Restoration work in the Texas Restoration Area focuses on restoring wetlands and other coastal habitats and reducing nonpoint source pollution. The Texas Trustees also restore resources injured by the spill, including oysters, birds, sea turtles, and recreational use.
In 2017, the Trustees released their first Restoration Plan with 13 projects restoring oysters, and wetlands, coastal, and nearshore habitat. The Trustees are developing additional restoration plans for specific projects consistent with the Programmatic Restoration Plan As part of the ongoing restoration planning process, the Trustees will solicit restoration project ideas from the public. When the Trustees release any proposed restoration plan for the Texas Restoration Area, the public has the opportunity to review and provide comments. Once a plan is finalized, the Trustees will implement and monitor the selected projects (see chart below).
Restoration Plans
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Draft PlanonPDF,372 pages)
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Final PlanonPDF,394 pages)
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Draft PlanonPDF,398 pages)
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Final PlanonPDF,510 pages)
Recent News
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The Texas Trustee Implementation Group is pleased
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The Texas Trustee Implementation Group’s Bahia
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The Texas Rookery Islands Project was approved in
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The Texas Trustee Implementation Group for the
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In December 2022, rescuers saved the lives of
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The Texas Trustee Implementation Group held its
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The Texas Trustee Implementation Group will hold
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The Texas Trustee Implementation Group’s Beach
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The Texas Trustee Implementation Group has
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The Texas Trustee Implementation Group expands
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The Texas Trustee Implementation Group held a
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The Texas Trustee Implementation Group has
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The Texas Trustee Implementation Group held its
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In December 2021, construction began on the Texas
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The Deepwater Horizon oil spill Natural Resource
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The Texas Trustee Implementation Group will hold
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The Texas Trustee Implementation Group is
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With increasingly active tropical storm seasons in
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Stakeholder and community feedback have
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In February 2021, Texas experienced a historic
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In what turned out to be an extremely challenging
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The Trustee Council will hold its sixth annual
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The Texas Trustee Implementation Group is
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The Trustee Council will hold its fifth annual
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In 2019, the Deepwater Horizon Trustees continued
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We are restoring resources in multiple locations
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To make the most of our efforts, we work hard to
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Many of our projects are designed to benefit
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Today marks ten years since the Deepwater Horizon
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The Texas Trustee Implementation Group held its
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The Texas Trustee Implementation Group will hold
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In 2018, the Deepwater Horizon Trustees continued
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The Texas Trustee Implementation Group held its
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Read this in English. Nhóm Ủy viên Thực hiện Texas
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Read this in English. El Grupo de Implementación
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Read this story in Spanish (Lee esto en español)
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The Trustees are committed to providing annual
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The Texas Trustee Implementation Group has
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The Texas Trustee Implementation Group has
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It’s been one year since we settled with BP and
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The creation and enhancement of three artificial
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The Texas Trustee Implementation Group (TIG) is
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The Texas Trustee Implementation Group is working
Projects
Projects led by the trustees for the Texas Restoration Area are below. Use the filters below to search for specific projects. Learn more about individual projects below or view them in our interactive map. You can also learn about the environmental compliance for each of these projects
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Reducing Sea Turtle Mortality Through Removal of Illegal Fishing Gear | In Progress |
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Sea Rim State Park Improvements | Monitoring/O&M |
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Bahia Grande Coastal Corridor Habitat Acquisition | Monitoring/O&M |
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Bahia Grande Hydrologic Restoration | Monitoring/O&M |
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Indian Point Shoreline Erosion Protection | Monitoring/O&M |
Planning
Planning led by the trustees for the Florida Restoration Area are below. Use the filters below to search for specific planning efforts.
The chart shows the restoration funding allocated to the Texas Restoration Area for each restoration goal and the percentage of committed funds as of May 2023. For more information on the allocation of funds, please visit the Department of Justice Deepwater Horizon page.
Monitoring and Adaptive Management
The Texas Restoration Area considers monitoring and adaptive management throughout their restoration efforts.
To find project-related monitoring and adaptive management information, click on the project names above or in the interactive project map.
Trustee Implementation Group
The trustees for the Texas Restoration Area are:
- Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
- Texas General Land Office
- Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
- U.S. Department of the Interior
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- U.S. Department of Agriculture
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Contact: TXDWHNRDA@tpwd.texas.gov