the final version of its third restoration plan to compensate for injuries to natural resources caused by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
07/30/2025
Texas Trustee Implementation Group Releases Third Draft Restoration Plan
The Texas Trustee Implementation Group (TX TIG) is seeking public comment on the draft version of its third restoration plan, which proposes seven preferred projects to compensate for injuries to natural resources caused by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
01/15/2025
Texas Trustee Implementation Group Releases Second Restoration Plan
The Texas Trustee Implementation Group (TX TIG) has released the final version of its second restoration plan, selecting 13 restoration projects to compensate for injuries to natural resources caused by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
07/29/2022
Video Release: RESTORE Funded Project
Texas RESTORE program has released a video highlighting the Galveston beneficial dredge project.
06/22/2022
Release of Videos
TCEQ Executive Director Baker is pleased to announce the release of videos highlighting four RESTORE and Deep Water Horizon-funded projects in Texas. Three of the videos display land acquisition projects and the fourth details a project supporting efforts to provide technical and non-technical training, professional development and work experience in restoration, conservation and resiliency.
04/25/2022
Texas Trustee Implementation Group Releases Second Draft Restoration Plan
The Texas Trustee Implementation Group (TIG) is seeking public comment on the Draft Restoration Plan/Environmental Assessment #2: Restoration of Wetlands, Coastal, and Nearshore Habitats; Nutrient Reduction; Oysters; Sea Turtles; and Birds.
02/25/2022
2020 Texas TIG Annual Public Meeting Notice
The Texas Trustee Implementation Group held its 2020 annual public meeting on November 4, 2020 via an online video presentation.
04/26/2021
Texas Trustee Implementation Group Annual Public Meeting
The Texas Trustee Implementation Group held its 2019 annual public meeting on December 4, 2019 via an online video presentation.
04/26/2021
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 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
Texas Trustee Implementation Group Annual Public Meeting
Texas Trustee Implementation Group Annual Public Meeting
10/31/2019
Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Texas Trustees Release Restoration Plan for Texas Gulf Coast
The Texas Trustee Implementation Group (TIG) has released its first restoration plan, selecting 13 restoration projects to compensate for injuries to natural resources caused by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
10/18/2017
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).