What's New:
RESTORE Council 2025 Status Report | Reflections on Restorations and Partnerships
The Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council (RESTORE Council) is commemorating 15-years since the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. To date, the RESTORE Council has invested over $1.1 billion in Gulf Coast restoration.
04/10/2025
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
ANNOUNCEMENT: Ducks Unlimited Texas Beneficial Use Master Plan Project Initiated
Ducks Unlimited (DU) and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) are pleased to announce the initiation of a Texas Beneficial Use of Dredged Material Master Plan, or TEXBUMP. Stakeholders who have an interest in natural resources restoration along the Texas coast using dredged material are invited to participate and provide input on this Texas-wide plan.
04/02/2024
ANNOUNCEMENT: PUBLIC COMMENT and MEETING BKT 2/FUNDED PRIORITIES LIST (FPL) 4 PROPOSALS
Toby Baker, the Deputy Chief of Staff for Governor Abbott and the Texas RESTORE appointee, is requesting comments on proposed Texas program areas for submission to the RESTORE Council for consideration for grant funding through the Bucket 2 Council-Selected Restoration Component of the RESTORE Act.
02/16/2024
UPDATE: BKT 3/TEXAS STATE EXPENDITURE PLAN (SEP) AMENDMENT #2 – 2023
On January 17, 2024, Toby Baker, Deputy Chief of Staff, Office of the Governor, and Governor Abbott’s appointee to the RESTORE Council, received approval from the RESTORE Council of Texas’ State Expenditure Plan (SEP) Amendment #2 - 2023.
01/31/2024
UPDATE: BKT 3/TEXAS STATE EXPENDITURE PLAN (SEP)
Following the required posting for public comment of amendment #2 (2023) of the state’s SEP, the TCEQ has finalized the document for submission to the RESTORE Council for review and approval.
01/08/2024
Texas State Expenditure Plan (SEP) Amendment 2 Available for Public Comment
As Governor Abbott’s appointee to the RESTORE Council, and Deputy Chief of Staff for the Governor, Toby Baker is seeking public comment on proposed amendment #2 to the Texas State Expenditure Plan (SEP), for Bucket 3.
09/12/2023
PUBLIC COMMENT REQUESTED: COUNCIL POSTING OF FPL 3B AMENDMENT FOR TEXAS
The Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council (Council) is seeking public comment on a proposal to amend its approval for ecosystem restoration activities.
08/05/2022
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
Applications Closed
From October 1, 2020, through December 10, 2020, the Texas Trustee agencies (GLO, TPWD, and TCEQ) accepted restoration project ideas that will address injuries caused by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill to consider in their next restoration plan. Submissions are no longer being accepted.
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).